1948 Men's Golf - Year In Review

Coaching Staff
Ed Burleson, Head Coach

1948 Florida State Signees/Newcomers

1948 Roster - By Name

L
T                            PY
R Name                  Cl   Ltr  Hometown (Prior School)
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* Eddie Andrews                   Tallahassee
  Jack Campbell                   Chipley
* Ralph Cowart                    Tallahassee
  Rocky Mead                      Pensacola
* Hank Mercer                     Fort Lauderdale
* Bill Rice                       Tallahassee
* Sonny Tinney          Fr        Tallahassee
  Walter Wells                    Stuart

From the Sunday-News Democrat, March 28, 1948, page 6.

Sonny Tinney won the first annual state inter-collegiate golf championship held in Deland, Fl.

From the Sunday-News Democrat, May 30, 1948, page 9.

Varsity awards for baseball, golf, tennis, and swimming have been presented to 47 Florida State University players and managers.

Golf lettermen are: Edwin Andrews, Jr, Tallahassee; Jack Campbell, Chipley; Ralph Cowart, Tallahassee; Harold Mercer, Fort Lauderdale; William Rice, Tallahassee; Robert Tinney, Tallahassee; Walter Wells, Stuart.

1948 Schedule and Results

DATE	POST GAME	BOX SCORE	LOC	OPPONENT	SCORE
/				Oklahoma A&M	L 3.5-14.5
03/26			H	Stetson	L 10.5-16.5
03/27	Postgame	Box	N	Florida Intercollegiate March 25-27, 1948, DeLand, Fla.
03/27	Postgame	Box	H	Mercer	L 8.5-9.5
04/03	Postgame	Box	A	Rollins College	L 4-23
04/22	Postgame	Box	A	Mercer	L 1.5-19.5
04/24	Postgame	Box	A	Georgia-Savannah	W 12.5-5.5
05/01	Postgame		N	Southern Intercollegiate April 29-May 1, 1948, Athens, Ga.
05/03	Postgame	Box	A	Stetson	L 11.5-15.5
05/15	Postgame	Box	H	Georgia-Savannah	W 15-3
05/20	Postgame	Box	A	Southern	L 8.5-12.5
05/23	Postgame	Box	H	Rollins College	W 14.5-3.5

EOY Stats Ref

                Overall   Home    Away   Neutral
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FSU record is    3- 7     2- 2     1- 4     0- 0

1948 EOY Stats
Name                 Tournaments Rounds Par Low Strokes Wins Top10   Ave
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Ralph Cowart                 5      0     0   0      0    0     0   0.00
Jack Campbell                1      0     0   0      0    0     0   0.00
Sonny Tinney                 8      6     0  72    447    1     1  74.50
Hank Mercer                  7      5     0  72    374    0     0  74.80
Eddie Andrews                6      3     0  76    230    0     0  76.67
Bill Rice                    4      2     0  78    156    0     0  78.00

Florida Intercollegiate
03/27/1948, March 25-27, 1948, DeLand, Fla.

From the Sunday-News Democrat, March 28, 1948, page 6.

Robert L. (Sonny) Tinney, outputted Pete Dye of Rollins to annex the first annual state inter-collegiate golf championship. The championship started with a field of 29 from five colleges. Tinney was the only Florida State golfer in the field.

Name                       Place  Total
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Sonny Tinney                 1       0

Mercer 9.5, Florida State 8.5
03/27/1948, Tallahassee, Fla.

Individual scores:
Morgan (Mercer) over Hank Mercer (FSU), 2-1
Eddie Andrews (FSU) over Glassman (Mercer), 3-0
Jack Furet (Mercer) over Bill Rice (FSU), 3-0
Jack Gillon (Mercer) over Ralph Cowart (FSU), 2-1

Match scores:
Eddie Andrews-Hank Mercer (FSU) over Morgan-Glassman (Mercer), 3-0
Furet-Gillon (Mercer) over Ralph Cowart-Bill Rice (FSU) 2.5-.5

Name                       Place  Total
=========================  =====  =====
Hank Mercer                          0
Eddie Andrews                        0
Bill Rice                            0
Ralph Cowart                         0

Rollins College 23, Florida State 4
04/03/1948, Winter Park, Fla.

