Clemson Golf Team Still Ranked Number-one

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Clemson, SC-Larry Penley's Clemson golf team remains ranked

number-one in the nation in this week's college golf polls. The

Tigers are ranked number-one in the Precept Division I Coach's Poll,

a position Clemson has held for each of the last six polls, a period

dating through the entire spring schedule. Clemson is also ranked

first this week by the Sagarin/Golfweek Computer rankings.

In the Precept Coach's Poll, Clemson earned 21 of the 30

first place votes. No other school had more than three first-place

votes. The Tigers are ranked ahead of second-place Augusta State and

third-ranked Texas. Wake Forest is ranked fourth, meaning three of

the top four teams in the nation are in the Southeast.

Clemson, Wake Forest and Augusta State will all compete in the NCAA

East Regional at Auburn next weekend. Oklahoma State, who will play

host to the NCAA National Tournament at the end of the month, is

ranked fifth in the Precept poll.

Clemson is first and Wake Forest is second in the Sagarin/Golfweek

Computer Poll. The Tigers have a margin of 1.05 rating points.

Clemson's distance between itself and Wake Forest is equal to the

margin in rating points between Wake Forest and the 19th place team,

Washington, an indication of Clemson's strength in the computer poll

this year.

Clemson has a 75-7-3 record in head to head tournament competition

against the top Top 25 teams, by far the best top 25 record in the

nation. Clemson is also ranked number-one by Golfweek in terms of

strength of schedule.

Individually, Clemson has three of the top 13 players in the nation

according to the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings. Clemson is the only

school in the nation with four players ranked in the top 50.

Leading the way is D.J. Trahan, who is ranked second individually

with 69.08 rating points. Hunter Mahan of Oklahoma State holds the

top spot at 68.75. Clemson sophomore Jack Ferguson is ranked

seventh with a 69.81 figure, while Matt Hendrix is 13th at 70.11

Gregg Jones, who is 46th with a 72.61 ranking, gives Clemson a fourth

player in the national top 50.

Precept Coach's Poll


Rk	School	        Pts


1.	Clemson 	709


2.	Augusta State	650


3.	Texas	        637


4.	Wake Forest	586


5.	Oklahoma State	583


6.	UCLA	        566


7.	Arizona		540


8.	Florida		519


9.	TCU		516


10.	UNLV		454


11.	Auburn		353


12.	Georgia		351


13.	North Carolina	350


14.	Georgia Tech	327


	Minnesota	327


16.	NC State	265


17.	Arizona State	258


18.	Oklahoma	192


19.	New Mexico	177


20.	Washington	156


21.	Illinois	118


22.	Col of Char	100


23.	Arkansas	93


24.	Pepperdine	87


25.	Duke		75


Golfweek/Sagarin Computer Ranking


Rk	School		Rating


1.	Clemson 	69.78


2.	Wake Forest	70.83


3.	Texas		70.85


4.	Augusta State	70.95


5.	Florida		71.00


6.	Arizona		71.02


7.	Oklahoma State	71.06


8.	TCU		71.08


9.	North Carolina	71.16


10.	UNLV		71.20


11.	UCLA		71.23


12.	Auburn		71.36


13.	Georgia		71.42


14.	Minnesota	71.52


15.	Georgia Tech	71.60


16.	Arizona State	71.73


17.	New Mexico	71.78


18.	NC State	71.82


19.	Washington	71.88


20.	Arkansas	71.88


21.	Illinois	71.91


22.	College of Char	71.94


23.	Tennessee	71.97


24.	Oklahoma	72.06


25.	Pepperdine	72.06


Golfweek/Sagarin Individual Computer Rankings


Rk	Player	School	 Rating


1.	Hunter Mahan	 Oklahoma State	68.75


2.	D.J. Trahan	 Clemson 	69.08


3.	Oliver Wilson	 Augusta State	69.33


4.	Bill Haas	 Wake Forest	69.43


5.	Nick Watney	 Fresno State	69.63


6.	Brandt Snedeker	 Vanderbilt	69.65


7.	Jack Ferguson	 Clemson 	69.81


8.	Troy Matteson	 Georgia Tech	69.92


9.	Dustin Bray	 North Carolina	69.94


10.	Ricky Barnes	 Arizona	70.04


11.	Chris Nallen	 Arizona	70.06


12.	Justin Walters	 NC State	70.07


13.	Matt Hendrix	 Clemson 	70.11


14.	Jason Hartwick	 Texas		70.15


15.	James Lepp	 Illinois	70.19


16.	Ryan Moore	 UNLV		70.22


17.	David Inglis	 Tulsa		70.24


18.	Brendon De Jonge Virginia Tech	70.36


19.	Brock MacKenzie	 Washington	70.38


20.	Bruce McDonald	 Charleston	70.41


46.	Gregg Jones	 Clemson 	72.61

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