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Univeristy of Houston has a pretty sweet list of golfers that played there.

Jim Mclean
Butch Harmon
Nick Faldo
Steve Elkington
Marty Fleckman
Freddy Couples
Bruce Lietzke
Fuzzy Zoeller

to name a few

i know OSU has some good ones recently but not sure of their history. Anyone got some others to list?
 
I don't have a list of players, but Oklahoma State is generally regarded as the top college golf program in the nation due to their incredibly strong history. Others high up on the list include University of Texas, University of Florida, Stanford and UCLA.
 
OSU did produce Jack Nicklaus. Stanford has Tiger. ASU has Phil.
 
University of Texas has:

Ben Crenshaw
Tom Kite
Justin Leonard
Jhonattan Vegas
Jordan Spieth


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On the women's side, Arizona produced Annika and Lorena Ochoa.
 
Oklahoma State, like you mentioned:

Bo Van Pelt
Scott Verplank
Peter Uihlein
Bob Tway
Hunter Mahan
Michael Bradley
Ricky Fowler
Charles Howell III
 
Bullitt5339 said:
Oklahoma State, like you mentioned:

Bo Van Pelt
Scott Verplank
Peter Uihlein
Bob Tway
Hunter Mahan
Michael Bradley
Ricky Fowler
Charles Howell III
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thats a pretty sweet list too .. didnt know BVP or Verplank went there only knew of CH3 ,rickie and hunter
 
Clemson's is definitely not the best, but not a bad list:

Tom Biershank
Jonathan Byrd
Lucas Glover
Kyle Stanley
DJ Trahan

Plus a few other not so notable guys.
 
This is only based on 2011 current players, but here's the break-down of which college alumi made the most money on tour. The caveat is that there had to be at least two golfers that made the Top 200 on the money list for the school to be listed, or else in 2011, Northwestern would have been #8 just on Luke Donald's performance:

1. Oklahoma State ($12.57 million) Hunter Mahan $3,503,540 Charles Howell $2,509,223 Bo Van Pelt $2,344,546 Rickie Fowler $2,084,681 Scott Verplank $1,194,178 Michael Bradley $935,934

2. Wake Forest ($10.44 million) Webb Simpson $6,347,353 Bill Haas $4,088,637

3. Georgia Tech ($9.78 million) Matt Kuchar $4,233,920 Bryce Molder $1,957,944 Cameron Tringale $1,327,807 Troy Matteson $946,989 Stewart Cink $909,162 David Duval $400,654

4. UNLV ($9.50 million) Adam Scott $3,764,797 Ryan Moore $1,942,906 Charley Hoffman $1,462,591 Chad Campbell $1,104,024 Bill Lunde $639,548 Chris Riley $397,204 Andres Gonzales $186,847

5. Arizona State ($8.71 million) Phil Mickelson $3,763,488 Chez Reavie $2,285,067 Pat Perez $1,295,253 Billy Mayfair $780,578 Paul Casey $590,386

6. Clemson ($7.29 million) Jonathan Byrd $2,938,920 Lucas Glover $1,823,327 Kyle Stanley $1,523,657 D.J. Trahan $668,166 Ben Martin $340,080

7. Georgia ($7.20 million) Bubba Watson $3,477,811 Chris Kirk $1,877,627 Ryuji Imada $990,319 Matt McQuillan $582,933 Kevin Kisner $270,170

8. Illinois ($6.03 million) Steve Stricker $3,992,785 D.A. Points $2,034,156

9. Fresno State ($5.58 million) Nick Watney $5,290,673 Kevin Sutherland $289,693

10. Arizona ($4.90 million) Rory Sabbatini $2,420,655 Jim Furyk $1,529,690 Ricky Barnes $951,587

11. UCLA ($4.80 million) Brandt Jobe $1,629,764 Kevin Chappell $1,339,640 John Merrick $704,789 Tom Pernice $694,981 Scott McCarron $436,270

