Huskers Move into National Rankings

Lincoln-The Nebraska’s men’s golf team has earned its first national ranking since 1999, as the Huskers were ranked No. 43 in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin rankings released Tuesday.

 

Nebraska’s team ranking through two tournaments is 71.98. The rating is a combination of a player’s record, stroke differential and schedule strength. The team has three wins against teams ranked in the top 50 and five wins against teams in the top 100. Overall, the team has 17 wins and nine losses.

 

The team began their fall season with a bang, winning the Fairway Club Invitational on the Firethorn Golf Course on Sept. 12-13. The Huskers beat out 12 other teams as they gathered a team score of 872 (291-292-289) in their first tournament. NU’s top golfer for the Fairway Club Invitational was junior Brady Schnell. His one-under-par score of 212 (71-75-66) through 54 holes earned him a second-place individual finish for the tournament.

 

The Huskers then went on to face a top-ranked field in the Inverness Intercollegiate Invitational, where they placed 10th out of 15 teams. The team’s final score of 910 (300-303-307) was good enough to beat out four NCAA qualifiers from last year, including Central Florida, Michigan State, Vanderbilt and TCU. Schnell was Nebraska’s top individual for the second time in a row. He tied for 19th with a final score of 224 (73-76-75).

 

The top-ranked team in the nation is Tennessee with a 66.98 rating. Rounding out the top five and all within a one-point rating of each other are Florida (69.49), Alabama (69.60), Southern California (69.73) and FloridaState (69.84).

 

The Huskers return to action at the Memphis Intercollegiate Golf Classic in Memphis, Tenn. on Oct. 3-4. The tournament begins Monday, Oct. 3, with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start.