Golfers Receive Votes in Most Recent GolfWorld/Nike Golf Poll
NEW YORK – Following a fourth-place finish in the consolation bracket at the 41st Annual Marine Corps Intercollegiate tournament, the Bridgewater Eagles golf team picked up votes in the most recent GolfWorld/Nike Golf Coaches Poll released on Thursday.
The Eagles garnered 26 votes in the most recent survey of the nation's coaches.
Bridgewater senior golfer Travis Gahman shot a Bridgewater course-record five-under, 65, to pace the Eagles to a fourth place finish in the consolation round at Camp Lejeune.
As a team, the Eagles shot a team total of +1, 281 to finish the weekend with a three-day total of +16, 864.
After winning all four tournament starts since early March, Methodist has vaulted up to the No. 1 spot in the Division III college coaches' poll. The Monarchs claimed 13 of 16 first-place votes to unseat previous No. 1 Guilford, which dropped to the No. 2 spot.
Illinois Wesleyan, Redlands and UT-Tyler fell into the 3rd, 4th and 5th spots, respectively. New to the top 10 are No. 9 Greensboro (up from No. 14) and No. 10 Emory (up from No. 19).
Two new schools join the top 25: No. 23 Otterbein and No. 24 Hampden-Sydney.
Bridgewater is back in action on Saturday as it wraps up the regular season at the McDaniel Spring Shootout.
Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches' Poll
April 16, 2012 issue
NCAA Division III
| Rank | Team | Points | Prev. |
|
1. |
Methodist (13) |
396 |
3 |
|
2. |
Guilford (3) |
348 |
1 |
|
3. |
Illinois Wesleyan |
327 |
2 |
|
4. |
Redlands |
326 |
5 |
|
5. |
UT-Tyler |
321 |
4 |
|
6. |
Oglethorpe |
311 |
6 |
|
7. |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
275 |
7 |
|
8. |
Transylvania |
274 |
8 |
|
9. |
Greensboro |
238 |
14 |
|
10. |
Emory |
226 |
19 |
|
11. |
Saint John's (Minn.) |
224 |
9 |
|
12. |
California Lutheran |
221 |
12 |
|
13. |
LaVerne |
201 |
16 |
|
14. |
Christopher Newport |
192 |
10 |
|
15. |
La Grange |
151 |
18 |
|
16. |
St. John Fisher |
150 |
13 |
|
17. |
Huntingdon |
147 |
11 |
|
18. |
Skidmore |
145 |
17 |
|
19. |
Gustavus Adolphus |
103 |
20 |
|
20. |
Centre |
85 |
15 |
|
21. |
Wittenberg |
84 |
T-25 |
|
22. |
Rhodes |
73 |
T-25 |
|
23. |
Otterbein |
65 |
NR |
|
24. |
Hampden-Sydney |
48 |
NR |
|
25. |
Concordia (Moorhead) |
33 |
24 |
Also receiving votes: Wisconsin-Stout, 29; Trinity (Texas), 27; Bridgewater, 26; Rochester, 22; Franklin & Marshall, 18; Linfield, 17; Carthage, 15; Central, 15; Mary Hardin-Baylor, 10; St. Thomas, 10; Birmingham-Southern, 8; Millikin, 7; Whittier, 7; Nazareth, 6; Manhattanville, 5; Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 4; McDaniel, 3; Roanoke, 3; Swarthmore, 2; Williams, 2.
Polls conducted by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Voting closed April 5, 2012.
