Wake Forest University
ACC Championship
Men's Golf Finishes Third at ACC Championships
4/22/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 22, 2001
Orlando, Fla. - Second-ranked Georgia Tech held off Clemson and Wake Forest in the final round to win its seventh team championship at the 48th annual Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Golf championship at Disney's Magnolia Course. Clemson senior John Engler went wire-to-wire to win the fifth individual title for the Tigers.
Georgia Tech, which began Sunday's round one shot behind Wake Forest, shot an eight-under par 280 to win going away by an eight shot margin over defending-champion Clemson. Wake Forest, which went two-over par for the third round, finished in third place, nine shots off the winning pace.
"It was quite a tough championship because Wake Forest and Clemson, who played in the same group with us, were tough throughout," said Bruce Heppler. "We had to play our best to pull it off. It was a lot tougher than the eight-shot victory margin would indicate."
Virginia finished in fourth place at 859, five-under par. NC State was fifth, North Carolina sixth, Duke seventh, Florida State eighth and Maryland ninth.
Engler, who had not finished lower than tied for fifth in his previous three ACC championship tournaments, started fast with an opening day 66, added a two-under par 70 on the second day and closed with a 67 in the third round to finish with a record 54-hole total 203. The previous best 54-hole score was a 204 posted by Wake Forest's Gary Hallberg in 1980.
Wake Forest has concluded its regular season and will await the NCAA selection pairings for upcoming regionals, which will be announced later this week.
Disney Magnolia CoursePar: 72Yardage: 7093
Fin Team Scores 1 Georgia Tech 280 285 280 845 -19 2 Clemson University 284 284 285 853 -11 3 Wake Forest Univ. 281 283 290 854 -10 4 Virginia, U. of 289 283 287 859 -5 5 North Carolina State 287 289 294 870 +6 6 North Carolina, U of 290 286 297 873 +9 7 Duke University 291 293 290 874 +10 8 Florida State Univ. 302 298 297 897 +33 9 Maryland, U. of 312 295 293 900 +36
Fin Name School Scores 1 John Engler Clemson 66 70 67 203 -13
2 Bryce Molder Ga. Tech 69 70 66 205 -11
3 Cameron Yancey Virginia 71 71 69 211 -5
4 Steve Marino Virginia 73 70 69 212 -4 Brent Wanner Wk. Forest 71 68 73 212 -4
6 Rusty Kennedy Virginia 71 68 74 213 -3 Bill Haas Wk. Forest 68 71 74 213 -3 Kris Mikkelsen Ga. Tech 69 73 71 213 -3
9 Garth Mulroy NC State 71 73 70 214 -2
10 Troy Matteson Ga. Tech 70 74 71 215 -1 Jay Morgan Wk. Forest 71 69 75 215 -1
12 Lucas Glover Clemson 72 71 73 216 E Chris Mundorf NC State 70 73 73 216 E Matt Weibring Ga. Tech 73 71 72 216 E
15 Wes Latimer Ga. Tech 72 71 75 218 +2 Kevin Streelman Duke 72 73 73 218 +2 Paul Tucker Duke 74 73 71 218 +2
18 Matt Krauss Duke 74 74 71 219 +3 Ramon Bescansa N Carolina 75 70 74 219 +3 Cortland Lowe Wk. Forest 74 75 70 219 +3 Johno Harris N Carolina 73 71 75 219 +3
22 Mark Donaldson Florida St 73 73 74 220 +4 Dustin Bray N Carolina 67 77 76 220 +4 John Moheyer Maryland 76 72 72 220 +4 D.J. Trahan Clemson 71 75 74 220 +4 Chris Yoder Wk. Forest 71 76 73 220 +4 Mark Tullo NC State 73 72 75 220 +4 Gregg Jones Clemson 79 70 71 220 +4
29 Corey Brigham Maryland 79 71 71 221 +5 Brandon LaCroix Duke 71 75 75 221 +5
31 David Sanchez NC State 73 73 76 222 +6 Kris Hannah Florida St 75 74 73 222 +6 Rob Simmons N Carolina 78 71 73 222 +6
34 Kevin O'Connell Virginia 74 74 75 223 +7
35 Leif Olson Duke 75 73 76 224 +8 Ben Duncan Clemson 75 73 76 224 +8 Jeremy Elliott N Carolina 75 74 75 224 +8 Ross Wellington NC State 74 71 79 224 +8
39 Andy Lewis Florida St 78 76 73 227 +11
40 Tim Kane Maryland 76 77 76 229 +13 Rick Westbrook Florida St 77 75 77 229 +13
42 Rusty Mosely Florida St 77 77 78 232 +16
43 Jimmy Cunningham Maryland 84 75 74 233 +17
44 Mike Mitchell Virginia 77 78 81 236 +20
45 Pete Toole Maryland 81 81 79 241 +25