12. Texas ($4.72 million) Jhonny Vegas $1,854,414 Harrison Frazar $1,322,267 Justin Leonard $952,962 Bob Estes $594,104

13. Florida ($4.60 million) Camilo Villegas $1,231,918 Brian Gay $1,157,525 Chris Couch $922,496 Chris DiMarco $761,932 Billy Horschel $533,024

14. North Carolina ($4.21 million) Mark Wilson $3,158,477 Davis Love $1,056,300

15. New Mexico ($3.95 million) Spencer Levin $2,320,038 Tim Herron $909,135 Kent Jones $360,624 D.J. Brigman $191,491 Michael Letzig $169,973

16. Auburn ($3.72 million) Jason Dufner $3,057,860 Roland Thatcher $666,371

17. Texas A&M ($3 million) Ryan Palmer $1,850,530 Bobby Gates $666,735 Shane Bertsch $488,584

18. Virginia ($2.72 million) Steve Marino $1,975,076 James Driscoll $741,010

19. Virginia Tech ($2.47 million) Brendon de Jonge $1,241,326 Johnson Wagner $1,224,556

20. N.C. State ($2.41 million) Carl Pettersson $1,540,723 Tim Clark $571,000 Mark Turnesa $299,405

21. Oklahoma ($2.13 million) Anthony Kim $1,085,846 Hunter Haas $1,039,987

22. Alabama ($2.09 million) Michael Thompson $935,265 Jason Bohn $411,943 Bud Cauley $735,150

23. Duke ($2.03 million) Kevin Streelman $1,300,006 Joe Ogilvie $726,866

24. Kentucky ($1.99 million) J.B. Holmes $1,398,583 Steve Flesch $594,622

25. Long Beach State ($1.57 million) Paul Goydos $1,385,328 John Mallinger $179,498

26. Indiana ($1.50 million) Jeff Overton $1,290,962 Shaun Micheel $206,450

27. Stanford ($1.27 million) Tiger Woods (128) $660,238 Zack Miller $427,341 Joe Bramlett $178,728
 
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Auburns lust may not be as long a some others, but we can claim Dufnering.

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Smallville said:
Stanford has Tom Watson, don't forget him!
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I was just going off the top of my head.

Stanford wins. Houston doesn't hold a candle.
 
That's an awesome list. And it's another reason Clemson > South Carolina. #6 isn't too shabby.
 
Bullitt5339 said:
But that's slightly offset by producing Michelle Wie, isn't it? :beat-up:
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Michelle never played golf for Stanford though. She went to classes there and played professional golf. And she graduated!
 
Smallville said:
Michelle never played golf for Stanford though. She went to classes there and played professional golf. And she graduated!
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Ah...... true enough.
 
Smallville said:
Michelle never played golf for Stanford though. She went to classes there and played professional golf. And she graduated!
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Her just being a student there brings the rep of the golf team down.
 
Bullitt5339 said:
This is only based on 2011 current players, but here's the break-down of which college alumi made the most money on tour. The caveat is that there had to be at least two golfers that made the Top 200 on the money list for the school to be listed, or else in 2011, Northwestern would have been #8 just on Luke Donald's performance:

1. Oklahoma State ($12.57 million) Hunter Mahan $3,503,540 Charles Howell $2,509,223 Bo Van Pelt $2,344,546 Rickie Fowler $2,084,681 Scott Verplank $1,194,178 Michael Bradley $935,934

2. Wake Forest ($10.44 million) Webb Simpson $6,347,353 Bill Haas $4,088,637

3. Georgia Tech ($9.78 million) Matt Kuchar $4,233,920 Bryce Molder $1,957,944 Cameron Tringale $1,327,807 Troy Matteson $946,989 Stewart Cink $909,162 David Duval $400,654

4. UNLV ($9.50 million) Adam Scott $3,764,797 Ryan Moore $1,942,906 Charley Hoffman $1,462,591 Chad Campbell $1,104,024 Bill Lunde $639,548 Chris Riley $397,204 Andres Gonzales $186,847

5. Arizona State ($8.71 million) Phil Mickelson $3,763,488 Chez Reavie $2,285,067 Pat Perez $1,295,253 Billy Mayfair $780,578 Paul Casey $590,386

