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OFF THE TEE: Senior who had a great summer and was a semifinalist at the 2001 U.S. Amateur...named as "Best of the Rest" in Golf World preseason poll...transferred to ASU in January of 1999 from the University of Washington...uncle, Steve, is the head golf coach at Oregon... a third-team preseason All-American by Golfweek...the 2001 PNGA Pacific Northwest Player of the Year.
GREAT RUN AT THE 2001 AMATEUR: Nosler made a great run at the U.S. Amateur Championship this past summer in Atlanta. After shooting a 141 to qualify for match play, Nosler won four matches before losing to eventual champion Bubba Dickerson 1 up in the semifinals. Nosler defeated Brian Quackenbush (1 up), Robert Godfrey (2 and 1), Michael Webb (1 up) and then had to face former Sun Devil teammate and defending U.S. Amateur Champion Jeff Quinney in the quarterfinals. Nosler topped Quinney 1 up before falling to Dickerson.
MORE ON NOSLER'S SUMMER OF 2001: Was the runner-up at the Oregon Amateur (71-10) in match play...finished third at the Sahalee Players Championship held at the Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash., on July 4-6 with a 1-under 215 (74-69-72)...sixth at the Cardinal Amateur (71-68-71)...tied for second at the Stocker Cup (71-71-75)...finished eighth and was low amateur at the Northwest Open (70-72-68)...12th and low amateur at the Rosauer's Spokane Open (67-68-72).
JUNIOR YEAR (2000-2001): Tied for ninth at the Oregon Duck Invitational with a 3-over 219, including a career-low 67 in the first round...tied for sixth at the ASU Thunderbird/SAVANE Invitational with a 7-under 209 (70-71-68).
SUMMER OF 2000: Arizona Amateur semifinalist at the Gallery Golf Club (74-70)...finished 24th at the Monroe Invitational at Monroe, N.Y. (64-79-70-73)...finished ninth at the Arizona Stroke Play at the Raven (69-73-68-75=285)...finished sixth at the Oregon Stroke Play (69-73-71)...quarterfinalist at the Oregon Amateur (76-71)...finished 13th at the Spokane Open (67-68-75).
SUMMER OF 1999: Tied for second at the Arizona Stroke Play at the Raven (68-75-69-77/289)...tied for eighth at the Northwest Open (68-72-70/210) and was low amateur...quarterfinalist at the Dixie Amateur at Ft. Lauderdale Fla....shot 74-71 at the Arizona Amateur at Paradise Valley Country Club and advanced to the round of 16 in match play...qualified for the U.S. Amateur with a 136 (66-70) at Tukwila Golf Club...placed 12th among 80 at the Seattle Golf Club in the Pacific Coast Amateur with a 70-73-71-82...placed second at the Seattle Amateur at the West Seattle Golf Club with a 75-68-75...tied for sixth at the Oregon Stroke Play at Tukwila Golf Club with a 71-69-72.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (1997-98): Finished with a 74.78 stroke average, the third-best on the team...one of three Huskies to compete in every round during the season...tied for 10tth at the 1998 Pilot Spring Invite...UW's top finisher at the 1998 Pac-10 Championship as he tied for sixth with a 1-over-par 289 (70-67-76-76)...season low was the 67 in the second round of the Pac-10s...finished 17th at the 1997 Nike Northwest Invitational with a season-best 219.
LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL: A 1997 AJGA first-team All-American...second-team AJGA All-American selection in 1996...played in the Oregon State high school golf championships all four years...won Three Rivers League in 1995 and 1996...won the state championship as a freshman in 1994, the first frosh to accomplish the feat...placed third in the state in 1996...earned four letters in golf...won PNGA Junior in 1995...medalist at PNGA Amateur in 1997...won AJGA Mission Hills in 1996 and tied for medalist in 1997...won Northern Arizona Amateur in 1996...won the Nike Iceburg Open in 1996 an 1997...reached the semifinals of the 1998 Arizona Amateur...was low Amateur at the 1998 Spokane Open (69-71-71)...1998 U.S. Amateur Qualifier with a 141 (71-70) at Oak Hill Country Club...a 1996 Rolex Second-Team All-American and a third-team pick in 1997...a member of the 1997 Canon Cup West Team.
ETC.: Full name is Brian Keith Nosler...born October 24, 1978, in Walnut Creek, Calif....father, John, played baseball and basketball at Oregon...majoring in geography.
BRIAN NOSLER'S TOP-10 FINISHES (4)
6th: 2001 ASU Thunderbird/SAVANE Invitational (tie)
UW/1998 Pac-10 Championship (tie)
9th: 2001 Oregon Duck Invitational (tie)
10th: UW/1998 Pilot Spring Invitational (tie)
BRIAN NOSLER'S CAREER STATISTICS
Year App. Top 10 Rds. Avg. Low
2000-01 10 2 31 73.71 67
1997-98 (UW) 13 2 40 74.78 67
Totals 23 4 71 74.31 67
Low Round: 67, twice, in first round of 2001 Oregon Duck Invitational and in second round of 1998 Pac-10 Championship.
BRIAN NOSLER 2000-2001 ROUND-BY-ROUND
Tournament 1 2 3 4 Total Score Place
Badger Inv. 80 72 71 223 +7 T30
Ping Preview 72 78 150 +6 T34
Ping/Arizona Inter. 73 70 82 225 +12 T54
Oregon Duck Inv. 67 75 77 219 +3 T9
U.S. Collegiates 74 73 76 223 +7 T34
ASU T-Bird/SAVANE 70 71 68 209 -7 T6
Stanf./U.S. Inter. 72 71 74 217 +1 T26
Pac-10 Champ. 76 70 76 68 290 +6 34
NCAA West Reg. 71 72 82 225 +9 T61
NCAA Championship 79 74 77 74 304 +16 T77
10 appearances, 31 rounds (3 in 60s), 2285 strokes, 73.71 average
Top Five Finishes: None Top Ten Finishes: Two
BRIAN NOSLER 1997-98 ROUND-BY-ROUND (WASHINGTON)
Tournament 1 2 3 4 Total Score Place
Nike Northwest Inv. 75 70 74 219 +3 T14th
Coca-Cola Classic 73 74 76 223 +7 T25th
Fresno St./Lexus Classic 70 79 76 225 +9 T32nd
UTEP Inter. 85 78 81 244 +28 T39th
Pilot Spring Inv. 72 77 74 223 +10 T10th
Oregon Duck Inv. 74 72 75 221 +9 T28th
Southwestern Int. 73 79 70 222 +9 T15th
Anteater Inv. 71 72 78 221 +5 T15th
Western Int. 70 78 78 226 +13 T61st
U.S. Inter. 73 75 76 224 +11 T30th
ASU Thunderbird/SAVANE Inv. 73 76 81 230 +14 T80th
Pac-10 Champ. 70 67 76 76 289 +1 T6th
NCAA West Regional 71 74 79 224 +8 T51st
13 appearances, 40 rounds, 2991 strokes, 74.78 average
Top Five Finishes: None Top 10 Finishes: Two
