Men's Golf Places 12th at Duke Golf Classic
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
October 19, 1998
DURHAM, N.C. - The Wake Forest men's golf team recorded a team score of 301 in the final to finish 12th out of 15 teams at the Duke Golf Classic in Durham, N.C. The event was held on the 7,045-yard, par-72 course at the Duke Golf Club.
The Demon Deacons, who stood in a tie for 11th heading into today's round, saw just one player break par and two shoot in the 80's on the final 18. With a tournament total of 899, or 35-over par, the Deacs finished 35 strokes behind the team champion, North Carolina, which won its second straight Duke Golf Classic title by finishing at even par.
Senior Oscar Sanchez (Canary Island, Spain) shot a 70 in the final round to jump from 48th to 28th place, finishing 5-over par for the tournament. Sanchez was 10 strokes back of the individual champion, East Tennessee State's Eamonn Brady, who finished at 5-under.
Seniors Michael Capone (Cranston, RI) and Juan Vizcaya (Madrid, Spain) both finished in atie for 43rd place at 9-over par, shooting 76 and 75 today, respectively. Freshman Jay Morgan (Choctaw, OK) carded an 81 to finish 60th at 15-over, while junior Jamie Gallacher (Surrey, England) shot an 80 to place 65th at 16-over.
The tournament concluded Wake Forest's fall season.
TEAM RESULTS
1 North Carolina 291-291-282=864 E
2 Northwestern 288-288-292=868 +4
3 Georgia Tech 295-296-289=870 +6
Nebraska 291-296-283=870 +6
5 East Tennessee State 294-291-290=875 +11
6 Virginia 302-286-292=880 +16
7 Furman 299-284-298=881 +17
8 UNC Charlotte 304-292-286=882 +18
9 Duke 302-298-290=890 +26
10 Virginia Commonwealth 303-292-299=894 +30
11 Augusta State 299-299-298=896 +32
12 Wake Forest 293-305-301=899 +35
13 Florida Southern 302-301-297=900 +36
14 Maryland 295-298-310=903 +39
15 Coll. of Charleston 305-302-302=909 +45
TOP TEN INDIVIDUALS
1 Eamonn Brady, ETSU 72-71-68=211 -5
2 James Driscoll, UVA 74-69-69=212 -4
Luke Donald, N'western 69-74-69=212 -4
Max Harris, UNC 72-71-69=212 -4
David Christensen, ETSU 71-70-71=212 -4
6 Jamie Rogers, Nebraska 72-73-69=214 -2
Wes Latimer, Ga. Tech 71-73-70=214 -2
Scott Gutschewski, Neb. 71-73-70=214 -2
9 Bryce Molder, Ga. Tech 76-70-69=215 -1
10 Daniel DeBra, Furman 72-70-74=216 E
S. VanDerHeever, UNCC 75-72-69=216 E
WAKE FOREST PLAYERS28 Oscar Sanchez, WFU 76-75-70=211 +5 43 Michael Capone, WFU 72-77-76=225 +9 43 Juan Vizcaya, WFU 74-76-75=225 +9 60 Jay Morgan, WFU 73-77-81=231 +15 54 Jamie Gallacher, WFU 74-78-80=232 +16