Clemson Seventh After First Round in Las Vegas

March 9, 2002

Las Vegas, NV – Ben Duncan was the only Clemson player to shoot even par golf during the first round of the Las Vegas Invitational. The 15-team event features 10 of the top 25 teams in the nation and is being played at the Southern Highlands Golf Course in Las Vegas. Clemson stands in a tie for seventh place with Arizona and TCU at 293. Clemson is only six shots off the pace set by number-one ranked Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets have won two tournaments already this spring and have a one-shot lead over Florida, Georgia and UNLV. New Mexico and NC State are tied for fifth at 291, followed by the Tigers.

Clark Corbett and Brien Davis of UNLV lead the event individually with opening rounds of 68. Matt Hendrix supported Duncan with a 73, good enough for 21st place. Duncan stands tied for 13th. Freshman Martin Catalioto had his best round of the year with a 74, while sophomore Gregg Jones also shot a 74.

D.J. Trahan, the number-one ranked player in the nation and the winner of this event two years ago, had a 76 in the opening round. It ended his streak of 20 consecutive rounds at 72 or better and it was the first round all year his score did not count towards the Clemson team score.

Competition in the three-day event continues on Saturday and Sunday.

1	Georgia Tech	-1	F	-1	287	287
T2	Florida U. of	E	F	E	288	288
T2	Georgia U. of	E	F	E	288	288
T2	UNLV	E	F	E	288	288
T5	New Mexico U. of	+3	F	+3	291	291
T5	North Carolina State	+3	F	+3	291	291
T7	Arizona U. of	+5	F	+5	293	293
T7	Clemson University	+5	F	+5	293	293
T7	TCU	+5	F	+5	293	293
10	Houston Univ. of	+8	F	+8	296	296
11	Ohio State Univ.	+11	F	+11	299	299
12	Oklahoma State U.	+12	F	+12	300	300
13	Arizona State U.	+16	F	+16	304	304
14	Alabama U. of	+20	F	+20	308	308
15	Air Force	+27	F	+27	315	315
16	Kent State	+31	F	+31	319	319

