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Mike Barbosa

Mike Barbosa - Men's Golf - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Year Graduated 2006
Experience 4 VL
Height 6-3
Weight 180
Hometown St. Petersburg, Fla.
Last School St. Stephens Episcopal
Mike Barbosa - Men's Golf - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

At Tech: Solid part of Tech[apos]s core group his last three years after making dramatic strides between his freshman and sophomore years … Played in every Tech event his last two years, and 30 straight going back to the spring of 2004 … Victory in the Cardinal Amateur in the summer of 2004 boosted his national amateur ranking into the top 50 … Finished his career with a national ranking of No. 109 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and a 73.54 stroke average in 112 rounds … Red-shirted in 2001-02.

2005-06: Played in every event for Tech, posting four top-20 finishes in eight spring tournaments … Tied for 19th at the ACC Championship, posting a career-best and competitive course record of 65 in the first round … Averaged 73.75 strokes in 24 spring rounds, slightly better than his overall average this year (ranked 25th in the ACC at 73.67) … Counted for the team in 22 of 24 spring rounds, 30 of 36 overall … Tied for fourth at the United States Collegiate Championship, matching his career best finish … Also tied for 17th at the UH-Hilo Intercollegiate and tied for 16th at Southern Highlands … Finished the fall with a flourish by going undefeated (4-0) at the Hooters Collegiate Match Play Championship … Defeated two top-10 competitors in Arizona State[apos]s Alejandro Canizares and Georgia[apos]s Brian Harman … Went 7-1 in that event over his last two years … Highest fall finish was a tie for 22nd at the Carpet Capital Collegiate (4-over-par 220) … Finished with a 578-471-46 head-to-head record against the nation[apos]s seventh toughest opposition, and was ranked No. 109 nationally in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index.

2004-05: Earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors for the first time … Also named an All-America Scholar by the GCAA … Finished the year ranked No. 73 in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index among collegiate players (10th among ACC players in the Index) … Continued a long run of solid play that began last spring and continued through the summer with his victory at the Cardinal Amateur … Tied for 27th place at the NCAA Championship, improving by nine spots over his sophomore-year finish … Entered the NCAA regional with two strong performances, a tie for 10th at the ACC Championship in which he closed with a 71, and a tie for 15th at the Hootie at Bulls Bay … Had three top-20 finishes in seven spring tournaments, five overall this year … Carried the team[apos]s fourth-best overall stroke average (72.84) and fourth-best for the spring (72.84) … His overall average ranked ninth in the ACC, 129th nationally … His 71 at the ACC Championship and in the NCAA Championship were his best closing rounds of the year (averaged 73.33 in final rounds) … Posted 13 of 37 rounds at par or better … Tied for 10th at the Jerry Pate National and tied for 16th at the Preview Invitational, his best performances of the fall.

2003-04: Stroke average of 72.94 ranked fourth on the team and 13th in the ACC … Spring stroke average was 72.14, second best on the team and more than 2.5 strokes better than his fall average … Tied for 36th in the NCAA Championship at Hot Springs (11-over 291), completing a strong finish to the spring season … Tied for 31st at the NCAA East Regional (9-over 219) … Came on strong late in the spring, tying for 4th at the Western Intercollegiate, then tying for 15th at the Atlanta Intercollegiate and the ACC Championship … Compiled a collective stroke average of 71.75 over the last five events … Finished in the Top 20 in five of 10 events overall, including four in the spring … Counted for the team in 27 of 31 rounds played … Finished the spring ranked No. 127 among collegiate golfers in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index … Finished the summer tied for 47th in the Golfweek/Titleist Men[apos]s Amateur Rankings.

2002-03: Competed in three tournaments for the Jackets in 2003…Top finish of the year was a tie for 58th at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate…Had a 36-hole score of 72-82–154 in that event…The first-round score of 72 was a season best…Counted three of his eight rounds on the year toward Tech[apos]s team total.

2001-02: Redshirted during 2001-02 season.

NCAA experience: Tied for 36th at the 2004 NCAA Championship in Hot Springs, Va. (11-over-par 291) … Tied for 31st at the 2004 East Regional in New Haven, Conn. (9-over-par 219) … Tied for 27th at the 2005 NCAA Championship in Owings Mills, Md. (10-over-par 290) … Tied for 100th place at the 2005 East Regional in Kingston Springs, Tenn. (12-over-par 225) … Tied for 117th at 2006 NCAA Championship at Sunriver, Ore. (10-over 226) … Tied for 37th at the 2006 Central Regional (8-over-par 221).

