Trojans' wave swamps Pac-10.Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, has not had a Pac-10 Conference men's golf champion since 1984 and no outright titleholder ti·tle·hold·er n. 1. One, especially a champion, who holds a title. 2. One that holds legal title to something, such as a motor vehicle. since 1975. But that all could change today. Jamie Lovemark, a USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. freshman ranked No. 5 in the nation, is 18 holes away from becoming the Trojans' first Pac-10 winner since Mike Blewett shared the championship 23 years ago with Arizona's Paul Noren. "All I have to do is take it one shot at a time, not look ahead and not think about a victory speech," said Lovemark, whose bogey-free first 54 holes of the league tournament at Eugene Country Club total 202, 14 under par. Lovemark has rounds of 3-under 69, 6-under 66 and 5-under 67 that include 14 birdies and 40 pars. He leads the tournament on the par 3s, playing them 3 under. "If I stay with my own game, if I do want I want to do, I'll win," he said. Lovemark will begin today's final round five shots in front of defending Pac-10 champion Daniel Im of UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX and Arizona State's Niklas Lemke, ranked No. 2 by Golfweek magazine. Both have 9-under totals of 207. Joshua Wooding of USC is fourth with a 7-under 209 and Arizona's Nathan Tyler is fifth at 6-under 210 after three rounds on the 7,033-yard, par-72 ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. course. "I've just got to play the course," said Lovemark, attempting to become USC's first outright conference winner since Scott Simpson There are a number of notable people named Scott Simpson, including:
"He knows he can't relax," USC coach Chris Zambri said of Lovemark, a slender, 6-foot-4 athlete from Rancho Sante Fe, Calif. "Im and Lemke are great players. "But Jamie is swinging the clubs well. Coupled with his chipping and putting, he is having quite a week." Lemke, who has recorded three sub-par rounds of 69, 70 and 68, said it will be "all about making the putts and to keep on grinding to have a chance." Lemke has a tournament-high 16 birdies. Im, with rounds of 71. 69 and 67, and Lovemark lead the field on the par 4s, playing them in 4 under. "I just keep thinking that Jamie is good but he also is human, that he has to make par somewhere," said Im, who overtook o·ver·took v. Past tense of overtake. Lemke and his two-shot lead to win the 2006 conference title. |
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