Scott Savage, a senior golfer from Mount Vernon Nazarene College, finished strong at the 1998 NAIA National Golf Championship on Friday at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
After recording rounds of 76, 77, and 85 over the first three days, Savage fired a 79 to finish in a tie for 57th place out of 173 golfers with a four-day total of 317 (+37).
Chris Gaines of Texas Wesleyan University claimed medalist honors with a four-day total of 294 (+14) to finish three shots ahead of Mike Howren of Berry (GA) College. Berry College claimed the team title by one stroke over Texas Wesleyan (1196 to 1197).
NAIA Men's Golf National Championships
Final Scores after Four Rounds
May 22, 1998
Southern Hills Country Club
Par: 70 Yardage: 6835
| Rank | Name | School | Scores | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Gaines | Texas Wesleyan | 76-71-71-76 294 | +14 |
| 2 | Mike Howren | Berry GA | 72-73-74-78 297 | +17 |
| 3 | Jamie Jones | Huntingdon AL | 75-72-78-73 298 | +18 |
| T4 | Richard Ramskill | Texas Wesleyan | 75-75-74-75 299 | +19 |
| T4 | David West | Texas Wesleyan | 76-73-75-75 299 | +19 |
| T6 | J.T. Horton | Berry GA | 75-70-81-74 300 | +20 |
| T6 | Mike Meade | Bluefield VA | 72-78-75-75 300 | +20 |
| T6 | Bill Olson | St. Ambrose IA | 74-75-75-76 300 | +20 |
| T6 | Mickey Wolfe | Union TN | 79-72-71-78 300 | +20 |
| T10 | Russell Huff | East Central OK | 76-74-76-75 301 | +21 |
| T10 | Phil Schmidt | Texas Lutheran | 71-72-80-78 301 | +21 |
| T10 | John McLellan | Spring Hill AL | 76-73-72-80 301 | +21 |
| T10 | Brad Starns | Northwood TX | 75-73-72-81 301 | +21 |
| 14 | Paul Johnson | Berry GA | 72-82-76-72 302 | +22 |
| T15 | Russell Smith | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 76-76-77-74 303 | +23 |
| T15 | Brian Dishman | Texas Lutheran | 76-77-75-75 303 | +23 |
| T15 | Jason Wood | Southern Nazarene OK | 76-76-74-77 303 | +23 |
| T15 | Joel Skarbo | Western Washington | 77-73-75-78 303 | +23 |
| T19 | Nick Hughes | Oklahoma City | 79-77-73-75 304 | +24 |
| T19 | Cory Smith | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 76-78-74-76 304 | +24 |
| T19 | Albert Laing | Huntingdon AL | 77-74-76-77 304 | +24 |
| T19 | Gareth Payne | Oklahoma City | 76-74-77-77 304 | +24 |
| T19 | Judson Choate | Phillips OK | 80-72-73-79 304 | +24 |
| T19 | J.D. Rushton | Western Washington | 75-70-78-81 304 | +24 |
| T25 | Josh Anderson | Malone OH | 78-74-81-72 305 | +25 |
| T25 | Rob Colberg | Oklahoma City | 78-79-73-75 305 | +25 |
| T25 | Shane Barnes | Huntingdon AL | 74-76-76-79 305 | +25 |
| T25 | Justin Biggs | Northwood FL | 77-74-74-80 305 | +25 |
| T29 | Travis Inchcliff | Point Loma Nazarene CA | 76-80-76-74 306 | +26 |
| T29 | Eric Stuart | Huntingdon AL | 75-78-75-78 306 | +26 |
| T31 | Chris Jones | Southern Nazarene OK | 77-76-79-75 307 | +27 |
| T31 | Richard Noon | Texas Wesleyan | 74-79-76-78 307 | +27 |
| T33 | Matt McCarty | Texas Lutheran | 78-75-79-76 308 | +28 |
| T33 | Stephen Hammond | Union TN | 79-78-74-77 308 | +28 |
| T33 | Patrick Beste | Texas Lutheran | 79-75-77-77 308 | +28 |
| T33 | Greg Jones | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 77-74-79-78 308 | +28 |
| T37 | Andy Price | Bluefield VA | 79-79-78-73 309 | +29 |
| T37 | Lance Fossick | Huntingdon AL | 80-77-77-75 309 | +29 |
| T37 | Rusty Estes | Berry GA | 78-77-76-78 309 | +29 |
| T37 | Kris Kinslow | Lipscomb TN | 75-79-75-80 309 | +29 |
| T37 | Johnny Holmes | California Baptist | 76-77-75-81 309 | +29 |
| 42 | Jeff Wirth | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 83-77-74-76 310 | +30 |
| T43 | Gerrod Chadwell | East Central OK | 78-77-76-80 311 | +31 |
| T43 | Joey Todd | Kansas Newman | 74-78-79-80 311 | +31 |
