Men's Golf Prep For Bell South Intercollegiate
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 6, 1999
The BellSouth Yellow Pages Intercollegiate
Wake Forest is back in action this Friday and Saturday, April 9-10, at the
BellSouth Yellow Pages Intercollegiate. The 54-hole event will be
contested at the MacGregor Downs Country Club in Cary, NC, and features a
strong 12-team field. Six teams in the field are currently ranked in the
Mastercard Top 20, including No. 1 Clemson and No. 3 (and defending
national champion) UNLV. In last year's BellSouth, the Deacons made a
furious rally but fell just one stroke short of the team title, finishing
in second place behind UNLV.
Deacon Details
Last Time Out
Paced by the outstanding play of senior Michael Capone, Wake Forest earned
a sixth-place finish in a strong 18-team field at the Carpet Capital
Classic last week in Dalton, Ga. Capone fired a career-low 66 in the
opening round, and followed with a 72 and a 74 to finish with a
career-low-tying 212 (-4). He was eight strokes behind individual titlist
Bryce Molder of Georgia Tech. Wake recorded a season-low 285 (-3) in the
first round, followed by an even-par 288 and a 19-over 307 in the final two
rounds. The Deacs were 22 strokes off of team champion Georgia (-6).
Senior Thomas Parker shot 74-71-78 to finish the event at 7-over, good for
40th place. Senior Juan Vizcaya (77-71-78) and junior Jamie Gallacher
(72-77-77) both finished 55th at 10-over, while senior Oscar Sanchez, who
won the event in 1997, was 66th at 12-over.
Head Coach Jerry Haas
Jerry Haas is in his second season as head coach of the Demon Deacons,
after having taken the reins of the Wake Forest program in September of
1997. A 1985 graduate of WFU and a four-time collegiate All-American, Haas
played nine years of professional golf, including four years on the PGA
Tour, before returning to his alma mater as a head coach.
The Deacon Lineup
Michael Capone (Sr, Cranston, RI)
1998-99 Avg: 72.8. Career Avg: 73.6. Owns team's lowest stroke
average...recorded back-to-back top 10 finishes in the last two
events...shot a career-low 66 in the opening round of the Carpet Capital
last week en route to a fifth-place finish...tied his career-low 54-hole
score with a 212 at the Carpet Capital...tied for 10th at the Schenkel the
previous week...was sixth at the G. Gunby Jordan in the fall...posted a
team-low 73.3 fall average...14 of his 25 rounds this year have been at or
under par...placed sixth at the 1997 NCAA Championships to earn honorable
mention All-America honors...eighth at the '97 ACC Championships...owns
five career top 10s and 10 top 20s.
Oscar Sanchez (Sr, Canary Island, Spain)
1998-99 Avg: 75.2. Career Avg: 75.1. Earned the first top 10 since his
sophomore year at the Seminole Classic, placing sixth with a 147 (+3)
...placed 66th at the Carpet Captial (228), 52nd at the Schenkel (228), and
43rd at the Puerto Rico Classic (224)......recorded a 75.21 average in five
fall events...struggled through the 1997-98 campaign with a team-high 77.5
stroke average...earned All-ACC honors in 1997...won the Carpet Capital
Classic in 1997, Wake's last individual title...a member of the Spanish
National Team.
Jay Morgan (Fr, Choctaw, OK)
1998-99 Avg: 75.6. Career Avg: 75.6. Rookie with great potential who has
played in every event but one this year...has struggled a bit in the spring
after a strong fall...placed 70th at the Puerto Rico Classic, 43rd at the
Seminole Classic, and 62nd at the Schenkel in the spring...earned his first
career top 10 in just his third collegiate tourney, an eighth-place showing
at the Windon Memorial Classic in the fall...recorded a 74.5 average
through five fall events, the second-lowest average on the team.
Jamie Gallacher (Jr, Surrey, England)
1998-99 Avg: 76.1. Career Avg: 76.0. Competing in his third spring event
...tied for 55th at the Carpet Capital last week...tied for 58th at the
Seminole Classic...played in five fall tourneys, recording a 75.9 stroke
average...best career finish was a 24th place at The Ridges Intercollegiate
in the fall...got his first taste of collegiate action last spring, playing
in three events and recording a 75.9 average...the son of British Ryder Cup
standout Berhard Gallacher.
Thomas Parker (Sr, Laurinburg, NC)
1999-99 Avg: 77.3. Career Avg: 76.1. had his best outing of the year with
a 223 (+7) at the Carpet Capital, finishing 40th...placed 56th at the
Schenkel Intercollegiate...opened the spring with a 66th place finish at
the Puerto Rico Classic...competed in two fall events, posting a 79.3
average...finished 72nd at The Ridges Intercollegiate and 83rd at the
Taylor Made Red River Classic...fifth-year senior who has competed in 16
career events.
News and Notes
The career-low 66 shot by Michael Capone in the first round of the Carpet
Capital Classic was the lowest round by a Deacon since Todd Lynch's
school-record-tying 63 at the Taylor Made Red River Classic in the fall of
1996...four of Capone's last six rounds have been at or under par...the
3-under 285 recorded by the Deacs in the Carpet Capital's first round was
the lowest team round since last year's ACC Championships, when the Deacs
carded a 6-under 282 in the second round.
Name Events Rounds Strokes Avg/18 Avg/54 Best 18 Best 54 Best Fin Michael Capone 9 25 1820 72.80 218.40 66 212 5th Oscar Sanchez 9 25 1880 75.20 225.60 70 221 6th Jay Morgan 8 22 1663 75.59 226.77 70 220 8th Jamie Gallacher 7 19 1446 76.11 228.32 70 219 24th Juan Vizcaya 5 15 1151 76.73 230.20 71 225 43rd Thomas Parker 5 15 1160 77.33 232.00 71 223 40th Ryan Peiffer* 3 7 551 78.71 236.14 75 235 31st Team 9 25 7445 297.80 893.40 285 880 5th* competed in one event as an individual
Spring 1999 Schedule Feb. 21-23 Puerto Rico Classic (San Juan, PR) 13th of 18 Mar. 9-10 Seminole Classic (Tallahassee, FL) 7th of 16 Mar. 27-28 Chris Schenkel Intercollegiate (Statesboro, GA) 12th of 15 Apr. 2-3 Carpet Capital Classic (Dalton, GA) 6th of 18 Apr. 9-10 BellSouth Yellow Pages Intercollegiate (Cary, NC) Apr. 16-18 ACC Championships (Uwharrie Point, NC) Apr. 23-24 Wofford Invitational (Spartanburg, SC) May 20-22 NCAA East Regional (Providence, RI) June 2-5 NCAA Championships (Chaska, MN)
