PRINCETON, N.J. – Georgia Tech is the top-ranked team in the ninth edition of the MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings, the fifth consecutive week the Yellow Jackets have held the top spot.
Georgia Tech has won three Rolex Collegiate Tour events so far this season and is preparing to compete in the U.S. Collegiate Championship Apr. 7-9 in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. 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. Georgia, which won the Schenkel E-Z-GO Invitational this past weekend, moved up to No. 4. Rounding out the top five is No. 5 Brigham Young, which leads the Rolex Collegiate Tour with five team victories so far this season.
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 third 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 Lucas Glover of Clemson, ranked No. 3, Bryce Molder of Georgia Tech, ranked No. 4, and Charles Howell of Oklahoma State, ranked No. 5.
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, April 5, 2000.
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 29, 2000 (Ninth 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 April 5, 2000.
Rank Team 1 Georgia Tech 2 Clemson 3 Northwestern 4 Georgia 5 Brigham Young 6 Arizona State 7 Oklahoma State 8 UNLV 9 Fresno State 10 Houston 11 Arizona 12 Augusta State 13 North Florida 14 New Mexico 15 Stanford 16 Kent 17 Florida 18 Duke 19 South Carolina 20 North Carolina State 21 Washington 22 Southern California 23 Texas 24 Virginia 25 UCLA 26 Auburn 27 Alabama-Birmingham 28 Oregon 29 Oregon State 30 Colorado 31 Oklahoma 32 Georgia State 33 Charleston 34 Kansas 35 Tennessee 36 Minnesota 37 Mississippi 38 TCU 39 Wake Forest 40 San Diego State 41 Texas A&M 42 Mississippi State 43 Middle Tennessee State 44 North Carolina 45 Colorado State 46 Baylor 47 Virginia Commonwealth 48 Toledo 49 Old Dominion 50 Louisiana State
MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE GOLF RANKINGS
ADMINISTERED BY THE COLLEGE GOLF FOUNDATION
IN COOPERATION WITH THE GCAA & NGCA
Men’s Individual Rankings – March 29, 2000 (Ninth 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 April 5, 2000.
Rank Player Year School Points 1 Matt Kuchar SR Georgia Tech 263.733 2 Luke Donald JR Northwestern 257.469 3 Lucas Glover JR Clemson University 238.409 4 Bryce Molder JR Georgia Tech 236.175 5 Charles Howell JR Oklahoma State U. 207.300 6 Paul Casey JR Arizona State U. 203.600 7 Nick Cassini JR Georgia, U. of 196.524 8 Max Harris SR North Carolina, U of 183.530 9 Jeremy Anderson SR UNLV 180.295 10 Jess Daley SR Northwestern 175.673 11 Andy Miller SR Brigham Young Univ. 175.611 12 John Engler JR Clemson University 163.250 13 D.J. Trahan FR Clemson University 156.217 14 Bubba Watson JR Georgia, U. of 152.500 15 Martin Maritz SR Tulsa, U. of 151.848 16 Ben Curtis SR Kent 150.952 17 Matt Krauss SO Duke University 142.695 18 Erik Compton FR Georgia, U. of 135.750 19 Matt Jones SO Arizona State U. 135.616 20 Alex Rocha SR Mississippi St. U. 132.412 21 Aaron Pellegrom SR Baylor University 123.331 22 Jonathan Byrd SR Clemson University 122.225 23 David Gossett SO Texas, Univ. of 121.343 24 Jamie Elson SO Augusta State U. 121.340 25 Andy Sanders JR Houston, Univ. of 121.314 26 Michael Kirk SR UNLV 115.951 27 Todd Rose SR Fresno State Univ. 113.216 28 Derek Gillespie SR Arizona, U. of 109.494 29 Jeff Quinney JR Arizona State U. 107.012 30 Camilo Benedetti SO Florida, U. of 106.290 31 Ricky Barnes FR Arizona, U. of 101.913 32 Edward Loar SR Oklahoma State U. 91.875 33 B.J. Staten SR Houston, Univ. of 91.350 34 Craig Lile JR Arkansas, U. of 91.318 35 Anders Hultman SO Oklahoma State U. 90.413 36 Troy Kelly SO Washington, U. of 89.562 37 Adam Scott SO UNLV 87.325 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 81.122 41 Carl Pettersson SR North Carolina State 81.025 42 Kyle Thompson JR South Carolina 80.842 43 Matt Brost SO Texas, Univ. of 75.302 44 Jedd McLuen JR Charleston, Coll. of 74.809 45 Eric Ecker SR South Carolina 71.850 46 Chris Wisler JR East Tennessee St. 71.649 47 Jin Park JR Arizona State U. 69.750 48 Brandon DiTullio SR UCLA 69.569 49 Parker McLachlin SO UCLA 69.470 50 Roland Thatcher SR Auburn University 68.544 51 Manuel Merizalde SO Brigham Young Univ. 68.394 52 John Bloomfield JR South Carolina 67.235 53 Bryant Odom SO Georgia, U. of 65.300 54 Jimmy Walker JR Baylor University 64.580 55 Ryan Lavoie SR Oregon, U. of 64.450 56 Billy Harvey JR Brigham Young Univ. 63.001 57 John Lepak SO Oregon State U. 60.210 58 Ryan Vermeer SR Kansas, U. of 59.865 59 Michael Beard SO Pepperdine Univ. 59.068 60 Mike Mitchell JR Virginia, U. of 55.979 61 Todd Miller SO Brigham Young Univ. 54.370 62 Nick Webb SR Southern California 53.751 63 Scott Hailes JR New Mexico, U. of 53.030 64 Nigel Spence SR Colorado State Univ. 50.310 65 Joel Hendry JR New Mexico, U. of 50.200 66 Jon Mills JR Kent 49.000 67 Chris Morris SR Houston, Univ. of 47.571 68 Kevin Mock SR North Florida, U. of 46.550 69 Han Lee SR California, U. of 44.632 70 John Klauk SO Texas, Univ. of 44.264 71 Scott Piercy JR San Diego State U. 44.203 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 Brent Wanner FR Wake Forest Univ. 35.060 87 Scott Miller JR Brigham Young Univ. 35.051 88 Chris Devlin SR Alabama-Birmingham 35.000 89 Aaron Hickman JR TCU 33.925 90 Wil Collins SO New Mexico, U. of 33.880 91 Michael Webb SO Augusta State U. 33.665 92 Matthew Zions SO Colorado, U. of 32.944 93 Rob Simmons JR North Carolina, U of 32.625 94 Nick Jones JR Southern California 32.415 95 Michael Letzig SR New Mexico, U. of 32.300 96 Patrick Norris FR Arizona, U. of 32.200 97 Taylor Walsh SO Florida, U. of 31.857 98 Anthony Arvidson JR Oregon State U. 31.600 T 99 Matt Weibring SO Georgia Tech 31.250 T 99 Brandon Huffman JR Texas, Univ. of 31.250
