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Washington and Amateur Notes
• 2004 All-American and two-time All-Pac-10 selection
• Eight Top-10 finishes rank 11th in UW history
• Won the 2005 Pac-10 Championship by shooting 8-under 276 and in doing so, led UW to first Pac-10 crown since 1988
• First UW Pac-10 medalist since O.D. Vincent (current UCLA head coach) in 1988
• Competed in 2006 U.S. Amateur
• Runner-up at 2006 PNGA Men's Amateur
• Tied for 10th at 2006 Sahalee Players Championship
• Member of the victorious USA squad at the 2005 U.S. vs. Japan Collegiate Golf Championships
• Placed 11th at 2005 Sahalee Players Championship
• Finished 14th at the 2004 Western Amateur
• Tied for seventh at the 2004 Pacific Coast Amateur
• Placed fourth at 78th 2004 Washington State Amateur
• Won Seattle Amateur championship in 2004
• Majoring in sociology
2006-07 (Senior - Fall)
• Played in four fall tournaments
• Shot 1-under 215 to tie for 11th at the Opus NW Husky Invitational
• Shot 3-over 219 at the CordeValle Collegiate (t-50th)
2005-06 (Junior)
• All-Pac-10 honorable mention selection
• Was third on the team with a 73.28 stroke average
• Finished third at the Pac-10 Championship at 3-under 281
• Shot 4-under 67 in the first round at Pac-10s, establishing a new season-low
• Tied teammate Alex Prugh for second in the field at the National Invitational, shooting 5-under 211
• Shot 10-over 298 at the NCAA Championship, good for 66th
• Shot 1-under 215 at the West Regional, good for 57th
• Placed 12th at the U.S. Intercollegiate, shooting 5-over 145
• Opened the season by placing 10th at the Gopher Invitational, shooting 3-over 219
• Placed 18th at the Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge at 3-over 219
2004-05 (Sophomore)
• A first-team All-Pac-10 selection
• Won the Pac-10 Championship by shooting 8-under 276
• Led UW to its first Pac-10 crown since 1988
• First UW Pac-10 medalist since O.D. Vincent (current UCLA head coach) in 1988
• Only player at Pac-10s to shoot under par each day (70-69-68-69)
• Pac-10 title was his first collegiate victory
• Named conference's April Golfer of the Month
• One of two Huskies to qualify for all 13 tournaments
• Was UW's No. 2 finisher at the NCAAs, shooting 10-over 290 to place 27th
• Finished second on the team with a 72.63 stroke average
• Shot par or better during 19 of his 43 rounds during the season
• Topped UW at the West Regional by placing 10th at 1-over 211
• Shot seven consecutive rounds of par or below starting with the Pac-10 Championships before carding a 1-over 71 during the final round at the West Regional.
• Was UW's No. 5 scorer in previous two outings before Pac-10 victory
• UW's top finisher at Southern Highlands Collegiate with 18th-place effort
• Led the team with 16 rounds under par
• Was eighth at All-American Classic with a 3-under 210
• Won the PING Putting Contest at the College All-America Classic
2003-2004 (RS Freshman)
• Earned PING All-America honorable mention honors
• Was 33rd at NCAA Championships, helping UW to a sixth-place finish
• Fourth on the team with a 74.15 stroke average in 11 events
• Top tournament finish was 12th-place showing at The Northwest Shootout
• Shot 6-over 222 at NCAA West Regional to tie as second best UW finisher
• Had a pair of birdies over his final four holes to help Huskies lock up a 10th-place finish and regional's final berth to NCAAs
• Was 2-over during final 36 holes of regional play
• Top tournament score was even-par 213 at The Nelson
• Played 40 rounds to tie for eighth on UW single-season list
2002-2003 (Freshman - Redshirt Season)
• One of four freshmen on the Husky roster
• Debuted at the MacKenzie Invitational with a 223
Tahoma High School and Junior Golf
• Won four letters competing for the Bears
• Team MVP all four seasons
• Served as team captain as a junior and senior
• Named the 2001 South Puget Sound League Player of the Year
• Third-team Polo All-American in 2002, honorable mention in 2001
• Won the AJGA at Langdon Farms (Ore.) in 2001
• Member of the West Canon Cup team in 2002
• Finished second at the AJGA Arizona Junior Classic and third at the AJGA Oklahoma tournament
• Runnerup at 2000 PNGA Junior Boys Amateur
• Ranked as high as 32nd for Juniors by Golfweek
Personal
• Parents are Bill and Sharon Olson
Olson's Career Statistics
Years Rounds Strokes Avg. Low
2002-2003 3 223 74.33 70
2003-2004 34 2521 74.15 69
2004-2005 43 3123 72.63 66
2005-2006 40 2931 73.28 67
Totals 120 8798 73.32 66
Career Best Finish: 1st, Pac-10 Championship, April 25-27, 2005
Career Top-10 Finishes: 8
Career Best 54-Hole Score: 210, Waikoloa Intercollegiate, Feb. 9-11, 2005 & The Nelson, Nov. 22-23, 2004
Career Best 18-Hole Score: 66, NW Invitational, Sept. 27, 2004
Olson's Tournament Results
2005-06
UW
Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. Pl.
