ATLANTA – Georgia Tech senior golfer Bryce Molder (Conway, Ark.) capped a record-setting tournament by capturing his second individual title of the fall season in leading the Yellow Jackets to a third-place finish at the Jerry Pate Intercollegiate. The 54-hole event was contested at the 6,958-yard, par-71 Old Overton Golf Club in Birmingham, Ala.
Tech was unable to match its second round score of 271 on the tourney’s final day and carded a team round of 2-under-par 282 to finish the event at 17-under-par, 282-271-282–835. That score was 10 shots off the pace of team champion Clemson, which blitzed the Old Overton course for a team score of 16-under-par 268 on the final day to finish the event at 27-under-par, 287-270-268–825.
The win was Molder’s second in three tournaments this season and was the seventh of his Yellow Jacket career, tying him with Matt Kuchar for second on the Tech all-time list. Molder carded a final-round score of 4-under-par 67, to finish the event at 17-under-par, 67-62-67–196, which bettered Kuchar’s 54-hole school-record total of 202 by six strokes. Molder also set new school and course records with his second-round score of 62.
Following Molder in the individual standings was sophomore Troy Matteson (Austin, Texas), who finished the tournament with a 1-under-par total of 76-64-72–212. Matteson’s second-round score of 64 marked the second time he had posted that score in his Tech career. Senior Wes Latimer (Woodstock, Ga.) and junior Matt Weibring (Plano, Texas) were the next Yellow Jackets in the field as they tied for 27th place at 4-over-par, 70-71-76–217 and 71-75-71–217 respectively.
The final member of the Georgia Tech contingent was junior Kris Mikkelsen (Woodstock, Ga.), who finished among five players tied for 33rd place at 7-over-par, 74-74-72–220.
Tech will take the next two weekends off before traveling to Hilton Head, S.C., to compete in the Golf World Invitational at the 6,651-yard, par-72 layout of the Arthur Hills Course.
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS1. Clemson 287-270-268--8252. Georgia 277-278-272--8273. Georgia Tech 282-271-282--8354. Oklahoma State 285-281-286--8525. UAB 286-280-289--8556. Southern California 285-287-288--860 Houston 284-291-285--8608. BYU 288-287-299--8749. Alabama 293-286-297--876 Arizona 293-290-293--87611. UNLV 289-295-294--87812. Auburn 299-283-299--881TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS, TECH FINISHERS1. Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech 67-62-67--1962. Lucas Glover, Clemson 68-67-66--2013. John Engler, Clemson 71-67-64--2024. Hunter Mahan, USC 71-63-70--2045. David Miller, Georgia 68-70-68--206 Bryant Odom, Georgia 69-70-67--2067. Wade Ormsby, Houston 68-72-67--207 Matt McQuillan, Oklahoma St. 67-70-70--2079. Ryan Hybl, Georgia 72-68-68--20810. Nick Rousey, Alabama 75-66-68--209GEORGIA TECH INDIVIDUALSt-15. Troy Matteson 76-64-72--212t-27. Wes Latimer 70-71-76--217 Matt Weibring 71-75-71--217t-33. Kris Mikkelsen 74-74-72--220