Pete Dye (RC) over Sonny Tinney (FSU) 3-0
Claude Kelley (RC) tied Hank Mercer (FSU) 1.5-1.5
Goodwin (RC) over Eddie Andrews (FSU) 3-0
O'Hara (RC) over Bill Rice (FSU) 2-1
Knauer (RC) over Ralph Cowart (FSU) 2.5-.5
Robbins (RC) over Jack Campbell (FSU) 3-0
Rollins won best ball 8-1

Name                       Place  Total
=========================  =====  =====
Sonny Tinney                         0
Eddie Andrews                        0
Bill Rice                            0
Ralph Cowart                         0
Jack Campbell                        0
Hank Mercer                         72

Mercer 19.5, Florida State 1.5
04/22/1948, Macon, Ga.

Name                       Place  Total
=========================  =====  =====
Ralph Cowart                         0
Sonny Tinney                        74

Florida State 12.5, Georgia-Savannah 5.5
04/24/1948, Savannah, Ga.

Sonny Tinney (FSU) d Stevens (UGaS) 3-0
Faulkner (UGaS) d Ralph Cowart (FSU) 3-0
Hank Mercer (FSU) d Sharpley (UGaS) 3-0
Eddie Andrews (FSU) d Inhulsen (UGaS) 3-0
Faulkner-Stevens (UGaS) d Cowart-Tinney (FSU) 2.5-.5
Andrews-Mercer (FSU) d Inhulsen-Sharpley (UGaS) 3-0

Name                       Place  Total
=========================  =====  =====
Ralph Cowart                         0
Sonny Tinney                        74
Eddie Andrews                       78
Hank Mercer                         79

Southern Intercollegiate
05/01/1948, April 29-May 1, 1948, Athens, Ga.

Name                       Place  Total
=========================  =====  =====
Eddie Andrews                        0
Ralph Cowart                         0
Hank Mercer                          0
Sonny Tinney                        72

Stetson 15.5, Florida State 11.5
05/03/1948, DeLand, Fla.

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Sonny Tinney                       74     74
Hank Mercer                        74     74

Florida State 15, Georgia-Savannah 3
05/15/1948, Tallahassee, Fla.

Tinney (FSU) d Jimmy Stevenson (UGaS) 2.5-.5
Faulkner (UGaS) d Mercer (FSU) 2-1
Andrews (FSU) d Tommy Sharpley (UGaS) 3-0
Rice (FSU) d Bernie Inhulson (UGaS) 2.5-.5

Mercer-Tinney (FSU) d Faulkner-Stevenson (UGaS) 3-0
Andrews-Rice (FSU) d Inhulson-Sharpley (UGaS) 3-0

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Hank Mercer                        74     74
Sonny Tinney                       75     75
Eddie Andrews                      76     76
Bill Rice                          78     78

Southern 12.5, Florida State 8.5
05/20/1948, Lakeland, Fla.

Florida State 14.5, Rollins College 3.5
05/23/1948, Tallahassee, Fla.

Kelly (RC) d Tinney (FSU) 2-1
Mercer (FSU) d Brinson (RC) 3-0
Andrews (FSU) d Shatz (RC) 3-0
Rice (FSU) d Robbins (RC) 3-0

Mercer-Tinney (FSU) d Brinson-Kelly (RC) 2-1
Andrews-Rice (FSU) d Robbins-Shatz (RC) 2.5-.5

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Hank Mercer                        75     75
Eddie Andrews                      76     76
Bill Rice                          78     78
Sonny Tinney                       78     78