Wake Forest Finishes 13th at Puerto Rico Classic
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
February 23, 1999
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Wake Forest men's golf team struggled on the final day of play to finish 13th of 18 teams at the Puerto Rico Classic golf tournament. Three Demon Deacons shot in the 80s as the team carded a 20-over 308 in the final round, played on the 6,945-yard, par-72 River Course of the Rio Mar Country Club in San Juan.
The Demon Deacons finished at 34-over par for the three-day event, 68 strokes back of the tournament champion, top-ranked Clemson. The Tigers shot a 15-under 273 in the final round to finish at 34-under par, winning the team title by four strokes over Georgia Tech.
The Deacs received another strong round from senior Michael Capone (Cranston, RI), who shot a 3-under 69 on the final 18 holes. Capone finished the event with a career-best 54-hole score of 212, or 4-under par, to place 12th in the individual standings. He was seven strokes behind the tournament co-champions, Clemson's John Engler and East Tennessee State's David Christensen.
Senior Oscar Sanchez (Canary Island, Spain) shot a 75 again today and finished 43rd overall at 8-over par. Senior Thomas Parker (Laurinburg, NC) and freshman Jay Morgan (Choctaw, OK) both shot 82s in the final round, while senior Juan Vizcaya (Madrid, Spain) carded an 84. Parker finished the event in 66th place at 16-over par, while Morgan and Vizcaya were tied for 70th at 18-over.
Wake Forest returns to action on March 9-10 at the Seminole Classic in Tallahassee, Fla.
TEAM RESULTS
1 Clemson 281-276-273=830 -34
2 Georgia Tech 281-278-275=834 -30
3 Georgia 285-286-287=858 -6
East Tennessee State 289-283-286=858 -6
5 NC State 297-279-284=860 -4
6 Texas 289-288-293=870 +6
7 North Carolina 292-288-293=873 +9
8 Minnesota 289-287-303=879 +15
9 Northwestern 290-289-304=883 +19
10 Duke 306-292-290=888 +24
11 Columbus State 304-295-294=893 +29
12 Virginia 303-293-298=894 +30
13 WAKE FOREST 291-299-308=898 +34
14 Kent 311-302-289=902 +38
15 Florida State 304-300-299=903 +39
16 Purdue 314-298-308=920 +56
17 Missouri 316-297-309=922 +58
18 Penn State 299-312-316=927 +63
TOP TEN INDIVIDUALS
1 John Engler, Clemson 70-70-65=205 -11
David Christensen, ETSU 69-67-69=205 -11
3 David Gossett, Texas 69-69-69=207 -9
Carl Pettersson, NC State 73-66-68=207 -9
5 Kris Mikkelsen, Ga. Tech 70-70-68=208 -8
6 Carlton Forrester, Ga. Tech 68-70-71=209 -7
7 Bryce Molder, Ga. Tech 74-67-69=210 -6
8 Ben Curtis, Kent 72-69-70=211 -5
Elliot Gealy, Clemson 73-67-71=211 -5
Lucas Glover, Clemson 71-70-70=211 -5
Nick Cassini, Georgia 68-70-73=211 -5
WAKE FOREST PLAYERS
12 Michael Capone, Wk. Forest 71-72-69=212 -4 43 Oscar Sanchez, Wk. Forest 74-75-75=224 +8 66 Thomas Parker, Wk. Forest 72-78-82=232 +16 70 Jay Morgan, Wk. Forest 76-76-82=234 +18 70 Juan Vizcaya, Wk. Forest 74-76-84=234 +18
