Feb. 24, 2004
ATLANTA – Led by Chan Wongluekiet’s 69, Georgia Tech’s golf team carded a 3-under-par 285, its best round of the tournament, and finished in a tie for eighth place with Minnesota at the Puerto Rico Classic in San Juan.
Tech’s 54-hole total of 880 left it 25 shots behind Florida, which won the tournament with a 9-under-par total of 855 on the 6,931-yard, par 72 River Course at Rio Mar Country Club. The Gators, who shot 289 Tuesday, won by one stroke over Clemson (8-under-par 856), which shot 286.
Second-round leader Oklahoma shot 295 and slipped to third place at 6-under-par 858. Georgia shot 5-under-par 283 Tuesday and moved up to fourth place at 865 (+1), while Oklahoma State shot the day’s best round (7-under-par 281) and moved from 11th place to fifth.
Kevin Larsen and Nicholas Thompson each finished the event tied for 24th individually at 219. Thompson shot a 2-under 70 Tuesday, while Larsen shot 74. Roberto Castro was even par with a 72 Tuesday and finished in a tie for 46th place at 224. Chan Wongluekiet had Tech’s best round of the day with a 3-under 69 and finished in a tie for 57th at 226. Thomas Jordan shot 80 and tied for 70th at 232.
Tech’s next competition is March 12-14 against another top field at the Las Vegas Intercollegiate.
TEAM SCORESFlorida 289-277-289 - 855 (-9)Clemson 281-289-286 - 856 (-8)Oklahoma 283-280-295 - 858 (-6)Georgia 289-292-283 - 865 (+1)Oklahoma State 292-298-281 - 871 (+7)NC State 293-283-300 - 876 (+13)Virginia 292-294-293 - 879 (+15)Georgia Tech 296-299-285 - 880 (+16)Minnesota 288-296-296 - 880 (+16)Texas 288-299-298 - 885 (+21)East Tennessee State 304-289-293 - 886 (+22)Virginia Tech 295-292-299 - 886 (+22)Purdue 300-298-292 - 890 (+26)Kent State 293-297-302 - 892 (+28)Northwestern 306-292-303 - 901 (+37)Duke 300-294-311 - 905 (+41)Illinois 306-313-301 - 920 (+46)Michigan 319-302-301 - 922 (+48)
GEORGIA TECH SCORES Kevin Larsen (t-24) 71-74-74 – 219 (+3) Nicholas Thompson (t-24) 75-74-70 – 219 (+3) Roberto Castro (t-46) 74-78-72 – 224 (+8) Chan Wongluekiet (t-57) 82-75-69 – 226 (+10) Thomas Jordan (t-70) 76-76-80 – 232 (+16)
