Las Vegas Sun

May 3, 2024

UNLV Golf Remains Nation’s Top-Ranked Team

LAS VEGAS-The UNLV golf team remained the nation's top team in the latest edition of the national MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings released by the College Golf Foundation Wednesday.

The Rebels, who have won four of seven tournaments this spring and a school-record six for the season, are in first place ahead of Clemson, Georgia Tech, Arizona and Georgia.

The Western Athletic Conference had five teams ranked among the top 25. After UNLV came TCU in seventh, Colorado State in 20th, Brigham Young in 22nd and New Mexico in 25th.

Individually, UNLV's Jeremy Anderson is still ranked third in the nation, while Arizona's Rory Sabbatini remained the top-ranked individual.

Other Rebels ranked were Bill Lunde in 11th, Charley Hoffman in 18th and Chris Berry in 79th. UNLV was the only team with three players in the top 20.

UNLV most recently captured the title at the BELLSOUTH Yellow Pages Intercollegiate in Cary, N.C., April 10-11 and will be back in action Monday, April 27 through Wednesday, April 29 at the WAC Championship at Poppy Ridge Golf Course in Livermore, Calif.

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