Deacs Finish 12th at Schenkel E-Z-GO Intercollegiate
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 28, 1999
STATESBORO, Ga. - The Wake Forest men's golf team struggled to a 309 in the final round of play to finish 12th out of 15 teams at the Chris Schenkel E-Z-GO Intercollegiate Golf Tournament, played on the 6,945-yard, par-72 course at Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro, Ga.
Top-ranked Clemson earned the team title by virtue of a playoff with Georgia, after both teams finished with three-round team scores of 869. The Demon Deacons carded a 54-hole mark of 902, or 38-over-par, and were 33 strokes behind the Tigers and the Bulldogs.
Senior Michael Capone (Cranston, RI) was just one stroke out of the lead after shooting 71-69 on Saturday, but carded a 78 on Sunday to finish in a tie for 10th place at 218, or 2-over. He was seven strokes back of the individual medalist, Steve Scott of Florida, who recorded a 5-under 211 and won a playoff with Georgia's Michael Morrison.
Other Deacons competing at the tournament included senior Oscar Sanchez (Canary Island, Spain), who finished tied for 52nd with a 54-hole total of 228, or 12-over par. Senior Thomas Parker (Laurinburg, NC) placed 56th at 13-over, while freshman Jay Morgan (Choctaw, OK) and senior Juan Vizcaya (Madrid, Spain), placed 62nd and 65th, finishing 16- and 17-over, respectively.
The Deacs are next in action at the Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic in Dalton, Ga., on April 2-3.
TEAM RESULTS
1 Clemson* 292-286-291=869 +5
2 Georgia 293-280-296=869 +5
3 South Carolina 296-285-290=871 +7
4 Florida 295-288-294=877 +13
5 Duke 293-288-304=885 +21
Texas Christian 299-293-293=885 +21
7 Augusta State 299-295-292=886 +22
8 East Tennessee St. 299-290-299=888 +24
9 Georgia Tech 296-293-301=890 +26
10 Ohio State 292-294-306=892 +28
11 Furman 301-288-306=895 +31
12 WAKE FOREST 297-296-309=902 +38
13 NC State 297-291-318=906 +42
Georgia Southern 303-298-305=906 +42
15 Virginia 296-300-311=907 +43
* won in a playoff
TOP TEN INDIVIDUALS
1 Steve Scott, Florida* 69-70-72=211 -5
2 Michael Morrison, Georgia 73-68-70=211 -5
3 Kyle Thompson, S. Carolina 73-70-70=213 -3
4 Scott Volpitto, TCU 72-71-71=214 -2
Jonathan Byrd, Clemson 71-74-69=214 -2
Robert Duck, Augusta St. 73-69-72=214 -2
7 Chris Emanuel, Ohio St. 69-73-73=215 -1
8 Eamonn Brady, E. Tenn. St. 74-68-74=216 E
9 Grady Girard, TCU 73-75-69=217 +1
10 Michael Capone, Wk. Forest 71-69-78=218 +2
Blake Adams, Ga. South. 75-69-74=218 +2
Mike Christensen, Duke 71-73-74=218 +2
OTHER WAKE FOREST PLAYERS52 Oscar Sanchez, Wk. Forest 75-74-79=228 +12 56 Thomas Parker, Wk. Forest 77-78-74=229 +13 62 Jay Morgan, Wk. Forest 75-75-82=232 +16 65 Juan Vizcaya, Wk. Forest 76-79-78=233 +17