– T1	Clark Corbett	UNLV	-4	F	-4	68	68
– T1	Brien Davis*	UNLV	-4	F	-4	68	68
– T1	Camilo Villegas	Florida U. of	-4	F	-4	68	68
– T4	Wil Collins	New Mexico U. of	-3	F	-3	69	69
– T4	Ryan Hybl	Georgia U. of	-3	F	-3	69	69
– T4	Hunter Mahan	Oklahoma State U.	-3	F	-3	69	69
– T4	Nicholas Thompson	Georgia Tech	-3	F	-3	69	69
– 8	Troy Matteson	Georgia Tech	-2	F	-2	70	70
– T9	J.J. Killeen	TCU	-1	F	-1	71	71
– T9	Kris Mikkelsen	Georgia Tech	-1	F	-1	71	71
– T9	Jason Moon	North Carolina State	-1	F	-1	71	71
– T9	Garth Mulroy	North Carolina State	-1	F	-1	71	71
– T13	Camilo Benedetti	Florida U. of	E	F	E	72	72
– T13	Ben Duncan	Clemson University	E	F	E	72	72
– T13	Scott Hailes	New Mexico U. of	E	F	E	72	72
– T13	Reid Hatley	Arizona U. of	E	F	E	72	72
– T13	Dalton Melnyk	Florida U. of	E	F	E	72	72
– T13	Chris Nallen	Arizona U. of	E	F	E	72	72
– T13	Bryant Odom	Georgia U. of	E	F	E	72	72
– T13	Simon Robinson	Houston Univ. of	E	F	E	72	72
– T21	Brandon Askew	UNLV	+1	F	+1	73	73
– T21	Brett Foulds	UNLV	+1	F	+1	73	73
– T21	Matt Hendrix	Clemson University	+1	F	+1	73	73
– T21	Brad McIntosh	Houston Univ. of	+1	F	+1	73	73
– T21	David Miller	Georgia U. of	+1	F	+1	73	73
– T21	Scott Miller	Ohio State Univ.	+1	F	+1	73	73
– T21	Jason Oien	Ohio State Univ.	+1	F	+1	73	73
– T21	Steve Shuert	TCU	+1	F	+1	73	73
– T29	Martin Catalioto	Clemson University	+2	F	+2	74	74
– T29	Christo Greyling	Georgia U. of	+2	F	+2	74	74
– T29	Bret Guetz	TCU	+2	F	+2	74	74
– T29	Gregg Jones	Clemson University	+2	F	+2	74	74
– T29	Fernando Mechereffe	North Carolina State	+2	F	+2	74	74
– T29	Ryan Moore	UNLV	+2	F	+2	74	74
– T29	Kipp Riehle	Arizona U. of	+2	F	+2	74	74
– T36	Ricky Barnes	Arizona U. of	+3	F	+3	75	75
– T36	Brett Callas	Houston Univ. of	+3	F	+3	75	75
– T36	Tyler Erickson	Arizona State U.	+3	F	+3	75	75
– T36	Calvin Kupeyan*	UNLV	+3	F	+3	75	75
– T36	Ben Leestma	Air Force	+3	F	+3	75	75
– T36	Michael Letzig	New Mexico U. of	+3	F	+3	75	75
– T36	Alex Noren	Oklahoma State U.	+3	F	+3	75	75
– T36	Clint Provost	Alabama U. of	+3	F	+3	75	75
– T36	Jay Reynolds	New Mexico U. of	+3	F	+3	75	75
– T36	Adam Rubinson	TCU	+3	F	+3	75	75
– T36	David Schultz	New Mexico U. of	+3	F	+3	75	75
– T36	Justin Walters	North Carolina State	+3	F	+3	75	75
– T48	Daniel Angenscheidt	Houston Univ. of	+4	F	+4	76	76
– T48	Lars Brovold	Alabama U. of	+4	F	+4	76	76
– T48	Jordan Code	Florida U. of	+4	F	+4	76	76
– T48	Justin Collins	Ohio State Univ.	+4	F	+4	76	76
– T48	Mike Derminio	Arizona State U.	+4	F	+4	76	76
– T48	Anders Hultman	Oklahoma State U.	+4	F	+4	76	76
– T48	Chez Reavie	Arizona State U.	+4	F	+4	76	76
– T48	D.J. Trahan	Clemson University	+4	F	+4	76	76
– T56	Ryan Dennis	Ohio State Univ.	+5	F	+5	77	77
– T56	Andy Doeden	TCU	+5	F	+5	77	77
– T56	Jesse Mueller	Arizona State U.	+5	F	+5	77	77
– T56	Ari Savolainen	Florida U. of	+5	F	+5	77	77
– T56	Matt Weibring	Georgia Tech	+5	F	+5	77	77
– T61	Joe Hurtuk	Kent State	+6	F	+6	78	78
– T61	Peter Laws	Kent State	+6	F	+6	78	78
– T61	Nick Rousey	Alabama U. of	+6	F	+6	78	78
– T61	Matt Sakowitz	Air Force	+6	F	+6	78	78
– T65	Jan Are Larsen	Alabama U. of	+7	F	+7	79	79
– T65	J.C. Deacon	UNLV	+7	F	+7	79	79
– T65	Scott Ferguson	Houston Univ. of	+7	F	+7	79	79
– T65	Doug Wade	Ohio State Univ.	+7	F	+7	79	79
– T65	Tim Weiss	Arizona U. of	+7	F	+7	79	79
– T65	Donny Wysoczynski	Georgia U. of	+7	F	+7	79	79
– T71	J.C. DeLeon	Oklahoma State U.	+8	F	+8	80	80
– T71	Par Nilsson	Oklahoma State U.	+8	F	+8	80	80
– T71	Chan Wongluekiet	Georgia Tech	+8	F	+8	80	80
– T74	Steve Lohmeyer	Kent State	+9	F	+9	81	81
– T74	Tim Thoren	Air Force	+9	F	+9	81	81
– T74	Adam Wasinger	Air Force	+9	F	+9	81	81
– T77	Austin Hynson	Alabama U. of	+10	F	+10	82	82
– T77	Kevin Kotyk	Kent State	+10	F	+10	82	82
– T77	Rodney Thomas	North Carolina State	+10	F	+10	82	82
– T80	Brandon Daum	Air Force	+11	F	+11	83	83
– T80	Pat Moore*	Arizona State U.	+11	F	+11	83	83
– 82	Sean Howell	Kent State	+15	F	+15	87	87
– 83	Ian Medlock*	New Mexico U. of	+17	F	+17	89	89
– –	Brady Stockton	Arizona State U.	–	F	D	D	–