Cougar Golf Team Ranked Fifth in Pre-Season Poll

HOUSTON (Sept. 6) - With a host of talented returning players from a team that finished fourth at the NCAA National Championships last year, including senior Andy Sanders as the country's No. 7 ranked individual overall, the University of Houston golf team was rated as the No. 5 team in the country in a preseason poll of the nation's head coaches released on Wednesday (Sept. 6).

Houston, a storied golf program that has won an unprecedented 16 national championships in golf, is again tabbed to be in the hunt for the NCAA title. The Cougars tallied 241 poll points for fifth overall, just for points away from a preseason ranking in the Top 3.

Houston is led on the links by Andy Sanders, a senior from Merritt Island, Fla., who qualified as an amateur for the U.S. Open Championship at Pebble Beach last summer. Last August the All-America candidate and defending Conference USA individual champion was also selected to represent the United States in the prestigious Palmer Cup, a college version of golf's Ryder Cup.

Sanders will be joined on the 2000-2001 UH roster by six returning letterwinners and four newcomers. Junior Wade Ormsby returns as regular player and he is joined by fellow Australian countryman Brad McIntosh, a highly-touted true freshman on the team.

Houston opens up its season on September 9 at The Ridges Intercollegiate Invitational in Johnson City, Tennessee.

MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE GOLF DIVISION I MEN'S TEAM RANKINGS ADMINISTERED BY THE CGF IN COOPERATION WITH THE GCAA


PRESEASON EDITION - SEPTEMBER 6, 2000
 RANK SCHOOL              VOTES
 1 Clemson                291
 2 Georgia                267
 3 Georgia Tech           245
 4 Arizona State          244
 5 Houston                241
 6 Arizona                225
 7 UNLV                   221
 8 Oklahoma State         197
 9 Texas                  196
 10 Northwestern          181
 11 Florida               175
 12 New Mexico            158
 13 TCU                   136
 14 Wake Forest           108
 15 Augusta State         104
 16 South Carolina        101
 17 North Florida         91
 18 Auburn                90
 19 Brigham Young         88
 20 Kent State            84
 21 Washington            66
 22 Southern California   55
 23 Oklahoma              48
 24 Stanford              47
 25 North Carolina State  42

MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE GOLF DIVISION I MEN'S INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS ADMINISTERED BY THE CGF IN COOPERATION WITH THE GCAA

PRESEASON EDITION - SEPTEMBER 6, 2000
 RANK INDIVIDUAL   SCHOOL        VOTES
 1 Luke Donald     Northwestern  300
 2 Lucas Glover    Clemson       273
 3 Bryce Molder    Georgia Tech  264
 4 Paul Casey      Arizona State 240
 5 John Engler     Clemson       232
 6 Ricky Barnes    Arizona       231
 7 Andy Sanders    Houston       214
 8 D.J. Trahan     Clemson       202
 9 Nick Cassini    Georgia       192
 10 Erik Compton   Georgia       152

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