April 20, 2001

ORLANDO, Fla. - Georgia Tech shot an eight-under 280 team score to take the lead after the first round of the 48th annual Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Golf championship at Disney's Magnolia Course. The Yellow Jackets led the way with three of the top six individual finishers including All-American Bryce Molder who shot a three-under 69.

Senior John Engler of Clemson, who shot a six-under par 66, s the individual leader after the first round.

Engler, a senior from Augusta, Ga., playing in his fourth ACC Championship finished tied for second behind Molder, last year's winner. Engler had three birdies on each side without a bogie. He tied for fourth as a sophomore and tied for fifth as a freshman. He is looking for his fourth consecutive top five finish.

Dustin Bray, a North Carolina freshman from Asheboro, N.C., fired a five-under par 67 and is in second place while Wake Forest freshman Bill Haas was next with a four-under par 68. Jay Haas, Bill's father, won the ACC individual title in 1973 as a Deacon performer.

Molder, who won by four strokes a year ago, carded a three-under par 69. In addition to Molder, other Tech scores were a 69 by Chris Mikkelsen, a 70 by Troy Matteson and an even-par 72 by Wes Latimer.

Wake Forest is one stroke behind Tech in the team race with a 281 while Clemson is third at four-under par 284 and NC State is fourth with a one under-par 287. Virginia is fifth at 289, North Carolina, 290, Duke, 291, Florida State, 302 and Maryland, 312.

A total of 15 players posted sub-par rounds on the par 72, 7,093-yard layout.

The second round of the tournament will be played Saturday and the wind-up to the 54-hole event will be played Sunday.

ACC Men's Golf Championship
Disney's Magnolia Course
Tournament Dates: 04/20 - 04/22

Par: 72
Yardage: 7093

Fin	Team	Scores
1	Georgia Tech	280 -8
2	Wake Forest Univ.	281 -7
3	Clemson University	284 -4
4	North Carolina State	287 -1
5	Virginia	289 +1
6	North Carolina	290 +2
7	Duke University	291 +3
8	Florida State	302 +14
9	Maryland	312 +24

ACC Men's Golf Championship
Disney's Magnolia Course
Tournament Dates: 04/20 - 04/22

Par: 72
Yardage: 7093

Fin	Name	School	Scores
1	John Engler	Clemson	33- 33 66 -6
2	Dustin Bray	N Carolina	33- 34 67 -5
3	Bill Haas	Wk. Forest	34- 34 68 -4
4	Bryce Molder	Ga. Tech	35- 34 69 -3
	Kris Mikkelsen	Ga. Tech	33- 36 69 -3
6	Chris Mundorf	NC State	36- 34 70 -2
	Troy Matteson	Ga. Tech	34- 36 70 -2
8	Brent Wanner	Wk. Forest	38- 33 71 -1
	Rusty Kennedy	Virginia	37- 34 71 -1
	D.J. Trahan	Clemson	37- 34 71 -1
	Garth Mulroy	NC State	34- 37 71 -1
	Cameron Yancey	Virginia	36- 35 71 -1
	Chris Yoder	Wk. Forest	34- 37 71 -1
	Brandon LaCroix	Duke	37- 34 71 -1
	Jay Morgan	Wk. Forest	34- 37 71 -1
16	Lucas Glover	Clemson	36- 36 72 E
	Wes Latimer	Ga. Tech	35- 37 72 E
	Kevin Streelman	Duke	37- 35 72 E
19	Mark Donaldson	Florida St	36- 37 73 +1
	David Sanchez	NC State	36- 37 73 +1
	Steve Marino	Virginia	39- 34 73 +1
	Johno Harris	N Carolina	36- 37 73 +1
	Mark Tullo	NC State	37- 36 73 +1
	Matt Weibring	Ga. Tech	36- 37 73 +1
25	Matt Krauss	Duke	38- 36 74 +2
	Cortland Lowe	Wk. Forest	40- 34 74 +2
	Paul Tucker	Duke	39- 35 74 +2
	Kevin O'Connell	Virginia	35- 39 74 +2
	Ross Wellington	NC State	35- 39 74 +2
30	Leif Olson	Duke	40- 35 75 +3
	Kris Hannah	Florida St	38- 37 75 +3
	Ramon Bescansa	N Carolina	36- 39 75 +3
	Ben Duncan	Clemson	37- 38 75 +3
	Jeremy Elliott	N Carolina	38- 37 75 +3
35	John Moheyer	Maryland	37- 39 76 +4
	Tim Kane	Maryland	38- 38 76 +4
37	Rick Westbrook	Florida St	38- 39 77 +5
37	Rusty Mosely	Florida St	39- 38 77 +5
	Mike Mitchell	Virginia	40- 37 77 +5
40	Rob Simmons	N Carolina	39- 39 78 +6
	Andy Lewis	Florida St	40- 38 78 +6
42	Corey Brigham	Maryland	37- 42 79 +7
	Gregg Jones	Clemson	40- 39 79 +7
44	Pete Toole	Maryland	42- 39 81 +9
45	Jimmy Cunningham	Maryland	42- 42 84 +12