Campillo fails to advance in NCAAs

While most people had a team to back them up if they stumbled, IU golfer Jorge Campillo had no such luck this weekend. \nAlthough the IU men’s golf team as a whole won two tournaments this year, it was not enough to qualify them for the NCAA Central Regional. That left team leader Campillo to compete on his own as an individual. He was not quite up to the challenge to take on some of the NCAA’s best golfers and finished a disappointing 72nd. \nWith the par set at 72, Campillo fired a three-day total of 235 to finish at 19 strokes over par. He improved Friday and Saturday, shooting a 76 and 77, respectively, after opening the tournament with an 82. \nTulsa won the tournament as a team, while the top 10 team finishers who will advance to the national championship include Big Ten rivals Michigan State \nand Minnesota. \nLamar’s Dawie Van Der Walt and Wisconsin’s Dan Woltman tied for the individual title, with both finishing the tournament at one under par.\nCampillo now will head to Owings Mills, Md., where he will represent the Europeans in the 2007 Palmer Cup. The Palmer Cup is a Ryder Cup-style match between American golfers and European golfers and will take place on June 7 and 8 at the Caves Valley Golf Club.