Ohio State Men’s Golf Ranked in Two Top 25 Polls – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/25/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Oct. 25, 2001
COLUMBUS, Ohio -The Ohio State men’s golf team is ranked in both major collegiate golf polls following three Top 5 finishes in tournaments this fall. Ohio State is rated No. 13 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Men’s Golf Poll and No. 16 in Golf World’s College Golf Coaches’ Poll.
Ohio State travels to San Diego, Calif., Nov. 5-6 to compete in the final fall tournament of the season.
Two Buckeye individuals are rated among the Top 50 golfers nationally. Junior Justin Collins (Ironton, Ohio/Ironton) is 18th and senior Doug Wade (Lima, Ohio/Lima Central Catholic), is rated 36th, according to Golfweek.
The Buckeyes finished fifth the last time out at the 2001 Gary Koch Invitational (Oct. 15-16) in Tampa, Fla. Ohio State finished fourth at both the Taylor Made Red River Classic (Oct. 5-6) in Dallas, Texas, the Ping/Golfweek Preview (Sept. 28-30) on the OSU Scarlet Course in Columbus.
The spring portion of the schedule begins Feb. 9-10 at the Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Fla.
Ohio State will play in six spring tournaments before the Big Ten Championship event, held May 3-5 in Iowa City, Iowa. The 2002 NCAA Central Region Tournament will be played May 16-18 in Little Rock, Ark. Ohio State plays host to the 2002 Men’s Golf Championship May 27-June 1.
Golfweek/Sagarin College Men’s Golf Poll (Oct. 19) 1. Wake Forest 2. Tennessee 3. Florida 4. Oklahoma State 5. Georgia Tech 6. Clemson 7. Texas 8. Fresno State 9. TCU 10. Southern California 11. New Mexico 12. Georgia 13. Ohio State 14. Oklahoma 15. Auburn 16. Lamar 17. South Carolina 18. Virginia Tech 19. Washington 20. SMU 21. Pepperdine 22. Arkansas State 23. Arizona 24. Texas Tech 25. Minnesota
Golf World’s College Golf Coaches’ Poll (Oct. 24) Rk. Team (1st place votes) Pts. 1. Florida (12) 459 2. Oklahoma State (3) 430 3. Wake Forest (1) 415 4. Texas (2) 400 5. Georgia Tech 385 6. Clemson (1) 374 7. TCU 344 8. Southern Cal. 316 9. Georgia 314 10. Arizona 311 Virginia Tech 311 12. Oklahoma 263 13. New Mexico 247 14. Pepperdine 166 15. Ala-Birmingham 156 16. Ohio State 152 17. Tennessee 132 18. SMU 124 19. Augusta State 112 20. Arizona State 90 Washington 90 22. South Carolina 80 23. Auburn 70 24. Minnesota 67 25. Fresno State 55
