PRINCETON, N.J. – The Georgia Tech men and the University of Arizona women are the top-ranked teams in the sixth edition of the MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings. The MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings, which are administered by the College Golf Foundation and compiled by Golfstat in cooperation with the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) and National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA), are determined by a computerized system based strictly on performance during the 1999-2000 collegiate golf season.
The MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings, the official rankings of the Rolex Collegiate Tour, will be released a total of 19 times throughout the 1999-2000 college golf season. The next date for release of the MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings will be Wednesday, March 15, 2000.
Georgia Tech, which has won three Rolex Collegiate Tour events so far this season, is the top-ranked men’s team in the MasterCard Rankings for the second consecutive week. The Yellow Jackets, which won the Puerto Rico Golf Classic at Rio Mar last week, also won the Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate last month and the Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic during the fall. Northwestern, which won the team title at the Ping/Golfweek Preview during the fall, is ranked second. Clemson, which held the top spot in the MasterCard Rankings the entire fall, is ranked third. Rounding out the top five are Arizona State, ranked No. 4, and Georgia, ranked No. 5.
Luke Donald of Northwestern, who was ranked No. 1 throughout the entire fall campaign, is the top-ranked men’s individual for the first time this spring. Donald, who won the Puerto Rico Golf Classic at Rio Mar last week, shares the Rolex Collegiate Tour lead with three other individuals who have won three tournaments so far this season. Matt Kuchar of Georgia Tech, who was named the February Rolex College Golfer of the Month, is ranked second. Rounding out the top five individuals are Lucas Glover of Clemson, ranked No. 3, Bryce Molder of Georgia Tech, ranked No. 4, and Jess Daley of Northwestern, ranked No. 5.
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MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE GOLF RANKINGS
ADMINISTERED BY THE COLLEGE GOLF FOUNDATION
IN COOPERATION WITH THE GCAA & NGCA
Men’s Team Rankings – March 8, 2000 (Sixth edition)
The MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings, administered by the CGF and compiled by Golfstat, are determined by a computerized system based on performance during the 1999-2000 collegiate golf season. The next edition of the rankings will be released March 15, 2000.
Rank Team 1 Georgia Tech 2 Northwestern 3 Clemson 4 Arizona State 5 Georgia 6 Oklahoma State 7 Brigham Young 8 Fresno State 9 UNLV 10 Kent 11 Stanford 12 Houston 13 Arizona 14 South Carolina 15 North Florida 16 Southern California 17 Florida 18 New Mexico 19 Augusta State 20 UCLA 21 Washington 22 North Carolina State 23 Virginia 24 Oklahoma 25 Duke 26 Auburn 27 Colorado 28 Texas 29 Notre Dame 30 Oregon 31 Kansas 32 Oregon State 33 Tennessee 34 Colorado State 35 San Diego State 36 Toledo 37 TCU 38 Alabama-Birmingham 39 North Carolina 40 California 41 Wake Forest 42 Mississippi 43 Old Dominion 44 Georgia State 45 Minnesota 46 North Texas 47 Michigan 48 Ohio State 49 Texas A&M 50 Hawaii
MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE GOLF RANKINGS
ADMINISTERED BY THE COLLEGE GOLF FOUNDATION
IN COOPERATION WITH THE GCAA & NGCA
Men’s Individual Rankings – March 8, 2000 (Sixth edition)
The MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings, administered by the CGF and compiled by Golfstat, are determined by a computerized system based on performance during the 1999-2000 collegiate golf season. The next edition of the rankings will be released March 15, 2000.
