AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The Augusta State men’s golf squad moved up into the top five Sunday in the first Golfweek magazine updated national rankings of the Spring, 2010 season.

The Jaguars, who posted four top-six finishes and took fourth or better in each their last three events, finished the Fall, 2009 campaign ranked No. 9 by both Golfweek magazine and Golfstat.

ASU began the 2009-10 season in September with a 10th-place finish at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational and followed with a sixth-place showing in the prestigious Gary Koch Intercollegiate.

The Jags registered their third victory of the 2009 calendar year and their 13th tournament win under head coach Josh Gregory when they captured the Brickyard Intercollegiate on Oct. 12 at The Brickyard at Riverside in Macon, Ga. Behind four top-five finishes from Patrick Reed, Taylor Floyd, Carter Newman and Henrik Norlander, ASU posted a 13-shot victory against one of the nation’s top fields.

The Jags closed out the fall season with a fourth-place showing in the UNCG Bridgestone Intercollegiate and a third-place effort in the Gifford Collegiate Championship.

ASU kicks off its Spring, 2010 schedule on March 1 in the Seahawk Intercollegiate at Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C.

Golfweek Magazine
National Rankings
(as of Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010)

 1. Oklahoma State
 2. Stanford
 3. Washington
 4. Florida
 5. AUGUSTA STATE
 6. Texas A&M
 7. Illinois
 8. South Carolina
 9. Florida State
10. Texas
11. Tennessee
12. Arizona State
13. Alabama
14. TCU
15. UCLA
16. California
17. Southern California
18. Oregon
19. Texas Tech
20. Georgia Tech
21. Virginia
22. Oregon State
23. UNLV
24. Georgia
25. Middle Tennessee