Maryland Travels to Pair of Golf Tournaments this Week
6/21/1999 8:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 15, 1999
Maryland at Pepsi Intercollegiate
Date: March 19-20, 1999
Time: All Day
Site: Bradford Creek Golf Club
(Greenville, N.C., Par 72, 6,700 Yards)
Maryland at Cleveland Golf Collegiate Championships
Date: March 22-23, 1999
Time: All Day
Site: Palmetto Golf Club
(Aiken, S.C., Par 71, 6,380 Yards)
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MARYLAND GOLFERS TRAVEL TO PEPSI AND CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Maryland men's golf season continues quickly in just this second week of the 1999 spring campaign as the
Terps venture to Greenville, N.C., and Aiken, S.C., for a pair of tournaments following a sixth-place finish last
weekend at the Birkdale Collegiate Golf Classic in Charlotte, N.C.
Maryland followed the strong play of juniors Keith Unikel (Potomac, Md.) and Gary Mankulish (Laurel, Md.) to tie for sixth place with Virginia Commonwealth, while trailing North Carolina, Nebraska, Augusta State, Kansas and Colorado State. Unikel (71-73-74, 218) finished in a tie for seventh place at two-over par while Mankulish (72- 73-75, 220) finished tied for 13th, just two strokes back.
At the Pepsi Intercollegiate this Friday and Saturday, March 19-20, Maryland returns to the site of its only tournament championship last spring, capturing the team title behind the play of Miguel Rivera (Bel Air, Md.) who placed 10th at one-under par. This week, the Terps battle 25 teams in defense of their title on the 6,700-yard, par 72 track at Bradford Creek Golf Club.
Two days later, the Terps battle 11 teams in competition at the Cleveland Golf Collegiate Championships played at Palmetto Golf Club. Maryland finished third in the tournament last spring, then played at Forest Hills Golf Club, as Unikel shot one-under to place fourth among individuals.
RANKINGS
Maryland enters its second week of play ranked 26th in the MasterCard CGF Rankings and 34th in the
Golfweek/Sagarin ratings. Last week, the Terps were 27th and 35th, respectively. In the fall, the Terps peaked at
No. 6 in the Oct. 10 poll by Golfweek/Taylor Made.
MasterCard CGF rankings for March 11, 1999: 1. Clemson, 2. UNLV, 3. Texas, 4. Georgia Tech, 5. Oklahoma State, 6. Houston, 7. Georgia, 8. Florida, 9. Arizona State, 10. Washington, 11. Northwestern, 12. BYU, 13. Minnesota, 14. Nebraska, 15. E. Tennessee State, 16. North Florida, 17. Oklahoma, 18. NC State, 19. South Carolina, 20. Mississippi State, 21. California, 22. North Carolina, 23. UCLA, 24. Fresno State, 25. Stanford, 26. Maryland, 27. Oregon, 28. So. California, 29. SMU, 30. Tennessee, 31. South Alabama, 32. New Mexico, 33. TCU, 34. Texas-Arlington, 35. Mississippi, 36. Oregon State, 37. Baylor, 38. Pepperdine, 39. North Texas, 40. Kansas.
Golfweek/Sagarin ratings through tournaments of March 15: 1. Clemson, 2. Oklahoma State, 3. Georgia, 4. Georgia Tech, 5. UNLV, 6. Texas, 7. Houston, 8. Arizona State, 9. Florida, 10. South Carolina, 11. BYU, 12. Minnesota, 13. Northwestern, 14. North Florida, 15. UCLA, 16. NC State, 17. Washington, 18. New Mexico, 19. North Carolina, 20. E. Tennessee State, 21. Oklahoma, 22. Nebraska, 23. California, 24. TCU, 25. Mississippi State, 26. Oregon, 27. Fresno State, 28. Alabama, 29. Stanford, 30. SMU, 31. So. California, 32. Pepperdine, 33. Tennessee, 34. Maryland, 35. Arizona, 36. South Alabama, 37. Coastal Carolina, 38. Oregon State, 39. San Diego State, 40. Texas-Arlington.
MEN'S GOLF SPRING 1999 STATISTICS
Name Trn. Rds. Top 10 -Par Par 60's Best Rd. Strokes Avg. Keith Unikel 1 3 1 1 0 71 218 72.67 Gary Mankulish 1 3 0 0 1 72 220 73.33 Miguel Rivera 1 3 0 0 0 74 230 76.67 Mike Deo 1 3 0 0 1 72 234 78.00 Pete Coughlin 1 3 0 0 0 79 249 83.00 Team Totals 1 15 1 1 2 71 1,151 76.73
