Feb. 22, 2004
ATLANTA – Georgia Tech’s golf team was eight over par with a team score of 296, in 12th place and 15 strokes behind Clemson after Sunday’s first round of the Puerto Rico Classic in San Juan.
The defending national champion Tigers posted a seven-under-par score of 281 on the 6,931-yard, par 72 River Course at Rio Mar Country Club. Oklahoma is in second place, two shots back at 283, followed by Minnesota and Texas at even-par 288 and Florida at 289.
Freshman Kevin Larsen paced the fifth-ranked Yellow Jackets with a one-under-par 71 Sunday. He is tied for 11th place individually, five strokes behind Jason Hartwick of Texas, who fired a six-under-par 66. Jack Ferguson of Clemson is a shot behind after a shooting 67, and Justin Smith of Oklahoma is third at 68.
Only 28 golfers out of the 90 in the field matched or beat par.
Also counting for Tech Sunday was freshman Roberto Castro (74, tied for 36th place), junior Nicholas Thompson (75, tied for 46th) and sophomore Thomas Jordan (76, tied for 56th). Junior Chan Wongluekiet shot 82 for Tech.
TEAM SCORESClemson 281 -7Oklahoma 283 -5Minnesota 288 ETexas 288 EFlorida 289 +1Georgia 289 +2Oklahoma State 292 +4Virginia 292 +4Kent State 293 +5NC State 293 +5Virginia Tech 295 +7Georgia Tech 296 +8Purdue 300 +12Duke 300 +12East Tennessee State 304 +16Illinois 306 +18Northwestern 306 +18Michigan 319 +31
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Jason Hartwick, Texas 66 -6 Jack Ferguson, Clemson 67 -5 Justin Smith, Minnesota 68 -4 Tyler Leon, Oklahoma State 69 -3 Gregg Jones, Clemson 70 -2 Anthony Kim, Oklahoma 70 -2 Matt Hendrix, Clemson 70 -2 Richard Scott, Georgia 70 -2 Blake Martin, Oklahoma 70 -2 Duke Butler, Florida 70 -2
GEORGIA TECH SCORES Kevin Larsen (t-11th) 71 -1 Roberto Castro (t-36th) 74 +2 Nicholas Thompson (t-46th) 75 +3 Thomas Jordan (t-56th) 76 +4 Chan Wongluekiet (t-84th) 82 +10
