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Tigers Shoot School-Record 34-Under to Win Puerto Rico Classic
February 23, 1999 SAN JUAN, P.R. - John Engler fired a seven-under par 65 to take co-medalist honors and lead the Clemson golf team to the championship of the San Juan Shootout at the River Course at Rio Mar Country Club in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The victory was the fourth of the year in six tournaments for Larry Penley's Tigers, who are ranked No. 1 in all three college golf polls. Clemson won the event with a 34-under team score, 830. That is a Clemson record for a 54-hole tournament score, breaking the record of 832 set earlier this fall at the Jerry Pate Intercollegiate. It also broke the record for strokes under-par in a tournament. The previous best was -31 at the NCAA Championships last year. Clemson won the event by four strokes over Georgia Tech (834). Georgia and East Tennessee State were tied for third at 858, six-under par. NC State was fifth at 860, while Texas was sixth at 870. North Carolina was seventh at 873, Duke was 10th at 888, Virginia 12th at 894, Wake Forest 13th at 898 and Florida State 15th at 903. The 18-team field included 10 of the top 25 teams in the nation. Engler fired a 65 on Tuesday to tie David Christensen of East Tennessee State. Engler had rounds of 70-70-65 for his 205 score, the lowest of his career. His 65 was not a season low, as the native of Augusta, Ga. had a 64 in the second round of the Jerry Pate Intercollegiate. He did become the first Clemson golfer in history to have two rounds at 65 or better in the same year. It was the first victory of Engler's career. Carl Pettersson of N.C. State and David Gossett of Texas finished two shots behind Engler in a tie for third place at nine-under 207. The San Juan Shootout was the sixth time in the last nine tournaments that Clemson has been 20 under par or better. Only twice in the 70-year history of the sport had a Clemson team been 20-under par for a tournament. All five Clemson golfers finished at four-under par or better for the event and all five finished in the top 12. Both of those accomplishments were Clemson firsts. Elliot Gealy, Clemson's number-five golfer, shot a 71 on Tuesday and finished at five-under par 211. That was the best 54-hole score of his career by six shots. Lucas Glover tied Gealy for eighth place with a consistent 71-70-70 for a 211 score. Jonathan Byrd won the team comeback award for the event. After an opening round 76, Byrd had rounds of 69 and 67 over the final two days for a 212 total, four-under par. He tied for 12th along with Clemson freshman Michael Hoey. The 12th-place finish ended Byrd's string of top 10 finishes at five. Led by Wes Latimer's 67 and a a 68 from freshman Kris Mikkelsen, Georgia Tech's sixth-ranked golf team shot a 13-under-par 275 in the final round Tuesday and finished second by four shots. Tech's three-round total of 834 was 30 strokes under par and 24 shots better than Georgia and East Tennessee State. Mikkelsen finished fifth individually with an eight-under-par total of 208, three shots behind Engler and Christensen. Carlton Forrester, who shot 71 Tuesday, finished sixth at 209, and all-America Bryce Molder took seventh place at 210 after carding a 69 Tuesday. All-America Matt Kuchar shot a 74 and fell back to a tie for 20th. Latimer's 67 was the second-low round of the day and elevated him to a tie for 24th. UNC finished in seventh place with an 873 total. Max Harris was the low Tar Heel firing a two-under 70 in the final round for a three-under 213 total. Paul Daniel tied for 32th place with a 221 total while Brad Hyler and Rob Simmons tied for 43rd place at 224 and Don Hill tied for 50th with a 225 total. Carolina's next action comes March 8-9 when the Tar Heels travel to Tallahassee, Fla., to play in the Seminole Classic. Duke carded a 290 on the final 18 holes, finishing the tournament in tenth out of 18 teams. After turning in a disappointing 306 on the first day to start the tournament in 15th, the Blue Devils rebounded to move up five spots in the standings and finish with a 24-over par 888. Duke junior Mike Christensen fired a five-under par 67 on Tuesday, vaulting him from 54th place to a team-best tie for 27th in the standings. Christensen finished with a three-day total of 218, two strokes over par. Duke sophomore Paul Tucker placed 32nd with a final-round 75, senior Kyle Elfers finished 37th, while another senior, Marc Chatelain, came in 55th. Both Elfers and Chatelain carded 74s on Tuesday. Jim Donnelly finished 81st with an 80 in the final round. The Blue Devils return to action in Lakeland, Fla. on March 5-7 at the Matlock Invitational, hosted by Florida Southern. Virginia finished 12th after a final round of 298. Sophomore Cameron Yancey was Virginia's low man. He shot a 75 Tuesday to finish in a tie for 24th place with Minnesota's Adam Dooley and Wes Latimer from Georgia Tech with a 1-over par 217. Yancey's 217 and his 24th-place finish are the best of his season, including the fall. Junior All-American James Driscoll had a rough final day, shooting a 76. He finished 29th with a 3-over par 219. Mike Mitchell tied for 43rd, while Steve Marino tied for 70th. Jimmy Forehand finished 87th. The Cavaliers return to action at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championships in Jacksonville, Fla., on Feb. 28-March 1. Wake Forest struggled on the final day of play to finish 13th. Three Demon Deacons shot in the 80s as the team carded a 20-over 308. The Demon Deacons finished at 34-over par for the three-day event, 68 strokes back of Clemson. The Deacs received another strong round from senior Michael Capone (Cranston, RI), who shot a 3-under 69 on the final 18 holes. Capone finished the event with a career-best 54-hole score of 212, or 4-under par, to place 12th in the individual standings. He was seven strokes behind the tournament co-champions, Clemson's John Engler and East Tennessee State's David Christensen. Senior Oscar Sanchez (Canary Island, Spain) shot a 75 again today and finished 43rd overall at 8-over par. Senior Thomas Parker (Laurinburg, NC) and freshman Jay Morgan (Choctaw, OK) both shot 82s in the final round, while senior Juan Vizcaya (Madrid, Spain) carded an 84. Parker finished the event in 66th place at 16-over par, while Morgan and Vizcaya were tied for 70th at 18-over. Wake Forest returns to action on March 9-10 at the Seminole Classic in Tallahassee, Fla.
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS (54 HOLES)
1. Clemson 281-276-273--830
2. Georgia Tech 281-278-275--834
3. Georgia 285-286-287--858
East Tennessee State 289-283-286--858
5. N.C. State 297-279-284--860
6. Texas 289-288-293--870
7. North Carolina 292-288-293--873
8. Minnesota 289-287-303--879
9. Northwestern 290-289-304--883
10. Duke 306-292-290--888
11. Columbus State 304-295-294--893
12. Virginia 303-293-298--894
13. Wake Forest 291-299-308--898
14. Kent 311-302-289--902
15. Florida State 304-300-299--903
16. Purdue 314-298-308--920
17. Missouri 316-297-309--922
18. Penn State 299-312-316--927
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