1949 Men's Golf - Year In Review

1949 Men's Golf - Year In Review

Coaching Staff
Bob Harbison, Head Coach

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1949 Florida State Signees/Newcomers

1949 Roster - By Name

L
T                                       PY
R Name                  Hgt   Wgt  Cl   Ltr  Hometown (Prior School)
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  Eddie Andrews                         *    Tallahassee
* Joe Bassett           5-10  175  So        Quincy (Gadsden County)
* Ted Hewitt            5-10  170  So        Detroit, Mich. (Kalamazoo Central/Tulane)
* Hank Mercer                           *    Fort Lauderdale
* Dick Montney                     So        Detroit, Mich.
* Sonny Tinney                     So   *    Tallahassee
* Wiley Watkins                    So        Tampa

1949 Conference Awards

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Sonny Tinney             Dixie Conference - Champion

All-Conference -  1

1949 Schedule and Results

DATE
POST
GAME
BOX
SCORE
LOC
OPPONENT
SCORE
03/22
Postgame
Box
H
 Georgia
W 14-13
03/26
Postgame
Box
N
 Florida Intercollegiate
March 23-26, 1949, DeLand, Fla.
 
04/01
Postgame
Box
H
 Mercer
W 26-1
04/09
Postgame
Box
A
 Jacksonville NAS
W 20-7
04/15
Postgame
Box
H
 Southern
W 24-3
04/22
Postgame
Box
A
 Southern
W 18.5-8.5
04/23
Postgame
Box
A
 Stetson
L 10.5-16.5
04/30
Postgame
Box
N
 Southern Intercollegiate
April 27-30, 1949, Athens, Ga.
 
05/07
Postgame
Box
A
 Mercer
W 13.5-4.5
05/13
Postgame
Box
H
 Jacksonville NAS
W 22-5
05/14
Postgame
Box
H
 Stetson
W 23.5-3.5
05/21
Postgame
Box
N
 Dixie Conference
May 20-21, 1949, Macon, Ga.
2nd Place
 
EOY Stats Ref

                Overall   Home    Away   Neutral
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FSU record is    8- 1     5- 0     3- 1     0- 0


1949 Dixie Conference Results
 1  Stetson               890
 2  Florida State         895
 3  Southern              961
From the 1950 FSU Football Media Guide, page 42.

1949 Dixie Conference Golf Championship Runnerup

Sonny Tinney was the Dixie Conference tournament champion. 

1949 EOY Stats

Name                 Tournaments Rounds Par Low Strokes Wins Top10   Ave
========================================================================
Hank Mercer                 11     13     6  69    944    0     1  72.62
Sonny Tinney                11     13     5  70    952    1     1  73.23
Ted Hewitt                  11     10     1  70    748    0     1  74.80
Wiley Watkins                6      5     0  73    379    0     0  75.80
Dick Montney                10      7     0  74    531    0     0  75.86
Joe Bassett                 10     11     1  72    855    0     0  77.73
Eddie Andrews                1      1     0  81     81    0     0  81.00
Florida State 14, Georgia 13
03/22/1949, Tallahassee, Fla.

Ted Hewitt (FSU) d Jack Gray (UGa) 2-1
Dick Montney (FSU) d Wilkens Kirby (UGa) 3-0
Hank Mercer (FSU) d Richard Cofer (UGa) 3-0
Gene McGee (UGa) d Richard Cofer (FSU) 2.5-.5
Harold Spears (UGa) d Sonny Tinney (FSU) 3-0
Buddy Smith (UGa) d Joe Bassett (FSU) 2.5-.5

Hewett/Montney (FSU) d Kirby/Gray (UGa) 3-0
Mercer/Andrews (FSU) d Cofer/McGee (UGa) 2-1
Sears/Smith (UGa) d Bassett/Tinney (FSU) 3-0

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Hank Mercer                        73     73
Ted Hewitt                         76     76
Dick Montney                       76     76
Joe Bassett                        79     79
Eddie Andrews                      81     81
Sonny Tinney                       81     81
Florida Intercollegiate
03/26/1949, March 23-26, 1949, DeLand, Fla.

March 24, 1949
Sonny Tinney (FSU) def. Hank Mercer (FSU)

March 25, 1949
Ollie Kay (Miami) def. Sonny Tinney (FSU) 19 holes

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Rnd2  Rnd3  Total
=========================  =====  ====  ====  ====  =====
Sonny Tinney                       74    74    70    218
Florida State 26, Mercer 1
04/01/1949, Tallahassee, Fla.

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Sonny Tinney                       74     74
Hank Mercer                        74     74
Ted Hewitt                         77     77
Joe Bassett                        77     77
Dick Montney                       77     77
Wiley Watkins                      77     77
Florida State 20, Jacksonville NAS 7
04/09/1949, Jacksonville, Fla.

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Ted Hewitt                         73     73
Hank Mercer                        73     73
Sonny Tinney                       75     75
Wiley Watkins                      75     75
Dick Montney                       78     78
Joe Bassett                        79     79
Florida State 24, Southern 3
04/15/1949, Tallahassee, Fla.

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Hank Mercer                        69     69
Sonny Tinney                       73     73
Wiley Watkins                      73     73
Dick Montney                       74     74
Ted Hewitt                         75     75
Joe Bassett                        79     79
Florida State 18.5, Southern 8.5
04/22/1949, Lakeland, Fla.

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Sonny Tinney                       70     70
Hank Mercer                        71     71
Ted Hewitt                         75     75
Dick Montney                       75     75
Joe Bassett                        78     78
Wiley Watkins                      78     78
Stetson 16.5, Florida State 10.5
04/23/1949, DeLand, Fla.

Name                       Place  Total
=========================  =====  =====
Sonny Tinney                         0
Ted Hewitt                           0
Joe Bassett                          0
Dick Montney                         0
Wiley Watkins                        0
Hank Mercer                         72
Southern Intercollegiate
04/30/1949, April 27-30, 1949, Athens, Ga.

Name                       Place  Total
=========================  =====  =====
Sonny Tinney                         0
Ted Hewitt                           0
Dick Montney                         0
Hank Mercer                         73
Florida State 13.5, Mercer 4.5
05/07/1949, Macon, Ga.

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Ted Hewitt                         74     74
Joe Bassett                        75     75
Dick Montney                       76     76
Hank Mercer                        78     78
Florida State 22, Jacksonville NAS 5
05/13/1949, Tallahassee, Fla.

Name                       Place  Total
=========================  =====  =====
Ted Hewitt                           0
Dick Montney                         0
Sonny Tinney                        71
Hank Mercer                         72
Joe Bassett                         72
Florida State 23.5, Stetson 3.5
05/14/1949, Tallahassee, Fla.

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Total
=========================  =====  ====  =====
Hank Mercer                        71     71
Sonny Tinney                       74     74
Ted Hewitt                         75     75
Dick Montney                       75     75
Wiley Watkins                      76     76
Joe Bassett                        78     78
Dixie Conference, 2nd place
05/21/1949, May 20-21, 1949, Macon, Ga.

Name                       Place  Rnd1  Rnd2  Rnd3  Total
=========================  =====  ====  ====  ====  =====
Sonny Tinney                 1     72    73    71    216
Hank Mercer                  4t    70    73    75    218
Ted Hewitt                   6t    77    70    76    223
Joe Bassett                        75    82    81    238