April 20, 2003
ATLANTA – Freshman Thomas Jordan shot a 1-under-par 71 to pace Georgia Tech’s 1-over-par effort of 289 Sunday, and the Yellow Jackets held position and finished fourth at the ACC Men’s Golf Championship.
Senior Troy Matteson, the defending NCAA champion, shot 1-over 73 and finished in a tie for third in the medal race, three shots behind Richard Treis of North Carolina. Treis shot 2-under-par 70 and took the individual title at 5-under-par 211 by two shots over Bill Haas of Wake Forest (76-213).
The tournament was contested over the 7,102-yard, par 72 Old North State Club in Uwharrie Point, N.C.
Clemson, which began the day in third place, five shots behind Wake Forest, posted a 3-under-par team total of 285 and overtook both the Demon Deacons and North Carolina. The Tigers won by one shot over Wake Forest and by four over North Carolina. Matt Hendrix shot a 68 and Jack Ferguson a 70 to lead the Tigers’ charge.
Tech shot the day’s second-best team score, but remained in fourth place, 16 strokes off the lead.
Jordan’s 71 enabled him to tie for fifth at even-par 216 with Brent Wanner of Wake Forest (75). Sophomore Nicholas Thompson shot even-par 72 and finished in a tie for 23rd at 226, while senior Adam Cranford’s 75 gave him a tournament total of 227 and a tie for 26th, and sophomore Chan Wongluekiet carded a 73 and tied for 29th at 229.
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE MEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPOld North State Club, New London, N.C.Par 72, 7102 yards
FINAL STANDINGS Clemson 294-286-285 865 (+1) Wake Forest 293-282-291 866 (+2) North Carolina 290-286-293 869 (+5) Georgia Tech 305-287-289 881 (+17) Duke 303-292-297 892 (+28) NC State 312-295-293 900 (+36) Virginia 310-298-294 902 (+38) Florida State 311-305-301 917 (+53) Maryland 311-299-309 919 (+55)
TOP 20 INDIVIDUALS 1 Richard Treis, N Carolina 72-69-70 211 (-5) 2 Bill Haas, Wake Forest 69-68-76 213 (-3) 3 Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech 74-67-73 214 (-2) Jack Ferguson, Clemson 72-72-70 214 (-2) 5 Brent Wanner, Wake Forest 72-69-75 216 (E) Thomas Jordan, Georgia Tech 76-69-71 216 (E) 7 Ramon Bescansa, N Carolina 72-70-75 217 (+1) Matt Hendrix, Clemson 76-73-68 217 (+1) 9 D.J. Trahan, Clemson 77-68-73 218 (+2) Dustin Bray, N Carolina 71-72-75 218 (+2) 11 Chris Yoder, Wake Forest 74-70-75 219 (+3) 12 Leif Olson, Duke 75-72-73 220 (+4) John Eades, Maryland 73-75-72 220 (+4) 14 Ben Duncan, Clemson 72-75-74 221 (+5) 15 Justin Goodhue, Virginia 77-71-74 222 (+6) Jeremy Luce, Virginia 76-77-69 222 (+6) 17 Jason Moon, NC State 80-68-75 223 (+7) Tom Lefebvre, Duke 75-72-76 223 (+7) Jeremy Elliott, N Carolina 75-75-73 223 (+7) 20 Chad Wilfong, Wake Forest 78-75-72 225 (+9) Stephen Lewton, NC State 77-72-76 225 (+9) Gregg Jones, Clemson 74-73-78 225 (+9)
GEORGIA TECH SCORES Troy Matteson (T3) 74-67-73 214 (-2) Thomas Jordan (T5) 76-69-71 216 (E) Nicholas Thompson (T23) 77-77-72 226 (+10) Adam Cranford (T26) 78-74-75 227 (+11) Chan Wongluekiet (T29) 79-77-73 229 (+13)