6. Clemson ($7.29 million) Jonathan Byrd $2,938,920 Lucas Glover $1,823,327 Kyle Stanley $1,523,657 D.J. Trahan $668,166 Ben Martin $340,080

7. Georgia ($7.20 million) Bubba Watson $3,477,811 Chris Kirk $1,877,627 Ryuji Imada $990,319 Matt McQuillan $582,933 Kevin Kisner $270,170

8. Illinois ($6.03 million) Steve Stricker $3,992,785 D.A. Points $2,034,156

9. Fresno State ($5.58 million) Nick Watney $5,290,673 Kevin Sutherland $289,693

10. Arizona ($4.90 million) Rory Sabbatini $2,420,655 Jim Furyk $1,529,690 Ricky Barnes $951,587

11. UCLA ($4.80 million) Brandt Jobe $1,629,764 Kevin Chappell $1,339,640 John Merrick $704,789 Tom Pernice $694,981 Scott McCarron $436,270

12. Texas ($4.72 million) Jhonny Vegas $1,854,414 Harrison Frazar $1,322,267 Justin Leonard $952,962 Bob Estes $594,104

13. Florida ($4.60 million) Camilo Villegas $1,231,918 Brian Gay $1,157,525 Chris Couch $922,496 Chris DiMarco $761,932 Billy Horschel $533,024

14. North Carolina ($4.21 million) Mark Wilson $3,158,477 Davis Love $1,056,300

15. New Mexico ($3.95 million) Spencer Levin $2,320,038 Tim Herron $909,135 Kent Jones $360,624 D.J. Brigman $191,491 Michael Letzig $169,973

16. Auburn ($3.72 million) Jason Dufner $3,057,860 Roland Thatcher $666,371

17. Texas A&M ($3 million) Ryan Palmer $1,850,530 Bobby Gates $666,735 Shane Bertsch $488,584

18. Virginia ($2.72 million) Steve Marino $1,975,076 James Driscoll $741,010

19. Virginia Tech ($2.47 million) Brendon de Jonge $1,241,326 Johnson Wagner $1,224,556

20. N.C. State ($2.41 million) Carl Pettersson $1,540,723 Tim Clark $571,000 Mark Turnesa $299,405

21. Oklahoma ($2.13 million) Anthony Kim $1,085,846 Hunter Haas $1,039,987

22. Alabama ($2.09 million) Michael Thompson $935,265 Jason Bohn $411,943 Bud Cauley $735,150

23. Duke ($2.03 million) Kevin Streelman $1,300,006 Joe Ogilvie $726,866

24. Kentucky ($1.99 million) J.B. Holmes $1,398,583 Steve Flesch $594,622

25. Long Beach State ($1.57 million) Paul Goydos $1,385,328 John Mallinger $179,498

26. Indiana ($1.50 million) Jeff Overton $1,290,962 Shaun Micheel $206,450

27. Stanford ($1.27 million) Tiger Woods (128) $660,238 Zack Miller $427,341 Joe Bramlett $178,728
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Where would Vanderbilt fall in this ranking due to Brandt Snedeker's earnings?
 
Music City said:
Where would Vanderbilt fall in this ranking due to Brandt Snedeker's earnings?
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I don't know, sit and figure out what his 2011 earnings were, taking out any money earned outside of PGA Tour events, and place him in the graph.
 
OSU produced jack. Enough said
 
Smallville said:
Michelle never played golf for Stanford though. She went to classes there and played professional golf. And she graduated!
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So you're saying she wasn't good enough to make the golf team?
 
DonW said:
So you're saying she wasn't good enough to make the golf team?
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She turned pro at age 15. She was ineligible to play college golf.
 
Georgia Tech has an impressive list:

GT Major Winners
Bobby Jones
Larry Mize
David Duval
Stewart Cink

Other GT golfers of note:
Matt Kuchar
Bryce Molder
Cameron Tringale
Tripp Isenhour
Michael Clark II
Charlie Rymer
Troy Matteson
Nicholas Thompson
Roberto Castro
and others....
 
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