Tigers Hold Strong In Ratings

April 18, 2001

Princeton, NJ — Clemson is still ranked third in the nation according to the latest MasterCard College Golf Rankings. The Tigers trail only Georgia and Georgia Tech in this week’s poll. Clemson has been ranked in the top three in the nation in every poll this year and now has 59 straight polls in the top five nationally.

Individually, Clemson still has two of the top five players in the nation, three in the top 25. Lucas Glover ranks fourth nationally, while classmate John Engler stands fifth. Sophomore D.J. Trahan is ranked 25th in the nation.

The Tigers begin play in the ACC Tournament in Orlando, FL this Friday morning.

Rank Team 1 Georgia 2 Georgia Tech3 Clemson 4 Arizona State 5 Texas 6 Southern California 7 TCU 8 North Carolina State 9 Augusta State 10 Florida 11 Oklahoma State 12 Brigham Young 13 New Mexico 14 Wake Forest 15 South Carolina 16 Oklahoma 17 East Tennessee State 18 Arizona 19 Duke 20 Alabama-Birmingham

Rank Player Year School Points 1 Bryce Molder SR Georgia Tech 466.900 2 Erik Compton SO Georgia, U. of 306.230 3 Nick Cassini SR Georgia, U. of 274.1904 Lucas Glover SR Clemson University 260.3455 John Engler SR Clemson University 256.243 6 David Sanchez SR North Carolina State 254.050 7 Luke Donald SR Northwestern 248.840 8 Chris Wisler SR East Tennessee St. 240.362 9 Anders Hultman JR Oklahoma State U. 228.700 10 Jamie Elson JR Augusta State U. 209.305 11 Jeff Quinney SR Arizona State U. 198.333 12 David Miller JR Georgia, U. of 190.200 13 Ryan Hybl FR Georgia, U. of 183.950 14 Kyle Thompson SR South Carolina 174.488 15 Matt Jones JR Arizona State U. 158.83325 D.J. Trahan SO Clemson University 131.83