Men's Golf
                                                                                  

October 6, 2006
Methodist Men Ranked No. 1 in GCAA/Bridgestone Poll
Golf Coaches Association of America released first poll for Fall 2006

FAYETTEVILLE, NC-  The Methodist College men's golf team has been ranked first in the Golf Coaches Association/Bridgestone Division III poll.  The Monarchs received six of eleven first place votes to earn the top spot.

The top 25 teams were selected by a panel of Division III coaches that are members of the association.  Oglethorpe and Guilford followed behind Methodist.  The Monarchs placed second at the Greensboro Invitational on Tuesday to begin their fall season.

The Monarchs will travel to the Tom O'Briant Memorial at the Greensboro Country Club in Greensboro, NC.

 

Rank

University

Number of points

1

Methodist College

267 (6)

2

Oglethorpe

251 (1)

3

Guilford

247 (4)

4

Emory

215

5

Huntingdon

198

6

Saint John's (Minn.)

180

7

Otterbein

160

8

Wisconsin-Eau Claire

156

9

Nebraska Wesleyan

155

10

La Grange

132

11

Allegheny

108

T12

Gustavus Adolphus

105

T12

Texas Lutheran

105

14

Transylvania

104

15

Rhodes

87

16

Ohio Wesleyan

85

17

Redlands

84

18

Skidmore

77

19

Rochester

73

20

Salem State

72

21

Greensboro

62

22

Mary Hardin-Baylor

60

23

St. John Fisher

56

24

Illinois Wesleyan

54

25

McMurry

49