Men's Golf Team Ranked Sixth in Golfweek Rankings
6/21/1999 8:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
October 19, 1998
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland Terrapins men's golf team is tied for No. 6 in the country with three other schools in the October 10 issue of Golfweek. The Terps received 75 votes to place them in a tie with Georgia, Texas and Minnesota. The Terps are the third highest ACC team ranked, ranking behind only Clemson, the top-ranked team in the country, and No. 3 Georgia Tech.
In the Terps' three meets this season, they have finished third or better each time, and have won the team championship once. The Palmetto Intercollegiate Golf Classic, the second meet of the season, the Terps shot a 10-over par 874 to capture the team title, finishing ahead of 18 other teams.
In Maryland's first meet, it recorded a two-over par 866 to finish second out of 15 teams at the G. Gunby Jordan Intercollegiate. However, the Terps' best outing of the season came in their third meet of the season, where at the Keswick Club Cavalier Classic, the Terps shot a season-low four-under par 848 to finish in third place.
NATIONAL GOLF RANKINGS (AS OF 10/10/98)
1. Clemson
2. Oklahoma State
3. Arizona State
Georgia Tech
5. Florida
6. Georgia
Texas
Minnesota
MARYLAND
10. Houston
11. North Carolina
12. Oklahoma
13. TCU
14. Northwestern
Louisiana State
16. UNLV
17. Brigham Young
Oregon State
California
Illinois
North Texas
North Florida
23. Arizona
New Mexico
Pepperdine
South Carolina
N.C. State
Augusta State
