Clemson First in Final Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings

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Clemson, SC-Clemson was ranked first in the nation in the final

Sagarin/Golfweek computer rankings released on Monday. D.J. Trahan,

Jack Ferguson and Matt Hendrix were all ranked in the top 10 of the

final individual rankings. It marked the first time Clemson has had

three of the top 10 players in the final computer rankings.

Clemson, who won the school's first golf national

championship on the course last Friday at Karsten Creek in

Stillwater, OK, is a full rating point ahead of second place Florida.

Clemson had a 69.67 final team rating, ahead of Florida's 70.67. The

distance between Clemson and Florida in the poll rating is greater

than the distance between Florida and 16th place Minnesota, who has a

71.60 ranking, an indication of Clemson's dominance this year.

Clemson had a 115-8-3 record against the other top 25 teams

this year and an overall record of 183-8-3, the best winning

percentage (.950) in Clemson history. Clemson had 115 wins over top

25 teams and the second best total was the 80 turned in by Wake

Forest and Oklahoma State.

Trahan finished second in the Sagarin/Golfweek computer

ranking for the second straight year. He had a nation leading 82

wins over top 25 players, 12 more than teammate Ferguson, who was

second with 70 top 25 wins. Hunter Mahan of Oklahoma State was

ranked first with a 68.69 rating, while Trahan was second at 69.22.

Ferguson, who improved his stroke average by over three shots per

round this year, was ranked fifth in the nation with a 69.62 figure,

while Matt Hendrix was ninth at 69.89.

ACC players Bill Haas of Wake Forest (third) and Troy

Matteson of Georgia Tech (fourth) were also in the top 10, giving the

ACC four of the top five and five of the top 10 players in the nation

according to the rankings.

Gregg Jones, who was a first-team All-ACC golfer for the

Tigers this year, was ranked 41st in the final rankings. Senior Ben

Duncan, who made a significant contribution to Clemson's championship

with three counting scores in the four days in Stillwater, was ranked

144th in the final rankings.

While Trahan begins his professional career on the PGA Tour this

weekend, Ferguson, Hendrix and Jones all return next season. All

three have been All-Americans at some time or another in their

careers at Clemson. The 2003-04 Clemson team will be the first in

school history with three returning first, second or third team

All-Americans.

Final Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings


Rk	School	 	Points


1.	Clemson 	69.67


2.	Florida		70.67


3.	Wake Forest	70.76


4.	Oklahoma State	70.81


5.	Texas		70.90


6.	Augusta State	70.94


7.	Arizona		70.98


8.	UCLA		71.05


9.	UNLV		71.14


10.	North Carolina	71.17


11.	TCU		71.23


12.	Georgia Tech	71.33


13.	Georgia		71.36


14.	Auburn		71.40


15.	Arizona State	71.56


16.	Minnesota	71.60


17.	No Carolina St	71.72


18.	New Mexico	71.81


19.	Washington	71.83


20.	College of Char	71.90


21.	Tennessee	71.90


22.	Illinois	71.90


23.	Southern Cal	72.04


24.	Arkansas	72.05


25.	Duke		72.08


Final Individual Rankings


Rk	Player, School			Points


1.	Hunter Mahan, Oklahoma St.	68.69


2.	D.J. Trahan, Clemson 		69.22


3.	Bill Haas, Wake Forest		69.57


4.	Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech	69.60


5.	Jack Ferguson, Clemson	 	69.62


6.	Ricky Barnes, Arizona		69.65


7.	Brandt Snedeker, Vanderbilt	69.82


8.	Nick Watney, Fresno State	69.83


9.	Matt Hendrix, Clemson 		69.89


10.	Chris Nallen, Arizona		69.95


11.	Alejandro Canizares, Arizona St	70.00


12.	Oliver Wilson, Augusta State	70.03


13.	Brock MacKenzie, Washington	70.06


14.	Dustin Bray, North Carolina	70.09


15.	Jason Hartwick, Texas		70.14


16.	Camilo Villegas, Florida	70.16


17.	Ryan Moore, UNLV		70.17


18.	Justin Walters, NC State	70.19


19.	David Inglis, Tulsa		70.19


20.	Michael Letzig, New Mexico	70.27


41.	Gregg Jones, Clemson 		71.03

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