Clemson Ranked Number-One In Two Preseason Polls

Sept. 6, 2000

PRINCETON, N.J. – The Clemson University men’s golf team holds the top-ranking in two preseason college golf polls. The Tigers were ranked number-one in the nation by MasterCard College Golf Rankings and by Golf World Magazine according to teams in the preseason edition of the MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings.

Clemson, which returns four of the five players that led the Tigers to a seventh place finish at the 2000 NCAA Championship, is the top-ranked men’s team in the preseason edition of the MasterCard Rankings with 291 votes.

The Tigers, who finished the 1999-2000 season ranked No. 3, also held the top spot in last year’s preseason rankings. Clemson had five of the 19 first place votes in the Golf World poll.

Clemson opens its season this weekend at the Ridges Intercollegiate. Head Coach Lucas Glover, John Engler, D.J. Trahan and Jani Saari. Ben Duncan, who played four tournaments last year as a freshman, also will be in the lineup.

Glover, Engler and Trahan are all ranked in the top 10 in the nation according to the MasterCard individual preseason poll. Glover is rated second, while Engler is fifth and D.J. Trahan is eighth. Luke Donald of Northwestern, who won three Rolex Collegiate Tour events last season and was the top-ranked men’s individual in the final 1999-2000 edition of the MasterCard Rankings, is ranked No. 1 in the preseason rankings with 300 votes. Glover is second, while Bryce Molder of Georgia Tech is third.

MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE Preseason GOLF RANKINGS

RANK	SCHOOL	VOTES
1	Clemson	291
2	Georgia	267
3	Georgia Tech	245
4	Arizona State	244
5	Houston	241
6	Arizona	225
7	UNLV	221
8	Oklahoma State	197
9	Texas	196
10	Northwestern	181
11	Florida	175
12	New Mexico	158
13	TCU	136
14	Wake Forest	108
15	Augusta State	104
16	South Carolina	101
17	North Florida	91
18	Auburn	90
19	Brigham Young	88
20	Kent State	84
21	Washington	66
22	Southern California	55
23	Oklahoma	48
24	Stanford	47
25	North Carolina State	42

MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE GOLF RANKINGSPRESEASON EDITION – SEPTEMBER 6, 2000

RANK	NDIVIDUAL	SCHOOL	VOTES
1	Luke Donald	Northwestern	300
2	Lucas Glover	Clemson	273
3	Bryce Molder	Georgia Tech	264
4	Paul Casey	Arizona State	240
5	John Engler	Clemson	232
6	Ricky Barnes	Arizona	231
7	Andy Sanders	Houston	214
8	D.J. Trahan	Clemson	202
9	Nick Cassini	Georgia	192
10	Erik Compton	Georgia	152
11	Matt Brost	Texas	141
12	Jeff Quinney	Arizona State	130
13	Anders Hultman	Oklahoma State	119
14	Matt Jones	Arizona State	89
15	Bubba Watson	Georgia	85
16	Chris Wisler	East Tennessee State	83
17	Kyle Thompson	South Carolina	82
T 18	Michael Beard	Pepperdine	79
T 18	Matt Weibring	Georgia Tech	79
20	Jamie Elson	Augusta State	78
21	Jon Mills	Kent State	77
22	Troy Kelly	Washington	59
23	Calvin Kupeyan	UNLV	49
24	Andy Doeden	TCU	44
25	Ryan Hybl	Georgia	41