Rank Player Year School Points 1 Luke Donald JR Northwestern 225.900 2 Matt Kuchar SR Georgia Tech 205.058 3 Lucas Glover JR Clemson University 204.550 4 Bryce Molder JR Georgia Tech 197.725 5 Jess Daley SR Northwestern 176.139 6 Martin Maritz SR Tulsa, U. of 154.235 7 Ben Curtis SR Kent 152.200 8 Nick Cassini JR Georgia, U. of 152.129 9 Jeremy Anderson SR UNLV 146.032 10 Charles Howell JR Oklahoma State U. 142.330 11 Paul Casey JR Arizona State U. 137.850 12 John Engler JR Clemson University 137.818 13 Alex Rocha SR Mississippi St. U. 121.900 14 Andy Miller SR Brigham Young Univ. 113.340 15 Aaron Pellegrom SR Baylor University 111.821 16 Derek Gillespie SR Arizona, U. of 102.886 17 Erik Compton FR Georgia, U. of 102.850 18 Max Harris SR North Carolina, U of102.330 19 Jamie Elson SO Augusta State U. 101.950 20 Bubba Watson JR Georgia, U. of 96.300 21 Troy Kelly SO Washington, U. of 94.290 22 Camilo Benedetti SO Florida, U. of 93.380 23 Matt Krauss SO Duke University 92.807 24 Andy Sanders JR Houston, Univ. of 92.450 25 Jeff Quinney JR Arizona State U. 89.025 26 B.J. Staten SR Houston, Univ. of 88.900 27 David Gossett SO Texas, Univ. of 87.155 28 Matt Jones SO Arizona State U. 84.696 29 Adam Scott SO UNLV 83.650 30 Kyle Thompson JR South Carolina 83.475 31 Ryan Vermeer SR Kansas, U. of 81.833 32 D.J. Trahan FR Clemson University 80.650 33 Michael Kirk SR UNLV 77.050 34 David Bennett JR North Florida, U. of 77.015 35 Todd Rose SR Fresno State Univ. 76.090 36 Parker McLachlin SO UCLA 75.392 37 Brandon DiTullio SR UCLA 73.806 38 Eric Ecker SR South Carolina 71.600 39 Jedd McLuen JR Charleston, Coll. of 69.790 40 Jonathan Byrd SR Clemson University 69.304 41 John Bloomfield JR South Carolina 69.140 42 Jin Park JR Arizona State U. 66.250 43 Craig Lile JR Arkansas, U. of 65.912 44 Scott Piercy JR San Diego State U. 64.652 45 Chris Wisler JR East Tennessee St. 64.011 46 John Lepak SO Oregon State U. 63.690 47 Ricky Barnes FR Arizona, U. of 60.086 48 Billy Harvey JR Brigham Young Univ. 59.710 49 Nick Webb SR Southern California 58.050 50 Ryan Lavoie SR Oregon, U. of 57.250 51 Roland Thatcher SR Auburn University 57.206 52 Manuel Merizalde SO Brigham Young Univ. 56.695 53 Scott Hailes JR New Mexico, U. of 54.475 54 Carl Pettersson SR North Carolina State 54.216 55 Edward Loar SR Oklahoma State U. 52.675 56 Anders Hultman SO Oklahoma State U. 51.786 57 James McLean JR Minnesota, Univ. of 51.150 58 Michael Beard SO Pepperdine Univ. 49.650 59 Kevin Stadler SO Southern California 48.620 60 Chris Morris SR Houston, Univ. of 47.863 61 Jon Mills JR Kent 47.350 62 Kevin Mock SR North Florida, U. of 47.300 63 Mike Mitchell JR Virginia, U. of 44.990 64 Todd Miller SO Brigham Young Univ. 43.880 65 Martin LeMesurierSR Minnesota, Univ. of 43.050 66 Han Lee SR California, U. of 42.606 67 Bubba Dickerson FR Florida, U. of 42.200 68 Neal Collins SR North Texas, U. of 42.080 69 Ryan King SR Fresno State Univ. 40.649 70 Nigel Spence SR Colorado State Univ. 40.379 71 Andy Doeden SO TCU 39.441 72 Michael Hospodar SO Old Dominion Univ. 37.775 73 Dusty Brett SR Stanford University 37.542 74 Mike Christensen SR Duke University 37.535 75 Buck Williams FR Wake Forest Univ. 37.258 76 David Miller SO Georgia, U. of 36.975 77 Michael Webb SO Augusta State U. 36.305 78 Nick Jones JR Southern California 36.006 79 Chris Devlin SR Alabama-Birmingham 34.950 80 Patrick Norris FR Arizona, U. of 34.800 81 Aaron Hickman JR TCU 33.392 82 Gordy Scutt SO Washington, U. of 33.029 83 Michael Letzig SR New Mexico, U. of 32.600 84 Rob Simmons JR North Carolina, U of 31.938 85 James Driscoll SR Virginia, U. of 31.507 T 86 Matt Weibring SO Georgia Tech 31.250 T 86 Brandon Huffman JR Texas, Univ. of 31.250 88 James Lee JR Stanford University 31.070 89 Jimmy Walker JR Baylor University 30.820 90 Tim Mickelson SR Oregon State U. 30.700 91 J.C. DeLeon FR Oklahoma State U. 30.350 92 Danny Paniccia SR Fresno State Univ. 29.883 93 Chris James SR Oklahoma, U. of 29.042 94 Daniel Fox SO Arkansas-Little Rock 28.858 95 Scott Miller JR Brigham Young Univ. 28.850 96 Andrew Black SO Tennessee, Univ. of 28.595 97 Danny Sahl JR Kent 28.300 98 Matt Call JR Colorado, U. of 27.904 99 Lance Dunaway SR Stephen F. Austin St 27.850 T100 Ron Won FR Stanford University 27.750 T100 Jonas Runnquist SR Arizona State U. 27.750
