PRINCETON, N.J. (March 23) – The Georgia Tech men’s golf team is the top-ranked team in the eighth 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 29, 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 fourth consecutive week. The Yellow Jackets, which won the Puerto Rico Golf Classic at Rio Mar and the Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate last month, also won the Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic during the fall. Clemson, which held the top spot in the MasterCard Rankings the entire fall, is ranked second. Northwestern, which won the Ping/Golfweek Preview during the fall, is ranked No. 3. Rounding out the top five is Arizona State, ranked No. 4, and Oklahoma State, ranked No. 5.
Matt Kuchar of Georgia Tech, who was the Rolex College Golfer of the Month for February, is the top-ranked men’s individual for the second straight week. Kuchar, who tied for the individual medalist honors at the Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate, has five top ten finishes in six starts this year. Luke Donald of Northwestern is ranked second. Rounding out the top five individuals are Bryce Molder of Georgia Tech, ranked No. 3, Lucas Glover of Clemson, ranked No. 4, and Charles Howell of Oklahoma State, ranked No. 5.
The latest edition of the MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings can be found on the Internet at www.GolfDigest.com.
The CGF, a non-profit organization founded in the spring of 1995 with the corporate support of Rolex Watch U.S.A., and also sustained by an alliance with MasterCard International, is dedicated to the growth and promotion of men’s and women’s collegiate golf.
MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE GOLF RANKINGS
ADMINISTERED BY THE COLLEGE GOLF FOUNDATION
IN COOPERATION WITH THE GCAA & NGCA
Men’s Team Rankings – March 23, 2000 (Eighth 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 29, 2000.
Rank Team 1 Georgia Tech 2 Clemson 3 Northwestern 4 Arizona State 5 Oklahoma State 6 Brigham Young 7 Georgia 8 UNLV 9 Fresno State 10 Houston 11 Arizona 12 North Florida 13 Kent 14 Stanford 15 Augusta State 16 New Mexico 17 South Carolina 18 Southern California 19 Florida 20 Texas 21 UCLA 22 Washington 23 North Carolina State 24 Duke 25 Auburn 26 Alabama-Birmingham 27 Oregon 28 Virginia 29 Oregon State 30 Oklahoma 31 Colorado 32 Georgia State 33 Kansas 34 Minnesota 35 Tennessee 36 Charleston 37 Mississippi 38 San Diego State 39 Texas A&M 40 TCU 41 Middle Tennessee State 42 Wake Forest 43 Mississippi State 44 Colorado State 45 North Carolina 46 Baylor 47 Toledo 48 Virginia Commonwealth 49 Old Dominion 50 California
MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE GOLF RANKINGS
ADMINISTERED BY THE COLLEGE GOLF FOUNDATION
IN COOPERATION WITH THE GCAA & NGCA
Men’s Individual Rankings – March 23, 2000 (Eighth 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 29, 2000.
Rank Player Year School Points 1 Matt Kuchar SR Georgia Tech 238.733 2 Luke Donald JR Northwestern 227.269 3 Bryce Molder JR Georgia Tech 217.425 4 Lucas Glover JR Clemson University 208.209 5 Charles Howell JR Oklahoma State U. 207.300 6 Paul Casey JR Arizona State U. 203.600 7 Jess Daley SR Northwestern 175.673 8 Jeremy Anderson SR UNLV 174.775 9 Andy Miller SR Brigham Young Univ. 171.051 10 Nick Cassini JR Georgia, U. of 153.624 11 D.J. Trahan FR Clemson University 153.550 12 Martin Maritz SR Tulsa, U. of 151.596 13 Ben Curtis SR Kent 148.932 14 Max Harris SR North Carolina, U of 135.630 15 Matt Jones SO Arizona State U. 135.616 16 John Engler JR Clemson University 