Clemson Ranked in Top 13 of All Golf Polls

Clemson, S.C.—Larry Penley’s Clemson golf team is ranked 11^th by Golfstat and the College Golf Coaches Association, and 13^th by Golfweek in polls entering the spring season.    Clemson has accomplished these rankings against a schedule ranked No. 1 in the nation by the Golfweek/Sagarin computer rankings

Clemson had a strong fall with a second-place finish at the Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic in Dalton, Ga. and a third place at the U.S. Collegiate in Alpharetta, Ga.   

Clemson has three players ranked in the top 60 nationally according to Golfweek/Sagarin.  Stephen Behr, Jr., is the top ranked player with a No.21 rating by Golfweek and the graduate is also 26^th by Golfstat.  He finished the fall with a 71.33 stroke average, a performance that included six under-par rounds and three top 16 finishes.

Austin Langdale finished the fall schedule ranked 44^th by Golfweek and 61^st by Golfstat.  The native of nearby  Pendleton, S.C.  was second on the team in stroke average this past fall with a 72.08 average.  He had four rounds under-par and finished second at he Carpet Classic to open the year.

Miller Capps is a third Clemson player in the top 60.  The senior from Denver, N.C. is 60^th according to Golfweek/Sagarin and 64^th according to Golfstat.  Capps had a 72.42 stroke average in the fall and finished a team best eighth place at the U.S. Collegiate against a strong national field.

Carson Young, a junior from Pendleton, S.C., had a 73.33 stroke average in the fall and is ranked 123^rd in the nation by Golfstat and 126^th by Golfweek.  Young led the team in rounds in the 60s with four and finished fifth at the Nike Collegiate with a nine-under-par score of 206.

Clemson opens the spring portion of the schedule on Feb. 21-23 at the Puerto Rico Classic in Rio Mar, Puerto Rico.

Final Fall Men’s Golf Rankings

Golfweek/Sagarin

1. Auburn, 2. Illinois, 3. Wake Forest, 4.  Florida State, 5. Stanford, 6.  North Carolina, 7. Alabama, 8. Southern California, 9.  Oklahoma, 10. Texas, 11. Florida, 12. Oklahoma State, 13. Clemson, 14. Duke, 15. Arizona State, 16. Georgia, 17. Purdue, 18. Vanderbilt, 19. Penn State, 20. Virginia, 21. California, 22. LSU, 23. Washington, 24. South Carolina, 25.  San Diego State

College Golf Coaches Association

1. Illinois, 2. Auburn, 3. Wake Forest, 4. Florida State, 5. Stanford, 6. Southern California, 7. Texas, 8. Duke, 9. Arizona State, 10. Oklahoma, 11.Clemson, 12. Alabama, 13. Oklahoma State, 14. Georgia, 15. North Carolina, 16.  Florida and Purdue, 18. Vanderbilt, 19. Penn State and Virginia, 21. California, 22. South Carolina, 23. Washington, 24. Georgia Tech, 25.  LSU.

Golfstat

1,  Auburn, 2. Wake Forest, 3. Florida State, 4. Illinois, 5. Stanford, 6. Duke, 7. Southern California, 8. Texas, 9. Georgia, 10. Arizona State, 11. Clemson, 12. Virginia, 13. Oklahoma, 14. Purdue, 15. Alabama, 16. California, 17. Oklahoma State, 18. Vanderbilt, 19. Florida, 20. Penn State, 21. North Carolina, 22. Kentucky, 23. UCLA, 24. South Carolina, 25. San Diego State.