Capone Fires Back-to-Back 68's, Leads Field
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 23, 1999
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Wake Forest senior MICHAEL CAPONE (Cranston, RI) fired back-to-back rounds of 68 on Friday to stand tied for the individual lead at the Wofford Invitational golf tournament after two rounds. Capone, who shot 35-33 in the morning and 36-32 in the afternoon, stands at 8-under par after 36 holes of play. He shares the tournament lead with Jedd McLuen of the College of Charleston, who also shot 68-68.
As a team, Wake Forest carded rounds of 292 and 291 for a 36-hole total of 583, or 7-over par. That score puts the Demon Deacons in eighth place in the 13-team field; however, only eight strokes separate Wake from the team leader, Virginia Commonwealth (-1). VCU currently holds a slim one-stroke lead over both Virginia and Furman, who are tied for second place at even-par.
Sophomore RYAN PEIFFER (Winston-Salem, NC), playing in just his second tournament of the spring season, stands in 22nd place at 2-over par after recording consecutive rounds of 73 on Friday. Junior JAMIE GALLACHER (Surrey, England) shot a 74 and a 76 and places 37th in the 69-man field at 6-over. Senior OSCAR SANCHEZ (Canary Island, Spain) is currently 41st at 7-over after carding a 77 and a 74, while senior CRAIG INMAN (Marietta, GA), playing in his first varsity collegiate event, stands 65th at 19-over after shooting 78 and 85.
The tournament is being contested on the 6,765-yard, par-72 course at the Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg, S.C. Final round action continues on Saturday morning.
TEAM RESULTS
1 Virginia Commonwalth 285-290=575 -1
2 Virginia 294-282=576 E
Furman 283-293=576 E
4 Maryland 294-283=577 +1
5 Augusta State 286-294=580 +4
UNC Charlotte 285-295=580 +4
7 College of Charleston 293-288=581 +5
8 WAKE FOREST 292-291=583 +7
9 Wofford 298-290=588 +12
10 Duke 295-297=592 +16
11 Old Dominion 302-298=600 +24
12 UT-Chattanooga 300-307=607 +31
13 Virginia Tech 294-316=610 +34
TOP TEN INDIVIDUALS
1 MICHAEL CAPONE, Wk. Forest 68-68=136 -8
Jedd McLeun, Charleston 68-68=136 -8
3 Jeffrey Deloach, Furman 69-68=137 -7
4 Mike Mitchell, Virginia 70-69=139 -5
5 Gary Mankulish, Maryland 70-70=140 -4
Reg Millage, VCU 69-71=140 -4
7 Jamie Elson, Augusta St. 69-72=141 -3
Jay McLeun, Charleston 72-69=141 -3
9 Josh Lower, Wofford 71-71=142 -2
10 Kyle Elfers, Duke 70-73=143 -1
Neal Kauffman, UNCC 68-75=143 -1
James Driscoll, Virginia 73-30=143 -1
OTHER WAKE FOREST PLAYERS
22 Ryan Peiffer, Wk. Forest 73-73=146 +2
37 Jamie Gallacher, Wk. Forest 74-76=150 +6
41 Oscar Sanchez, Wk. Forest 77-74=151 +7
65 Craig Inman, Wk. Forest 78-85=163 +19