Memphis Men's Golf Team Rises in National Rankings

Fresh off their third straight tournament win last week at the Missouri Bluffs Challenge, the Memphis men's golf team continued to rise in the national rankings this week. The Tigers are ranked #14 in the latest Golfweek ranking, which came out on Sunday, and #19 in the latest Golfstat ranking, which came out today.

The Tigers have the most tournament wins of any program in the Golfstat Top 25 and are the only undefeated team in the entire Golfweek ranking, which rates each Division I team. Since won-loss records are not an official part of golf, Golfweek lists de facto won-loss records in its rankings, which are based on the number of teams that an individual program finished above (wins) and behind (losses) and tied with (ties) in its tournaments. Not including dual meets, Memphis is the only school in Division I with an undefeated record (38-0-2), and therefore the only school that was won each of its tournament starts this year.

Memphis also has its top four players ranked in the top 111 individuals in the country by Golfweek in Keven Fortin-Simard (56), Andy Shiels (101), Justin Miers (104), and Allan Thomas (111). Additionally, the freshman class is ranked 3rd in the country in Golfstat's Freshman Class Impact ranking, which attempts to measure the contributions of freshmen to the team's overall success.

Golfstat and Golfweek are both statistic-based rankings. In the subjective polls, based on voting, Memphis is receiving votes in both the Precept/Coaches' Top 25 and the Golf World Top 25.

The Tigers will play in one more tournament this fall at the Landfall Tradtion in Wilmington, N.C., which will take place next weekend, October 29-31.