Men’s Golf No. 3 Squad In Nation

March 16, 2000

PRINCETON, N.J. – Clemson is ranked third in the nation in the latest Mastercard college golf rankings. Clemson will next be in action March 25-26 in Statesboro, GA at the Chris Schenkel Invitational. The Tigers are the defending champions.

Clemson has four of the top 21 golfers in the nation according to the Mastercard individual rankings. This is the first time in school history that Clemson has had four of the top 25 players in the nation at the same time. Lucas Glover of Greenville, SC is the fourth ranked player in the nation, while freshman D.J. Trahan of Inman, SC has jumped to #10 in the nation. Trahan won the Las Vegas Intercollegiate last weekend.

Rank Team

 1 Georgia Tech 2 Northwestern 3 Clemson 4 Arizona State 5 Oklahoma State 6 Georgia 7 Fresno State 8 Brigham Young 9 Houston10 UNLV11 North Florida12 Arizona13 Kent14 Stanford15 South Carolina

Individual Player Rankings

1	Matt Kuchar	SR	Georgia Tech	243.483
2	Luke Donald	JR	Northwestern	234.208
3	Bryce Molder	JR	Georgia Tech	222.675
4	Lucas Glover	JR	Clemson University	210.414
5	Paul Casey	JR	Arizona State U.	201.250
6	Charles Howell	JR	Oklahoma State U.	200.610
7	Jess Daley	SR	Northwestern	181.171
8	Jeremy Anderson	SR	UNLV	170.605
9	Nick Cassini	JR	Georgia, U. of	156.831
10	D.J. Trahan	FR	Clemson University	154.750
11	Martin Maritz	SR	Tulsa, U. of	152.298
12	Ben Curtis	SR	Kent	150.426
13	Alex Rocha	SR	Mississippi St. U.	143.360
14	Max Harris	SR	North Carolina, U of	140.570
15	John Engler	JR	Clemson University	138.464
16	Matt Jones	SO	Arizona State U.	136.223
17	Andy Miller	SR	Brigham Young Univ.	121.263
18	David Gossett	SO	Texas, Univ. of	120.971
19	Andy Sanders	JR	Houston, Univ. of	116.100
20	Aaron Pellegrom	SR	Baylor University	113.465
21	Jonathan Byrd	SR	Clemson University	107.415
22	Matt Krauss	SO	Duke University	106.830
23	Jeff Quinney	JR	Arizona State U.	106.688
24	Erik Compton	FR	Georgia, U. of	104.050
25	Bubba Watson	JR	Georgia, U. of	102.000