Oct. 25, 2004
WINDERMERE, FL -- Paced by junior Kyle Reifers' 4-under par 68, Wake Forest shot 1-under par as a team in the second round of the Isleworth Invitational and is in fifth place among some of the nation's golf teams heading into Tuesday's final round.
The 54-hole tournament concludes with 18 holes on Tuesday at the Isleworth Country Club, home to PGA Tour stars Tiger Woods, Mark O'Meara, John Cook and others. The course was designed by Wake Forest graduate Arnold Palmer.
After shooting a cumulative 13-over 301 in Monday's morning round, the 24th-ranked Demon Deacons rallied in the afternoon to take hold of fifth place. There are nine nationally-ranked teams in the field of 16 squads. Wake Forest trails tournament leader Georgia by 11 strokes, second-place Georgia Tech by nine strokes, Oklahoma State by six strokes and fourth-place Kentucky by one stroke.
Deacon coach Jerry Haas is using a lineup of three freshmen (Chris McCartin, Dustin Groves and Webb Simpson), one sophomore (Sean Moore) and one junior (Reifers).
Reifers is in fifth place overall after two under-par rounds of 71 and 68 (139 total) on Monday. He is followed by three Deacon freshmen - McCartin shot a 2-over 146, Simpson a 8-over 152 and Groves a 9-over 153. Moore, the defending ACC individual champion, fired an 11-over 155.
Reifers is just two shots behind the leaders as three players are tied for first with a 5-under 137 - Georgia Tech's Roberto Castro, Oklahoma State's Pablo Martin and Florida's Matt Every. Georgia Chris Kirk is in fourth place at 4-under 138.
Team Standings
Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores
1 Georgia, U. of 287 290 577
2 Georgia Tech 296 283 579
3 Oklahoma State U. 297 285 582
4 Kentucky, U. of 296 291 587
5 Wake Forest Univ. 301 287 588
6 Texas, Univ. of 290 299 589
Clemson University 295 294 589
8 Augusta State U. 293 297 590
9 Florida, U. of 295 302 597
10 North Carolina State 305 298 603
11 Vanderbilt Univ. 302 307 609
12 North Carolina, U of 304 306 610
13 UCF 306 305 611
14 Furman University 308 306 614
15 Florida State Univ. 302 313 615
16 Toledo, U. of 322 303 625
Individual Standings
Fin. Top 20 Players School Scores
1 Roberto Castro Ga. Tech 69 68 137
Pablo Martin Okla. St. 69 68 137
Matt Every Florida 67 70 137
4 Chris Kirk Georgia 69 69 138
5 Kyle Reifers Wk. Forest 71 68 139
6 Mark Blakefield Kentucky 70 70 140
Martin Ureta N Carolina 70 70 140
8 John Holmes Kentucky 72 71 143
9 Andreas Hoegberg UCF 76 68 144
Luke List Vanderbilt 72 72 144
Jack Ferguson Clemson 70 74 144
Nicholas Thompson Ga. Tech 74 70 144
