Linksters prep for Hawkeye

For the Daily

Michigan men's golf coach Jim Carras finds himself in a predicament. His problem? How to be successful with a precocious bunch of underclassmen bouyed by superstar junior Michael Harris.

As the Wolverines prepare for this weekend's Hawkeye Intercollegiate in Iowa City, Carras is continuing his line-up shuffle that he expects to continue throughout the season.

The only constant has been Harris, who has shown the kind of game that makes people whisper about "the next level." He won the prestigious Northeast Amateur in Rumford, R.I., this summer against a top flight field of amateurs.

ANDREW YOUNG/Daily Junior Mike Harris and the Michigan Golf squad will continue their lineup shuffles this weekend in Iowa City at the Hawkeye Intercollegiate.

Carras expects nothing less than at least a repeat of Harris' all-Big Ten status of a year ago. He is also pleased with the leadership role Harris has taken on.

"Mike has been exceptional this season. He works with the team, he's done everything I've asked and he's really earned the respect of every player on the team," Carras said. "But we have to guard against players sitting back and expecting Mike to do everything, both on and off the course."

This weekend also marks the debut of Brian Seipke a freshman from Traverse City.

"There's not a lot you can do to prepare (Seipke) for this. He's ready to go and has been playing better and better," Carras said.

Seipke is replacing junior Mike Affledt in the lineup after Affledt's tie for 59th last weekend. This shuffling is all part of Carras' plan.

"I'm trying to find a lineup that works and if that means leaving (Affledt) home this weekend, then so be it." Carras said.

Carras emphasized that his rotation is far from set in stone and that only Harris is a constant.

Sophomore Scott Hayes has been thrust into the lineup after only one year of varsity experience.

"He's been responding well to the pressure," Carras said. "He needs to learn how to go low and

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