Men's Golf Prepares for Seminole Classic
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 8, 1999
Deacon Details
Mastercard Ranking (3/3): not ranked
GolfWeek/Sagarin Ranking (3/1): not ranked
Head Coach: Jerry Haas (Wake Forest '85), second season
The Seminole Classic
Wake Forest is back in action this Tuesday and Wednesday, March 9-10, at
Florida State's Seminole Classic. The 54-hole event will be contested at
the Golden Eagle Country Club in Tallahassee, FL, and features a field of
16 teams, including three teams ranked in the Mastercard Top 25 and four
ACC squads (Wake, FSU, UNC, and NC State).
Last Time Out
Wake Forest struggled in the final round to finish 13th of 18 teams at the
Puerto Rico Classic on Feb 21-23.
Three Deacs shot in the 80s on the final day as Wake finished at 34-over par (898), 68 strokes back of team champion Clemson.
Senior Michael Capone (Cranston, RI) turned in a career performance, however, shooting a career-low 212 (71-72-69) over 54 holes to place 12th individually at 4-under par. Capone finished one stroke out of the top 10 and seven strokes behind the tournament co-champions.
Senior Oscar Sanchez (Canary Island, Spain) finished 43rd at 8-over par, while senior Thomas Parker (Laurinburg, NC) placed 66th at 16-over. Freshman Jay Morgan (Choctaw, OK) and senior Juan Vizcaya (Madrid, Spain) both tied for 70th place at 18-over par.
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: 73.7.
Opened the spring with a career-low
54-hole score of 212 (4-under) to finish 12th at the Puerto Rico
Classic...placed sixth at the G. Gunby Jordan Intercollegiate in the
fall...posted a team-low 73.3 average in the fall...was third on the team
with a 74.0 average in 1997-98...placed sixth at the 1997 NCAA
Championships to earn honorable mention All-America honors...was eighth at
the '97 ACC's...owns three career top 10 finishes and eight top 20s...the
Deacs' top returning player in 1998-99.
Oscar Sanchez (Sr, Canary Island, Spain)
1998-99 Avg: 75.1. Career Avg: 75.0.
Placed 43rd at the Puerto Rico
Classic, shooting an 8-over par 224...recorded a 75.21 average in five fall
events...top finish this year was a 24th at the G. Gunby Jordan
Intercollegiate in the fall... struggled through the 1997-98 campaign with
a team-high 77.5 stroke average...earned All-ACC honors in 1997...won the
Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic in the spring of 1997, Wake's last
individual tournament title...a member of the Spanish National Team.
Jamie Gallacher (Jr, Surrey, England)
1998-99 Avg: 75.9. Career Avg: 75.9.
Compete in his first spring
event...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.
Jay Morgan (Fr, Choctaw, OK)
1998-99 Avg: 75.1. Career Avg: 75.1.
Rookie standout who has played in
every event so far this year...struggled to a 70th-place finish at the
Puerto Rico Classic with a 234...earned his first career top 10 finish 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...has recorded four of his 17
rounds this year at or under par.
Ryan Peiffer (So, Winston-Salem, NC)
1998-99 Avg: 79.8. Career Avg: 79.8.
Made the team as a walk-on last year
and saw his first taste of action in the fall of '98, playing in two events
(one as an individual competitor)...was 70th at The Ridges Intercollegiate
(as an individual) and 58th at the Windon Memorial Classic...posted a 79.8
fall stroke average...a local product who attended nearby Mount Tabor High
School.
Percentage of Rounds Counted
The percentage of rounds played which were counted toward the team's top
four scores in tournament play this year (fall and spring):
Name Played Counted Percent Michael Capone 17 17 1.000 Oscar Sanchez 17 16 .941 Jay Morgan 17 13.5 .794 Juan Vizcaya 9 6.5 .722 Jamie Gallacher 14 10 .714 Thomas Parker 9 5 .556 Ryan Peiffer 2 0 .000 TEAM 85 68 .800
