Final National Rankings 1999-00

NCAA National Tournament Experience

Tournaments Won

Major Honors

Clemson Records Held

Clemson Career Rankings

Overview: Has been ranked among the top five golfers in the nation all year, he is fourth in MasterCard and fouth in Golfweek entering the NCAA national championship…first-team All-ACC the last three years…won the ACC Championship as a senior with a 203 score, 13-under-par…that set a Clemson record for score vs. par in a 54-hole event…a two-time All-American, he was first team as a sophomore and second team as a junior, he should return to first team as a senior…still only Clemson sophomore to earn first-team All-America honors…chosen for the Palmer Cup team for 2001, the third straight year he has been selected…outstanding student, who already has his degree, he received it on May 11th…holds 10 Clemson records, including career stroke average and season stroke average…also owns career record for rounds of 75 or better, rounds under par, rounds at par or better…needs three rounds in the 60s, difficult chore, to break career mark for rounds in the 60s…he has 28 and record is 30 held by Chris Patton and Jonathan Byrd…only golfer in Clemson history with three rounds at 65 or better, two were turned in last year and one this past fall when he had a 64 at the Jerry Pate...had 71.33 stroke average in 1999-00, fifth best in Clemson history, so he has two of the top five stroke average seasons in Clemson history...has finished in the top 15 of the MasterCard and Sagarin rankings each of the last two years,he is a lock to make it three in a row this year... has already been part of three top 10 Clemson teams, he and Lucas Glover look to join Jonathan Byrd as only Tiger golfers to start on four straight top 10 teams....ranked first in the nation in four statistical categories for 1998-99, including fairways hit and greens in regulation, second straight year he finished first or second in those two important areas... four-year starter who has missed just two tournaments in four years… first freshman in Clemson history to record four straight rounds at par or better in the NCAA Tournament and first Tiger freshman to have an under-par tournament at the NCAA national event…only Clemson golfer in history to record four straight top five finishes at the ACC Tournament…was fifth as a freshman, fourth as a sophomore, second as a junior and first as a senior.

2000-01: Had an outstanding fall, he posted 70.47 stroke average for the fall portion of the schedule...had the same amount of strokes and rounds as classmate Lucas Glover...14 of his 17 rounds in the fall were at par or better...was 20-under-par for the fall, including a 64 in the final round at the Jerry Pate, leading Clemson to the tournament championship for the fourth straight year...shot a 202 for the 54 holes, the second best tournament in Clemson history...only Lucas Glover's 201 at the same event is better...it was good enough for a third-place finish overall for Engler...Engler was named the Golf World player of the Month for October of 2000 for that performance...had three top 10s in the fall, the Jerry Pate, the Savane All-American (fourth) and the Carpet Classic, where he finished 10th, helping the Tigers to a second-place finish...had five rounds in the 60s for the fall, second on the team...played in six events in the fall and was in Clemson's top two in all six events...won two of three matches at the Rolex in November, he defeated Brandon Askew of UNLV 6 and 4 and downed Andy Sanders of Houston, 2up…continued fine play in the spring, he has had four top 10 finishes including medallist honors at the ACC Championship…shot par or under at five of the six events…has been 18-under-par for the ACC tournament and the NCAA East…had final round 67 to win the ACC Tournament over Bryce Molder of Georgia Tech…for the academic year, his 70.77 stroke average is best on the team, best in Clemson history for that matter…also leads the team in rounds at par or better and top 10 finishes…his 37-under-par is on a record pace…he is 37 under for his 35 rounds this year…has three of the top five tournament scores in relation to par this year, including the all-time record 13-under for the ACC Tournament…Engler and the other Clemson seniors are prime reasons Clemson has ranked in the top five in the nation for 61 straight polls and have had 49 straight finishes in at least the top half of the field….ranked fourth in the nation in par four scoring with a 4.00 average.

Summer 2000: Highlight of the summer was playing in the Palmer Cup...had a 1-2-1 record against the Great Britain/Ireland team...defeated Simon Robinson 3 and 2 in singles...teamed with Jonathan Byrd to halve Phillip Rowe and Simon Robinson...both of his losses were one-up...finished 14th at the New England Amateur.

1999-00: Had first-team All-ACC, second-team All-America season..had a 71.33 average for the year, a figure that was third best in Clemson history at the time, now fifth ...led the team in under-par rounds with 21 and in rounds at par or better with 25...set season record for rounds at 75 or better with 38...had just two rounds all year that were over 75...finished the year strong with 24th-place finish at NCAAs with four-under-par 284...that included a 68 in the final round...finished strong with second-place finish at ACC Tournament and fourth-place showing at the NCAA East Regional... scored 215 or better in each of his last four events...struggled at the Las Vegas with a 35th-place finish, but was in top 13 in each of last four regular season events...ranked between four-over and six-under in every tournament of 1999-00 academic year...had six top 10 finishes, five of those were top five finishes...had 21 rounds under par, second best in Clemson history... had three top 10 finishes in six tournaments in the fall, he played five for Clemson and also played in the Savane All-American tournament in El Paso, TX...finished third at that event with a -4 total for 209...had a 66 in the second round...top finisher for the Tigers at the Carpet Classic, he fired a four-under 212...also had sixth-place finish at The Preview, the site of the 2000 NCAAs (Auburn, AL)...had a 71.73 average for the fall, and a 71.33 for the Spring, so you can see his level of consistency …. scored a hole-in-one competing for Clemson on the 17th hole at Grand National at Auburn, AL during the Ping/Golfweek Preview on September 21, 1999...used a nine-iron on the 150-yard hole...due to the contour of the hole, he never saw it go in...that was the second hole-in-one in Clemson history during a competition, the first while competing for the Clemson team...Michael Hoey had a hole-in-one at the Ridges Intercollegiate just 10 days previous to Engler's shot, but he was playing that tournament as an individual, his score did not count for Clemson...Engler's hole-in-one at Grand National was the third of his golfing life, the second in a competition...had one at Florence Invitational, a junior tournament, while he was in high school, and one at Sea Island when he was playing just for fun as a youth…ranked 9th in final MasterCard and 12th in final Sagarin rankings for the 1999-00 academic year.

