Golf Remains Number One in Polls

March 2, 2003

Clemson remains number-one in the nation in the latest Precept Coach’s Poll and the Golfweek/Sagarin Poll. Clemson has been ranked number-one in each of the last six Precept Polls, the official coach’s association ranking.

Augusta State is ranked second in both polls. Clemson has finished first or second in all seven of its tournaments so far this year. Three of the second place finishes were behind first-place showing by Augusta State. The athletic director at Augusta State is former Clemson assistant basketball coach Clint Bryant, who served under Bill Foster at Clemson for nine years.

Three Clemson golfers are ranked in the top 20 in the nation according to the individual rankings by Golfweek/Sagarin. D.J. Trahan is ranked fourth in the nation on the computer ranking, while sophomore Jack Ferguson is 10th. Junior Matt Hendrix is ranked 16th.

Clemson will be in action March 7-9 at the Las Vegas Collegiate in Las Vegas, NV.

Precept Coaches Poll

Rank	University (First Place Votes)	Number of points	Prev.
1.	Clemson (9)	724	1
2.	Augusta State(17)	711	2
3.	TCU(1)	622	6
4.	Flordia	605	3
5.	Arizona(1)	599	5
6.	UNLV(1)	578	8
7.	Wake Forest	531	4
8.	Texas	796	7
9.	UCLA	469	22
10.	Minnesota	423	9
11.	North Carolina	368	13
12.	Oklahoma State	366	11
13.	Duke	327	12
14.	Georgia	296	10
15.	Illinois	287	14
16.	Georgia Tech	280	15
17.	New Mexico(1)	278	16
18.	Oklahoma	185	NR
19.	Washington	162	18
20.	NC State	160	19

Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings 1. Clemson 2. Augusta State 3. TCU 4. UNLV 5. Florida 6. Wake Forest 7. Arizona 8. UCLA 9. Minnesota 10. Texas 11. Northwestern 12. North Carolina 13. Duke 14. Illinois 15. New Mexico 16. Pepperdine 17. Georgia 18. Charleston, Coll. Of 19. Georgia Tech 20. Washington