Wake Forest Athletics
Men's Golf Second at BellSouth Tourney
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
CARY, N.C. - A furious rally by the Wake Forest men's golf team fell justshort as the Demon Deacons finished second to UNLV in the BELLSOUTH YellowPages Intercollegiate Golf Tournament, held at the 6,829-yard, par-72course at MacGregor Downs Country Club.
The Deacs stood sixth out of 10 teams after shooting an 8-over 296the first round on Friday, but the team rallied to post their lowest teamscores of the year with a 2-under 286 and a 1-under 287 in the final tworounds. UNLV, the nation's top-ranked team, shot 287-283-298=868 andbarely withstood Wake's late surge to earn the team title by one stroke.
The Runnin' Rebels' Jeremy Anderson took individual medalist honorsin the tournament, finishing with a 54-hole total of 6-under 210. Wakesenior Todd Lynch (Winston-Salem, NC/North Forsyth) fired three straightsubpar rounds to finish in second place at 4-under par, firing 71-70-71.Also finishing in the top 10 was senior Ryan Gioffre (Greensboro,NC/Greensboro Day) who shot a season-low 69 in the second round andfinished in fourth place at 1-under for the tournament. Junior MichaelCapone (Cranston, RI/Bishop Hendricken) finished just one stroke out of thetop 20, carding a 71 in the final round to finish tied for 21st at 6-over.Junior Juan Vizcaya (Madrid, Spain/Retamar) tied his career-low round witha 69 on the final day to finish tied for 38th at 11-over, while seniorThomas Parker (Laurinburg, NC/Scotland) tied for 44th at 14-over par.
Wake is next in action at the ACC Championships, held April 17-19at the Old North State Club at Uwharrie Point in New London, NC.
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS1. UNLV 287-283-298=8682. Wake Forest 296-286-287=8693. North Carolina 293-291-291=8754. Duke 291-297-291=8795. Clemson 293-290-297=8806. Texas A&M 297-290-296=8837. Brigham Young 298-288-298=8848. NC State 293-286-306=8859. Virginia 301-305-308=91410. Western Kentucky 304-304-313=921
TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS1. Jeremy Anderson, UNLV 67-72-71=2102. Todd Lynch, Wake Forest 71-70-71=2123. Charles Warren, Clemson 72-72-70=2144. Ryan Gioffre, Wake Forest 70-69-76=215T5. Charley Hoffman, UNLV 72-68-76=216T5. Joey Maxon, Clemson 74-69-73=216T7. Korky Kemp, NC State 71-71-75=217T7. Don Hill, North Carolina 72-74-71=217T7. Mark Gauley, NC State 71-70-76=21710. Bill Lunde, UNLV 73-71-75=219
OTHER WAKE FOREST FINISHERST21. Michael Capone, Wake Forest 78-73-71=222T38. Juan Vizcaya, Wake Forest 81-77-69=227T44. Thomas Parker, Wake Forest 77-74-79=230
