Men's Golf Travels to Queen City
6/21/1999 8:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 8, 1999
Maryland at Birkdale Collegiate Golf Classic
Date: March 12-14, 1999
Time: All Day
Site: Birkdale Golf Course (Charlotte, N.C., Par 72, 7,013 Yards)
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TERRAPIN LINKSTERS OPEN SPRING SCHEDULE IN CHARLOTTE
The Maryland men's golf team competes for the first time this spring
when it travels this weekend to the Queen City to take part in the
Second Annual Birkdale Collegiate Golf Classic. Sponsored by the
Charlotte Sports Commission and co-hosted by UNC Charlotte and Davidson
College, the tournament is played on a par-72 track that covers 7,013-
yards. Designed by Arnold Palmer, the Birkdale course was voted the
state's "best new course" in 1997.
The Terps join 17 other schools at this week's tournament which begins on Friday morning. Other participants are: Augusta State, College of Charleston, Colorado State, Davidson College, East Carolina, Furman, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Old Dominion, Purdue, Rhode Island, UNC Charlotte, Virginia Commonwealth, Virginia Tech and Wofford College.
SPRING OUTLOOK
During the fall, Maryland golf finished in the top five in four of
its five tournaments. This spring, more of the same is expected. Head
coach Tom Hanna has revived the Maryland golf program in recent years,
and is continuing to raise it to the highest collegiate level. After
losing just one individual from the fall, Hanna relies on the experience
of six upperclassmen, including senior co-captains Pete Coughlin
(Berwick, Pa.), Mike Deo (Milford, N.J.) and Miguel Rivera (Bel Air,
Md.), and the addition of a highly-touted freshman, Brit Musser (North
Potomac, Md.).
A key to the Terps' success, however, may lie in the strength of junior golfers Keith Unikel (Potomac, Md.) and Gary Mankulish (Laurel, Md.). Unikel paced Maryland through five fall tournaments with a 72.35 average and eight sub-par performances. Mankulish, fourth with a 74.07 clip, turned in the Terps' best round last fall with a 65 at the G. Gunby Jordan Intercollegiate and is Maryland's best driver. Rivera, in his fourth college season, was right behind Unikel in fall tournaments, averaging 72.45.
RANKINGS
Maryland enters its first week of play ranked 27th in the MasterCard
CGF Rankings and 35th in the Golfweek/Sagarin ratings. In the fall, the
Terps peaked at No. 6 in the Oct. 10 poll by Golfweek/Taylor Made.
MasterCard CGF rankings for March 3, 1999: 1. Clemson, 2. UNLV, 3. Georgia Tech, 4. Oklahoma State, 5. Houston, 6. Georgia, 7. Texas, 8. Minnesota, 9. Florida, 10. Arizona State, 11. Washington, 12. North Florida, 13. Northwestern, 14. Brigham Young, 15. East Tennessee State, 16. Nebraska, 17. NC State, 18. South Carolina, 19. Oklahoma, 20. Mississippi State, 21. California, 22. UCLA, 23. North Carolina, 24. Oregon, 25. Fresno State, 26. So. California, 27. Maryland, 28. SMU, 29, Tennessee, 30. South Alabama, 31. Mississippi, 32. TCU, 33. Texas- Arlington, 34. Stanford, 35. Baylor, 36. North Texas, 37. Oregon State, 38. LSU, 39. Kansas, 40. Colorado State.
Golfweek/Sagarin ratings through tournaments of March 7: 1. Clemson, 2. Georgia Tech, 3. Oklahoma State, 4. Georgia, 5. Texas, 6. Houston, 7. UNLV, 8. Arizona State, 9. Florida, 10. Minnesota, 11. BYU, 12. South Carolina, 13. Northwestern, 14. North Florida, 15. Oklahoma, 16. UCLA, 17. Washington, 18. North Carolina, 19. TCU, 20. East Tennessee State, 21. California, 22. New Mexico, 23. Nebraska, 24. NC State, 25. Mississippi State, 26. Oregon, 27. SMU, 28. Fresno State, 29. Stanford, 30. Alabama, 31. So. California, 32. Pepperdine, 33. Kansas, 34. North Texas, 35. Maryland, 36. Tennessee, 37. Oregon State, 38. Texas- Arlington, 39. Arizona, 40. Coastal Carolina.
Individually, Keith Unikel is rated 115th in Golfweek/Sagarin Ratings, and Miguel Rivera is 185th.
MEN'S GOLF FALL 1998 STATISTICS
Name Trn. Rds. Top 10 -Par Par 60's Best Rd. Strokes Avg. Keith Unikel 5 14 2 8 1 3 68 1013 72.35 Miguel Rivera 4 11 1 3 1 2 68 797 72.45 Ed Flowerdew 5 14 1 6 0 2 67 1029 73.50 Gary Mankulish 5 14 0 1 1 1 65 1037 74.07 Mike Deo 5 14 0 3 0 0 70 1040 74.28 Pete Coughlin 1 3 0 0 0 0 75 231 77.00 Team Totals 5 72 4 21 3 8 65 5147 71.49
MARYLAND SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Spring 1998
March 12-14 - Birkdale Collegiate Golf Classic
Birkdale Golf Course (Charlotte, N.C.)
March 17-20 - East Carolina Pepsi Intercollegiate Bradford Creek Golf Course (Greenville, N.C.)
March 20-23 - USC-Aiken Cleveland Golf Collegiate Classic (Aiken, S.C.)
Apr. 1-5 - Augusta State 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
2nd out of 15 teams (+2)
Sept. 14-15 Palmetto Intercollegiate Golf Classic- Kiawah Island, S.C. 1st out of 18 teams (+10)
Sept. 19-20 Keswick Cavalier Classic Charlottesville, Va. 3rd out of 14 teams (-4)
Oct. 18-19 Duke Golf Classic Durham, N.C. 14th out of 15 teams (+39)
Oct. 26-27 ODU Seascape Invitational Nags Head, S.C. 5th out of 18 teams (E)
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.
