PRINCETON, N.J. (Mar. 15) – Georgia is the top-ranked team in the seventh 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 Thursday, March 23, 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 third consecutive week following the Yellow Jackets tie for fourth last weekend at the Las Vegas Intercollegiate, one shot out of a three-way playoff for the team title.
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. 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. Arizona State, which won the Las Vegas Intercollegiate this past weekend, is ranked No. 4. Rounding out the top five is 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 first time this season. 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 Paul Casey of Arizona 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 15, 2000 (Seventh 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 23, 2000.
Rank Team 1 Georgia Tech 2 Northwestern 3 Clemson 4 Arizona State 5 Oklahoma State 6 Georgia 7 Fresno State 8 Brigham Young 9 Houston 10 UNLV 11 North Florida 12 Arizona 13 Kent 14 Stanford 15 South Carolina 16 Southern California 17 Augusta State 18 Florida 19 New Mexico 20 UCLA 21 Texas 22 North Carolina State 23 Washington 24 Duke 25 Oklahoma 26 Virginia 27 Oregon State 28 Oregon 29 Auburn 30 Colorado 31 Tennessee 32 Alabama-Birmingham 33 Kansas 34 San Diego State 35 Georgia State 36 Minnesota 37 Colorado State 38 TCU 39 North Carolina 40 Wake Forest 41 Charleston 42 Mississippi 43 Mississippi State 44 Baylor 45 California 46 North Texas 47 Old Dominion 48 Texas A&M 49 Toledo 50 Louisiana State
MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE GOLF RANKINGS
ADMINISTERED BY THE COLLEGE GOLF FOUNDATION IN COOPERATION WITH THE GCAA & NGCA
Men’s Individual Rankings – March 15, 2000 (Seventh 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 23, 2000.
Rank Player Year School Points 1 Matt Kuchar SR Georgia Tech 243.483 2 Luke Donald JR Northwestern 234.208 3 Bryce Molder JR Georgia Tech 222.675 4 Lucas Glover JR Clemson University 210.414 5 Paul Casey JR Arizona State U. 201.250 6 Charles Howell JR Oklahoma State U. 200.610 7 Jess Daley SR Northwestern 181.171 8 Jeremy Anderson SR UNLV 170.605 9 Nick Cassini JR Georgia, U. of 156.831 10 D.J. Trahan FR Clemson University 154.750Other Tech Golfers:T 92 Matt Weibring SO Georgia Tech 31.250 96 Troy Matteson SO Georgia Tech 30.364
