BYU Fails to Make the Cut at the 2000 NCAA Golf Championship

OPELIKA -- After winning eight tournaments in 1999-2000, the No. 6th ranked BYU Golf team ran out of gas early at the 2000 NCAA Championship failing to make the 36-hole cut.

Playing in the morning round on Thursday, the Cougars struggled to get anything going, ending the day with a 6-over-par 294 at the 7,003-yard par 72 Grand National Lake Course of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. The two-day total of 299-294-593 left BYU at 17 -over-par for 36 holes, 11 shots off the cut mark of 582.

The 30-team field, which featured 19 of the Nation's top 25 teams, was cut to 15 schools for the final two rounds on Friday and Saturday. The Cougars find themselves 36 shots off the pace for the tournament lead.

"We won a lot of tournaments and had a fantastic year," said BYU head coach Bruce Brockbank. "But finishing this way sure leaves a bad taste in your mouth. No one played well. We struggled all week with the putter."

BYU was lead by sophomore Manuel Merizalde and junior Scott Miller who both fired an even-par round of 72. Merizalde finished the tournament at 75-72-147 and Miller at 77-72-149. Rounding out the

scoring in round two was Andy Miller at 75 (151), Jose Garrido 75 (148) and Billy Harvey 75 (150).

BYU Scores
Manuel Merizalde    		75-72--147
Jose Garrido             	73-75--148
Scott Miller              	77-72--149
Billy Harvey             	75-75--150
Andy Miller              	76-75--151
1 Oklahoma State U.        	281  276    557   -19
2 Texas, Univ. of          	272  286    558   -18
3 Georgia Tech             	280  282    562   -14
4 North Carolina, U of     	288  282    570    -6
5 Kent State               	288  283    571    -5
T  6 Houston, Univ. of        	284  289    573    -3
T  6 UNLV                     	286  287    573    -3
8 Arizona, U. of           	286  289    575    -1
T  9 Auburn University        	290  288    578    +2
T  9 TCU                      	289  289    578    +2
T  9 Clemson University       	291  287    578    +2
T  9 Fresno State Univ.       	293  285    578    +2
T 13 Northwestern             	287  293    580    +4
T 13 Minnesota, Univ. of      	290  290    580    +4
T 15 Georgia, U. of           	292  290    582    +6
T 15 Wake Forest Univ.        	292  290    582    +6
T 17 California, U. of        	300  283    583    +7
T 17 East Tennessee St.       	286  297    583    +7
T 19 Mississippi St. U.       	288  296    584    +8
T 19 New Mexico, U. of        	286  298    584    +8
21 Kansas, U. of            	291  294    585    +9
22 Georgia State Univ.      	295  292    587   +11
T 23 Oklahoma, U. of          	294  294    588   +12
T 23 Pepperdine Univ.         	295  293    588   +12
T 25 Arizona State U.         	299  290    589   +13
T 25 Virginia, U. of          	299  290    589   +13
27 North Florida, U. of     	294  296    590   +14
28 Brigham Young Univ.      	299  294    593   +17
29 Southern California      	299  300    599   +23
30 Washington, U. of        	301  312    613   +37
Top Ten Individual Scores
C. Howell 	OSU 		67-66--133 	-11
D. Gossett  Texas 	63-70--133 	-11
C. Wisler   ETSU 	67-68--135 	-9
J.J. Wall Texas 	65-71--136 	-8
M. Kuchar  GT 		67-70--137 	-7
J. Anderson  UNLV 	69-68--137 	-7
L. Mahan   OSU 		70-68--138 	-6
R. Barnes  Arizona 	70-69--139 	-5
J. Daley  NW 		69-70--139 	-5
J. Driscoll   UVA 	68-71--139 	-5
B. Hyler   UNC 		69-71--140 	-4