USC Aiken 18th in Golf World/Nike Division II Preseason Coaches’ Poll
NEW YORK – The University of South Carolina Aiken golf team is 18th in the Golf World/Nike Division II Preseason Coaches’ Poll that was released on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011.
USC Aiken is one of five Peach Belt Conference teams ranked in the preseason tally with Columbus State (13th), Georgia College (14th), Armstrong Atlantic State (19th) and Flagler (22nd) also earning preseason recognition in the top 25.
The USC Aiken golf team was ranked 23rd in the final Golf World/Nike Golf NCAA Division II Coaches’ Poll of the 2011 spring season.
The 2010-11 USC Aiken golf team was extremely young with no upperclassmen on the squad.
Despite their youth, the Pacers concluded the spring of 2011 by making their 19th appearance in the NCAA Division II regionals in the last 20 years.
USC Aiken will open its 2011-12 season by playing host to the Eighth Annual Kiawah Island Invitational on Monday, Sept. 5 and Tuesday, Sept. 6.
The two-day, Eighth Annual Kiawah Island Invitational will be contested at the 6,875 yard, par 72 Cougar Point Golf Course in Kiawah Island, S.C. Designed by Gary Player, the course was rated at "4.5 stars" by Golf Digest. The South Carolina Golf Course Owners Association recently rated the Cougar Point Golf Course the “Golf Course of the Year.”
The tournament will be a two-round, 36-hole event (18 each day). Action is slated to get underway at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 5.
USC Aiken has won the event three times before (2004, 2005 and 2008).
The preseason poll combined the resources of Golf World
magazine, Nike Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America
(GCAA). The complete results, including results from Divisions I,
III, NAIA and NJCAA will appear in the Sept. 5, 2011 issue of
Golf World.
Golf World/Nike Golf
Coaches’ Poll
Preseason Poll | Sept. 5 Issue
NCAA Division II
Rank Team
1. Abilene Christian
2. Lynn
3. Chico State
4. Barry
5. Central Oklahoma
6. CSU-Monterey Bay
7. West Florida
8. Western Washington
9. North Alabama
10. Central Missouri
11. Barton
12. Sonoma State
13. Columbus State
14. Georgia College
15. Nova Southeastern
16. Newberry
17. CSU-Stanislaus
18. USC Aiken
19. Armstrong Atlantic State
Fort Lewis
21. Florida Southern
22. Hawaii-Hilo
23. Flagler
24. Indianapolis
25. CU-Colorado Springs
Grand Canyon
Also receiving votes: UNC-Pembroke, 59; Cameron, 56; Valdosta State, 46; Colorado State-Pueblo, 33; Missouri-St. Louis, 31; Dixie State, 29; Indiana U. (Pa.), 26; Queens U. (Charlotte), 25; Rollins, 19; Florida Tech, 18; CSU-San Bernardino, 16; Delta State, 14; Drury, 14; Grand Valley State, 14; Lander, 14; Belmont Abbey, 13; Carson-Newman, 12; Wayne State (Mich.), 12; Saginaw Valley State, 11; Georgia Southwestern, 10; St. Edwards, 10; Colorado School of Mines, 9; Colorado Christian, 7; Dallas Baptist, 7; Mount Olive, 7; Northern Kentucky, 7; Northeastern State, 5; St. Thomas Aquinas, 5; Newman, 4; North Georgia, 4; Bellarmine, 3; Western New Mexico, 3; Midwestern State, 2; Saint Leo, 2; Washburn, 2; Hawaii Pacific, 1.
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