9/17-18 Gopher Invitational 73-76-70 +3 219 10 2
9/26-28 Fall Preview 79-72-71 +6 222 32 3
10/3-4 Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge 68-82-69 +3 219 18 2
10/31-11/1 CordeValle Collegiate 75-72-77 +8 224 47 4
2/8-10 Waikoloa Invitationa 72-74-75 +8 221 55 3
2/27-28 Ashworth Invitational 74-79-75 +15 228 52 5
3/10-12 Southern Highlands Col. 76-75-79 +14 230 30 1
3/26-28 National Invitational 71-71-69 -5 211 2 1
4/1-2 Augusta State Invitational 72-72-74 +2 218 22 2
4/15 U.S. Intercollegiate 73-72 +5 145 12 2
4/24-26 Pac-10 Championship 67-70-74-70 -3 281 3 1
5/18-20 NCAA West Regional 74-72-69 -1 215 57 4
5/31-6/3 NCAA Championship 75-71-76-76 +10 298 66 4
2004-05
UW
Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. Pl.
9/27-28 Opus NW Invitational 66-79-70 -1 215 6 2
10/11-12 Alister MacKenzie Invitat. 74-75-69 +5 218 25 2
10/17-18 Duke Classic 74-76-72 +6 222 21 3
10/25-26 Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge 87-77 +20 164 68 5
11/22-23 All-American Classic 70-70-70 -3 210 8 NA
2/9-11 Waikoloa Intercollegiate 74-68-68 -6 210 42 4
2/28-3/1 Ashworth Invitational 74-76-71 +8 221 33 2
3/11-13 So. Highlands Collegiate 73-73-73 +3 219 18 1
3/21-22 Duck Invitational 76-71-70 +1 217 12 3
3/27-29 National Invitational 76-76-73 +9 225 67 5
4/16-17 U.S. Intercollegiate 73-78-74 +15 225 54 5
4/25-27 Pac-10 Championship 70-69-68-69 -8 276 1 1
5/19-21 NCAA West Regional 69-70-72 +1 211 10 1
6/1-4 NCAA Championships 74-69-75-72 +10 290 27 2
2003-04
UW
Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. Pl.
9/29-30 Husky Invitational 73-73-72 +2 218 5 2
10/24-26 The Nelson 71-73-69 E 213 31 4
11/3-4 The Prestige 77-73-75 +9 225 45 4
2/11-13 Waikoloa Intercol. 74-75-72 +5 221 63 5
3/3-4 Cleveland Classic 73-79-73 +9 225 51 3
3/12-14 Southern Highlands Col. 75-74-76 +9 225 47 3
3/28-30 National Invitational 75-73-78 +10 226 47 5
4/26-28 Pac-10 Champ. 75-78-75-74 +14 302 28 5
5/3 Northwest Shootout 77-77 +10 154 12 4
5/20-22 NCAA West Regional 76-73-73 +6 222 33 2
6/1-4 NCAA Championship 74-69-72-75 +10 290 33 3
2002-2003
UW
Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. Pl.
10/14-15 MacKenzie Invitational 76-70-77 +10 223 57 5