1998-99: Had 71.83 stroke average for the first 12 tournaments of the year, then shot 311 at the NCAAs at Hazeltine...still finished with 72.43 stroke average for the year, second best on the team...ranked 9th in final Mastercard and 10th in final Sagarin rankings for the year..first-team All-American as a sophomore, the first Clemson sophomore to earn first-team honors...led the nation in greens hit and fairways hit...also number-one in the nation in putting for par...ranked 13th in par three scoring (3.06) and 11th in par four scoring (4.07)...had 124 birdies for the year, 24th best in the nation...had two top five finishes in his last three events coming into the NCAA nationals.. over 220 just twice in 1998-99 for 54-hole events and both of those scores were 221 (BELLSOUTH and Preview)...tied for eighth in school history in terms of top 10 finishes in a season...tied Clemson record for low 54-hole score with a 205 at the San Juan Shootout, he won the event with an11-under-par score...his -11 also tied Clemson record for 54-hole event...his 205 set record for a sophomore...had career best 64 at the Jerry Pate in the fall, that tied for second best round in Clemson history...only one better is 63 by Brad Clark at 1985 ACC tournament...won the San Juan Shootout with his 205 score,his first victory...he was co-medalist with David Christensen of ETSU...had three top 10 finishes in the fall, including a second at the Preview....had a 217 at the Hazeltine Course, shooting consistent rounds of 73-72-72...played all three matches in the Rolex Match Play and had a 2-0-1 record...posted wins over B.J. Staten of Houston and Don Hill of North Carolina...finished in the top 20 in 11 of the 13 events...qualified for the United States Amateur at Pebble Beach in 1999 with a 139 in qualifying in Hot Springs, AR, but he did not make it to match play portion of the event.

1997-98: Finished his freshman year ranked 42nd in the nation in the final Golfstat Cup rankings...his 72.62 stroke average was ninth best among freshmen, nationally, and best in Clemson history (at the time)...starter on Clemson's number-two ranked team, the highest finish in history for a Clemson golf team...had one of the most consistent seasons in Clemson history, he had 90.2 percent of his drives in the fairway, second in the nation in that area...reached the green in regulation 85.9 percent of the time, first in the nation in that area....finished very strong, especially in the last three events of the year...nine of his final 10 rounds of the year were at par or better and all of those rounds were in the three most important tournaments of the season..usually got off to a good start, he had four rounds in the 60s and all four were in the first round of tournaments...had a 209 score at the ACC Tournament, helping Clemson to the championship...he finished fifth individully, but the 209 score was the lowest ACC Tournament score ever by a Clemson freshman and the lowest score vs. par for any freshman in any tournament in Clemson history (at the time)...followed that with a 213 at the NCAA Regional, good enough for 16th...his -2 at the NCAA National event was good enough for 34th...first freshman in Clemson history to be under par at the ACC, NCAA Regional and NCAA National event...he was a combined -12 for those three events and 10 rounds...had four-under-par events for the year, his other under par event was the Golf World, where he finished fourth...that fourth-place finish at the Golf World was the only one all year in which he was Clemson's top finisher...had two top 10 finishes for the year, the Golf World and the ACC Tournament...played three of Clemson's five fall matches and had second best stroke average on the team with a 71.89 figure..had four under-par rounds in his first nine rounds, quite a start for the first-year freshman...had top Clemson finish at the Golf World when he finished fourth with a five-under-par 211, he was at par-or-under in all three rounds and helped Clemson to a third-place finish...also a contributor in Clemson's victory in the Jerry Pate Intercollegiate with a 218 score, five-over and a 13th-place finish.

In High School: Won the Azalea Amateur in Charleston in the summer after his senior year...won American Junior Golf Association Championship in 1996 at the Trophy Golf Club in Dallas...first-team Rolex All-American as a high school senior...competed in the Canon Club team...finished in the top 10 in 10 tournaments in his senior year...won the state championship his freshman year and finished in the top 5 in each of the last three years...ranked third in the nation as a junior and senior in high school...majoring in marketing at Clemson...born Dec. 2, 1978.

Larry Penley on John Engler
"John works really hard, that is the secret to his success. His ball striking is as good as it has ever been and I think he is putting the ball a little better. He has gotten more of a putters mind in his senior year. He actually thinks that he can go out and make putts, which was always a hurdle for him to cross in the past. He is really doing a good job and shot some really good scores for us in the fall. He is a great leader and leads by example. He does a great job in the classroom and is a true first-team All-American.

"The best part of his game is his consistency. He hits it in the fairway and he usually hits about 85-90% of the greens. When you hit the ball that well and as straight as he does, you are going to be successful. He works on different areas of his game and is always working on his weaknesses. He went through a swing change this past fall that made me worry, but it has worked out well for him and he seems to be hitting it better and more consistently, if that is possible. I think it is time for him to bust loose and win a tournament."

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