133.050 17 Alex Rocha SR Mississippi St. U. 131.900 18 David Gossett SO Texas, Univ. of 121.343 19 Andy Sanders JR Houston, Univ. of 121.314 20 Aaron Pellegrom SR Baylor University 119.587 21 Michael Kirk SR UNLV 115.951 22 Todd Rose SR Fresno State Univ. 113.216 23 Derek Gillespie SR Arizona, U. of 108.030 24 Jonathan Byrd SR Clemson University 107.025 25 Jeff Quinney JR Arizona State U. 107.012 26 Jamie Elson SO Augusta State U. 106.140 27 Erik Compton FR Georgia, U. of 105.550 28 Matt Krauss SO Duke University 103.020 29 Ricky Barnes FR Arizona, U. of 101.913 30 Bubba Watson JR Georgia, U. of 99.600 31 Edward Loar SR Oklahoma State U. 91.875 32 B.J. Staten SR Houston, Univ. of 91.350 33 Camilo Benedetti SO Florida, U. of 91.090 34 Anders Hultman SO Oklahoma State U. 90.413 35 Craig Lile JR Arkansas, U. of 89.498 36 Adam Scott SO UNLV 87.325 37 Troy Kelly SO Washington, U. of 86.562 38 Ryan King SR Fresno State Univ. 85.868 39 James McLean JR Minnesota, Univ. of 85.500 40 David Bennett JR North Florida, U. of 78.515 41 Kyle Thompson JR South Carolina 78.175 42 Matt Brost SO Texas, Univ. of 75.302 43 Eric Ecker SR South Carolina 71.850 44 Chris Wisler JR East Tennessee St. 71.649 45 Jedd McLuen JR Charleston, Coll. of 71.641 46 Jin Park JR Arizona State U. 69.750 47 Brandon DiTullio SR UCLA 69.569 48 Parker McLachlin SO UCLA 69.470 49 Roland Thatcher SR Auburn University 68.544 50 Manuel Merizalde SO Brigham Young Univ. 68.394 51 John Bloomfield JR South Carolina 67.235 52 Bryant Odom SO Georgia, U. of 65.300 53 Jimmy Walker JR Baylor University 64.580 54 Ryan Lavoie SR Oregon, U. of 64.450 55 Billy Harvey JR Brigham Young Univ. 63.001 56 John Lepak SO Oregon State U. 60.210 57 Michael Beard SO Pepperdine Univ. 59.068 58 Ryan Vermeer SR Kansas, U. of 57.784 59 Todd Miller SO Brigham Young Univ. 54.370 60 Nick Webb SR Southern California 53.751 61 Scott Hailes JR New Mexico, U. of 53.030 62 Carl Pettersson SR North Carolina State 50.825 63 Nigel Spence SR Colorado State Univ. 50.310 64 Joel Hendry JR New Mexico, U. of 50.200 65 Jon Mills JR Kent 49.000 66 Chris Morris SR Houston, Univ. of 47.571 67 Kevin Mock SR North Florida, U. of 46.550 68 Han Lee SR California, U. of 44.632 69 John Klauk SO Texas, Univ. of 44.264 70 Scott Piercy JR San Diego State U. 44.203 71 Mike Mitchell JR Virginia, U. of 44.099 72 Neal Collins SR North Texas, U. of 41.591 73 Bubba Dickerson FR Florida, U. of 41.250 74 Martin LeMesurier SR Minnesota, Univ. of 39.980 75 Danny Paniccia SR Fresno State Univ. 39.711 76 Ty Cox SR Texas A&M University 39.471 77 David Miller SO Georgia, U. of 39.425 78 Buck Williams FR Wake Forest Univ. 39.183 79 Kevin Price SR New Mexico, U. of 38.700 80 Andy Doeden SO TCU 37.075 81 Gordy Scutt SO Washington, U. of 37.075 82 Kelsey Cline JR Oklahoma, U. of 36.300 83 Michael Hospodar SO Old Dominion Univ. 36.175 84 Mike Christensen SR Duke University 35.935 85 Kevin Stadler SO Southern California 35.801 86 Scott Miller JR Brigham Young Univ. 35.051 87 Chris Devlin SR Alabama-Birmingham 35.000 88 Wil Collins SO New Mexico, U. of 33.880 89 Aaron Hickman JR TCU 33.780 90 Michael Webb SO Augusta State U. 33.665 91 Matthew Zions SO Colorado, U. of 32.944 92 Rob Simmons JR North Carolina, U of 32.625 93 Nick Jones JR Southern California 32.415 94 Michael Letzig SR New Mexico, U. of 32.300 95 Patrick Norris FR Arizona, U. of 32.200 96 Anthony Arvidson JR Oregon State U. 31.600 T 97 Matt Weibring SO Georgia Tech 31.250 T 97 Brandon Huffman JR Texas, Univ. of 31.250 99 Tim Mickelson SR Oregon State U. 30.950 100 J.C. DeLeon FR Oklahoma State U. 30.600