| T45 | Keith Hoard | Spring Hill AL | 80-73-84-75 312 | +32 |
| T45 | Bruce Caplinger | Oklahoma Christian | 79-76-79-78 312 | +32 |
| T45 | Dion Gonsalues | St. Thomas FL | 78-78-77-79 312 | +32 |
| T45 | Kyle Slusher | William Jewell MO | 76-74-81-81 312 | +32 |
| T45 | Matt Evans | Berry GA | 72-80-77-83 312 | +32 |
| T50 | Mike Liming | Indiana Wesleyan | 77-73-87-76 313 | +33 |
| T50 | Doug Dixon | East Central OK | 77-76-78-82 313 | +33 |
| 52 | George Watts | Texas Wesleyan | 81-78-78-77 314 | +34 |
| T53 | Brock McKnight | East Central OK | 79-85-76-75 315 | +35 |
| T53 | Marcus Alonzo | North Greenville SC | 76-82-77-80 315 | +35 |
| T55 | Kevin Bromley | Union TN | 84-75-80-77 316 | +36 |
| T55 | Ryan Ellis | Oklahoma City | 81-81-75-79 316 | +36 |
| T57 | Michael Wellington | Spring Hill AL | 78-89-76-74 317 | +37 |
| T57 | Tad Tomblin | Bluefield VA | 78-78-84-77 317 | +37 |
| T57 | Richard Guzzo | Oklahoma Christian | 78-80-81-78 317 | +37 |
| T57 | Scott Savage | Mount Vernon Nazarene OH | 76-77-85-79 317 | +37 |
| T57 | Graeme Brown | Mobile AL | 76-78-81-82 317 | +37 |
| T57 | Willie Spicer | St. Thomas FL | 74-83-77-83 317 | +37 |
| T63 | Matt Harnish | Point Loma Nazarene CA | 84-81-78-76 319 | +39 |
| T63 | Shawn Fisher | North Greenville SC | 82-77-81-79 319 | +39 |
| T63 | Scott Moser | Western Washington | 80-80-77-82 319 | +39 |
| T63 | Nick Hartzler | Oklahoma Christian | 82-79-75-83 319 | +39 |
| 67 | Josh Colace | Point Loma Nazarene CA | 86-76-80-78 320 | +40 |
| T68 | Derrick Taylor | Southern Nazarene OK | 79-81-81-80 321 | +41 |
| T68 | Albert Polese | St. Thomas FL | 80-84-73-84 321 | +41 |
| T68 | Warren Udd | Southern Nazarene OK | 76-78-83-84 321 | +41 |
| T71 | Chris Syjansky | Northwood TX | 84-82-80-76 322 | +42 |
| T71 | Chad Harland | St. Ambrose IA | 82-82-82-76 322 | +42 |
| T71 | Barry Harjo | Oklahoma Christian | 84-81-80-77 322 | +42 |
| T71 | Josh Nelson | St. Ambrose IA | 78-80-82-82 322 | +42 |
| T71 | Josh Suemnick | Point Loma Nazarene CA | 80-75-83-84 322 | +42 |
| T71 | Chris Taylor | North Greenville SC | 76-79-82-85 322 | +42 |
| T71 | Michael Anderson | Spring Hill AL | 78-76-83-85 322 | +42 |
| T78 | Craig Welty | Western Washington | 81-86-82-74 323 | +43 |
| T78 | J.T. Belcher | North Greenville SC | 84-83-75-81 323 | +43 |
| T78 | Nic Bailey | East Central OK | 78-82-79-84 323 | +43 |
| T78 | B.J. Bauer | Bluefield VA | 81-77-81-84 323 | +43 |
| 82 | Pete Spicer | St. Thomas FL | 85-76-79-84 324 | +44 |
| 83 | Javier Castillo | Oklahoma Christian | 80-78-80-87 325 | +45 |
| T84 | Matt Guinn | St. Ambrose IA | 79-85-82-80 326 | +46 |
| T84 | Chadd Kaiser | Texas Lutheran | 77-83-86-80 326 | +46 |
| T84 | Timmy Wolfe | Union TN | 79-78-82-87 326 | +46 |
| T87 | Brad Cady | St. Ambrose IA | 87-82-82-77 328 | +48 |
| T87 | John Stehlik | Western Washington | 83-82-85-78 328 | +48 |
| T87 | Keith Hoegel | Northwood TX | 79-84-85-80 328 | +48 |
| T90 | Chris Roselle | Spring Hill AL | 81-85-85-79 330 | +50 |
| T90 | Mark Fairchild | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 85-85-80-80 330 | +50 |
| T90 | Mike Jackson | Point Loma Nazarene CA | 83-82-83-82 330 | +50 |
| T90 | David Gilbert | Southern Nazarene OK | 83-79-84-84 330 | +50 |
| 94 | Willie Trevathan | Union TN | 84-82-85-80 331 | +51 |
| 95 | Mark Boyd | Northwood TX | 82-86-81-83 332 | +52 |
| 96 | Goran de Silva | Oklahoma City | 81-88-83-81 333 | +53 |
| T97 | Duffy House | St. Thomas FL | 89-79-84-82 334 | +54 |
| T97 | K.P. Harris | Bluefield VA | 80-85-84-85 334 | +54 |
| 99 | Jason Mosley | North Greenville SC | 76-91-88-84 339 | +59 |
| 100 | Kenny Adler | Northwood TX | 103-76-81-80 340 | +60 |
