Sept. 29, 2001

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Wake Forest men's golf team slid to fifth place in the 15-team field at the Ping/Golfweek Preview after two rounds at Ohio State's Scarlet Golf Course. The Demon Deacons followed up a 289 yesterday with a 292 in the second round to put them 13 over par and 10 strokes behind the leader, Clemson.

Brent Wanner led the Demon Deacons with a one-under par score of 70 on the second 18 holes, giving the junior from Chatham, Mass., a three-under par total of 139 to place him in a tie with Viriginia Tech's Brendon De Jonge for second place. They trail the leader, Ari Savolainen of Florida, by two strokes.

Bill Haas is tied for fifth place with a one-under par two-day total of 141, Chad Wilfong improved two stokes today to tally 150 and tie for 48th place, while Jay Morgan and Cortland Lowe both carded second-round scores of 77 to tie for 58th with totals of 152 each.

The Ping/Golfweek Preview will conclude with a final 18 holes on Sunday, Sept. 30. Complete results are available at www.golfstat.com.

Ping/Golfweek Preview

Ohio State Scarlet Golf Course (Par: 71, Yardage: 7239)

Fin. Teams: Scores

1 Clemson 288-283=571

2 Florida 296-277=573

3 Georgia 290-285=575

4 Oklahoma State 290-290=580

5 Wake Forest 289-292=581

6 Virginia Tech 292-290=582

7 Texas 292-291=583

8 Ohio State 300-285=585

 East Tennessee St. 292-293=585

10 Oklahoma 290-297=587

11 Georgia Tech 294-296=590

12 Augusta State 302-290=592

13 Arizona 296-297=593

14 Arizona State 306-295=601

15 Pacific 306-303=609



Fin. Individuals, school Scores

1 Ari Savolainen, Florida 71-66=137

2 Brent Wanner, Wake Forest 69-70=139

 Brendon De Jonge, Virginia Tech 70-69=139

4 D.J. Trahan, Clemson 71-69=140

5 David Miller, Georgia 73-68=141

  Bill Haas, Wake Forest 70-71=141

7 Par Nilsson, Oklahoma State 71-71=142

 Cody Freeman, Oklahoma 69-73=142

 Gregg Jones, Clemson 72-70=142

10 Bubba Dickerson, Florida 73-70=143

  Adam Riddering, E. Tennessee St. 73-70=143

  Ryan Hybl, Georgia 72-71=143



t48 Chad Wilfong, Wake Forest 76-74=150

t58 Cortland Lowe, Wake Forest 75-77=152

t58 Jay Morgan, Wake Forest 75-77=152