Deacons in 10th After Two Rounds of Puerto Rico Classic
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
February 22, 1999
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Wake Forest men's golf team shot an 11-over 299 on the second day of play to slip from eighth to 10th place at the Puerto Rico Classic golf tournament. Monday's round was played on the 6,782-yard, par-72 Ocean Course of the Rio Mar Country Club in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The Demon Deacons stand 33 strokes back of the tournament leader, No. 1 ranked Clemson, who stands at 19-under through two rounds. the Tigers shot a 12-under 276 today to take a two stroke lead over Georgia Tech.
Senior Michael Capone (Cranston, RI) was the Deacs' top finisher again today, firing an even-par 72. Capone slipped from 10th to 21st place in the individual standings and is now seven strokes back of the individual leader, East Tennessee State's David Christensen.
Senior Oscar Sanchez (Canary Island, Spain) shot a 75 today and slipped to 42nd place at 5-over par, while seniors Thomas Parker (Laurinburg, NC) and Juan Vizcaya (Madrid, Spain) are tied for 48th at 6-over after carding a 78 and a 76, respectively. Freshman Jay Morgan (Choctaw, OK) also posted a 76 today and is tied for 59th overall at 8-over par.
The tournament concludes with the final 18 holes on Tuesday.
TEAM RESULTS
1 Clemson 281-276=557 -19
2 Georgia Tech 281-278=559 -17
3 Georgia 285-286=571 -5
4 East Tennessee State 289-283=572 -4
5 Minnesota 289-287=576 E
NC State 297-279=576 E
7 Texas 289-288=577 +1
8 Northwestern 290-289=579 +3
9 North Carolina 292-288=580 +4
10 WAKE FOREST 291-299=590 +14
11 Virginia 303-293=596 +20
12 Duke 306-292=598 +22
13 Columbus State 304-295=599 +23
14 Florida State 304-300=604 +28
15 Penn State 299-312=611 +35
16 Purdue 314-298=612 +36
17 Missouri 316-297=613 +37
Kent 311-302=613 +37
TOP TEN INDIVIDUALS
1 David Christensen, ETSU 69-67=136 -8
2 Michael Hoey, Clemson 67-70=137 -7
3 David Gossett, Texas 69-69=138 -6
Carlton Forrester, Ga. Tech 68-70=138 -6
Nick Cassini, Georgia 68-70=138 -6
6 Carl Pettersson, NC State 73-66=139 -5
7 Luke Donald, N'western 70-70=140 -4
John Engler, Clemson 70-70=140 -4
Matt Kuchar, Ga. Tech 69-71=140 -4
Elliot Gealy, Clemson 73-67=140 -4
Kris Mikkelsen, Ga. Tech 70-70=140 -4
WAKE FOREST PLAYERS
21 Michael Capone, Wk. Forest 71-72=143 -1 42 Oscar Sanchez, Wk. Forest 74-75=149 +5 19 Thomas Parker, Wk. Forest 72-78=150 +6 33 Juan Vizcaya, Wk. Forest 74-76=150 +6 55 Jay Morgan, Wk. Forest 76-76=152 +8
