Men's Golf Travels to Cleveland Invitational
6/21/1999 8:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 29, 1999
COLLEGE PARK, Md - Rallying from a fifth-place standing after 36 holes to finish second in the Cleveland Golf Championships last weekend in Aiken, S.C., Maryland carries momentum into this week's Cleveland Invitational at the prestigious Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.
The Terps, who completed six rounds of tournament play within a five-day span last week, travel to Forest Hills where they finished third in the same tournament a year ago. This week's 19-team tournament - 36 holes played on Saturday and the final 18 holes completed on Sunday - is hosted by Augusta State, the same team with which the Terrapins were tied in last week's Cleveland Championships.
Maryland (869, +17) turned in the lowest third round score of the tournament last Tuesday to rise three places in the standings. Terrapin junior Keith Unikel (213, E) shot a final round 70, one-under par, to finish in third place overall after a USGA scorecard playoff separated him from five others who were all even for the tournament. Unikel began the tournament with a season-low score of 68, three-under, but shot a 75 in the second round to remove him from medalist contention. Seniors Mike Deo (216, +3) and Pete Coughlin (216, +3) finished tied for 11th at the tournament hosted by Palmetto Golf Club in Aiken, S.C. Coughlin shot a 68 in the second round to match Unikel's first round score - both recording their lowest round of the spring.
Three days earlier, Maryland (876, +12) finished third at the Pepsi Intercollegiate, held at Bradford Creek Golf Club in Greenville, N.C. Junior Gary Mankulish (214, -2) paced the Terrapins with a third-place finish while Unikel (217, +1) finished 10th.
Maryland at Cleveland Golf Invitational
Date: April 3-4, 1999
Time: All Day
Site: Forest Hills Golf Club (Augusta, Ga., Par 72, 6,850 Yards)
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TEAM RANKINGS Maryland is ranked 29th by Golfstat this week, 30th in the MasterCard CGF Rankings and 37th in the Golfweek/Sagarin ratings. Individually, junior Keith Unikel (Potomac, Md.) is ranked 48th in the latest Golfstat Cup Rankings for college men's golf individuals. He is 79th in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin ratings.
This week's rankings:
Golfstat rankings for March 23, 1999:
1. Clemson, 2. UNLV, 3. Oklahoma State, 4. Georgia, 5. Georgia Tech, 6. Houston, 7. Texas, 8. Arizona
State, 9. Washington, 10. Minnesota, 11. BYU, 12. Nebraska, 13. Northwestern, 14. Florida, 15. South Carolina, 16. E. Tennessee State, 17. NC
State, 18. Oklahoma, 19. North Florida, 20. North Carolina, 21. Mississippi State, 22. Fresno State, 23. So. California, 24. UCLA, 25. New Mexico, 26.
California, 27. TCU, 28. Coastal Carolina, 29. Maryland, 30. Texas-Arlington, 31. Stanford, 32. Baylor, 33. Mississippi, 34. SMU, 35. Tennessee, 36.
South Alabama, 37. Oregon, 38. Va. Commonwealth, 39. Augusta State, 40. Colorado State.
MasterCard CGF rankings for March 24, 1999:
1. Clemson, 2. UNLV, 3. Georgia Tech, 4. Georgia, 5. Oklahoma State, 6. Texas, 7. Houston, 8.
Arizona State, 9. Florida, 10. Northwestern, 11. Nebraska, 12. BYU, 13. Washington, 14. E. Tennessee State, 15. Minnesota, 16. South Carolina, 17.
NC State, 18. North Carolina, 19. North Florida, 20. Oklahoma, 21. Mississippi State, 22. California, 23. UCLA, 24. Fresno State, 25. Texas-Arlington,
26. New Mexico, 27. Stanford, 28. Oregon, 29. Mississippi, 30. Maryland, 31. Baylor, 32. So. California, 33. Tennessee, 34. SMU, 35. TCU, 36.
Oregon State, 37. Georgia State, 38. Colorado State, 39. Coastal Carolina, 40. Pepperdine.
Golfweek/Sagarin ratings through tournaments of March 26:
1. Clemson, 2. Georgia, 3. Georgia Tech, 4. Oklahoma State, 5. UNLV, 6. Houston,
7. Texas, 8. Arizona State, 9. Florida, 10. South Carolina, 11. BYU, 12. Minnesota, 13. Northwestern, 14. North Carolina, 15. Nebraska, 16. New
Mexico, 17. UCLA, 18. NC State, 19. Washington, 20. North Florida, 21. E. Tennessee State, 22. California, 23. Oregon, 24. TCU, 25. Mississippi
State, 26. Fresno State, 27. Oklahoma, 28. Pepperdine, 29. Stanford, 30. SMU, 31. Augusta State, 32. So. California, 33. Kansas, 34. Alabama, 35.
Texas-Arlington, 36. Oregon State, 37. Maryland, 38. Coastal Carolina, 39. Arizona, 40. San Diego State.
MEN'S GOLF SPRING 1999 STATISTICS
Name Trn. Rds. Top 10 -Par Par 60's Best Rd. Strokes Avg. Keith Unikel 3 9 3 4 1 1 68 648 72.00 Gary Mankulish 3 9 1 2 2 0 71 658 73.11 Miguel Rivera 3 9 0 0 0 0 73 690 76.67 Mike Deo 3 9 0 2 1 0 70 670 74.44 Pete Coughlin 3 9 0 1 0 1 68 691 76.78 Team Totals 3 45 4 9 4 2 68 3,357 74.60
MARYLAND SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Spring 1998
March 13-14:
Birkdale Collegiate Golf Classic, Birkdale Golf Course (Charlotte, N.C.)
March 19-20:
Pepsi Intercollegiate, Bradford Creek Golf Course (Greenville, N.C.)
March 22-23: Cleveland Golf Collegiate Championship, Palmetto Golf Club (Aiken, S.C.)
Apr. 3-4: Cleveland Invitational, Forest Hills Golf Club (Augusta, Ga.)
Apr. 16-18: ACC Championships, Old North State Club at Uwharrie Point (New London, N.C.)
Apr. 23-24: Wofford College Invitational, Carolina Country Club (Spartanburg, S.C.)
Apr. 28-May 2:Furman Intercollegiate, Furman Golf Course (Greenville, S.C.)
May 20-22: NCAA Div. I East Region Championships, Country Club of Rhode Island (Barrington, R.I.)
June 2-5: NCAA Div. I Championships, Hazeltine National Golf Course (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Fall 1998
Sept. 5-6: G. Gunby Jordan Intercollegiate
Sept. 14-15: Palmetto Intercollegiate Golf Classic- Kiawah Island, S.C.
Sept. 19-20: Keswick Cavalier Classic, Charlottesville, Va.
Oct. 18-19: Duke Golf Classic, Durham, N.C.
Oct. 26-27: ODU Seascape Invitational, Nags Head, S.C.
1999 SPRING ROSTER
Pete Coughlin SR Berwick, Pa. Mike Deo SR Milford, N.J. Gary Mankulish JR Laurel, Md. Brit Musser FR North Potomac, Md. Ben Ricker JR Bowie, Md. Miguel Rivera SR Bel Air, Md. Keith Unikel JR Potomac, Md. Doug Wade SO Lima, Oh.