Amateur: 2005: Tied for fourth in his Cardinal Amateur title defense (68-74-65 – 207) … Tied for 22nd at the Southern Amateur (72-69-74-72 – 287) and the Sunnehanna Amateur (73-70-69-71 – 283) … Tied for 23rd at the Monroe Invitational (73-72-69-71 – 285) … Tied for 31st at the Northeast Amateur (68-72-73-67 – 280) … Played in two amateur events over the semester break, tying for 24th at the Dixie Amateur (73-73-79-73 – 298) and tying for 20th at the New Year[apos]s Invitational (72-68-74-74 – 288) … 2004: Won the Cardinal Amateur (66-67-72 — 205) in Greensboro, N.C., taking a four-hole playoff against Duke[apos]s Ryan Blaum … Tied for 19th at the Porter Cup (69-73-69-71 — 282) … Tied for 24th at the Southern Amateur in Ooltewah, Tenn. (73-75-75-71 — 294) … Tied for 26th in stroke play and advanced to the round of 32 in the North-South Amateur at Pinehurst, N.C. … Advanced in local U.S. Open qualifying May 12 with a 68 (finished 3rd) at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla. … Missed by one shot a 10-man playoff for seven spots at sectional qualifying at Columbus, Ohio … 2001: Competed primarily in amateur tournaments during the year … Tied for 41st at the Dogwood Amateur with a score of 71-72-72-73–288 … Reached match play of the North and South Amateur after finishing 25th in stroke play … Was tied for 38th at the Players Amateur with a score of 78-72-71-74–295 … 2000: Recorded three top-10 finishes, including a victory at the AJGA Justin Leonard/Deloitte & Touche Jr. Team Championship with a score of 70-76-73–217 … Teamed with fellow Tech freshman Chan Wongluekiet in the event … Member of the U.S. Izzo Cup Team and the East Canon Cup Team for the second-straight year … Boys Player Representative on the AJGA Board of Directors … 1999: First-team Polo Golf Junior All-American … Won three events on the year including two to end the season … First win came at the Southern Junior with a score of 71-70–141 … Next two wins came at the AJGA JC Penney Junior Classic and the AJGA Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Junior Classic … Had a score of 69-76-72–217 at the JCPenney event and a 68-73-73–214 at the Robert Trent Jones tournament … Member of the East Canon Cup team.

Personal: Full name is Michael Levy Barbosa … Born January 7, 1983 … Parents are Jerry and Carol Barbosa … Majoring in management at Tech … Made the ACC Academic Honor Roll all five of his years at Tech.

Collegiate Tournament Results

2002-03
88Carpet Capital Collegiate77-84-78–239
T58Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate72-82–154
T83Nelson Invitational76-79-76–231
2003-04
86Bank of Tennessee at the Ridges (+21)82-77-78 — 237
T33Carpet Capital Collegiate (+4)71-75-74 — 220
37Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (+4)73-74-70 — 217
T18Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate (-3)69-75-69 — 213
T52Southern Highlands Collegiate (+10)75-74-77 — 226
T4Western Intercollegiate (E)72-67-71 — 210
T15Atlanta Intercollegiate (-2)71-70-73 — 214
T15ACC Championship (-2)75-70-69 — 214
T31NCAA East Regional (+9)73-75-71 — 219
T36NCAA Championship (+11)73-74-72-72 — 291
2004-05
T16Ping/Golfweek Preview Invitational (+5)74-68-73 – 215
T10Jerry Pate National Collegiate (-5)67-70-71 – 208
T36Isleworth Collegiate Invitational (+11)78-72-77 – 227
T22Carpet Capital Collegiate (+8)77-74-73 – 224
naHooters Collegiate Match Play Championship3-0-1
T37Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate (-7)75-67-67 – 209
T15Puerto Rico Classic (-2)71-69-74 – 214
T35Southern Highlands Collegiate (+8)70-74-80 – 224
T25Oregon Duck Invitational (+4)75-70-75 – 220
T3Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate (+3)71-75-73 – 219
T10ACC Championship (+4)74-75-71 – 220
T100NCAA East Regional (+12)77-73-75 – 225
T27NCAA Championship (+10)71-72-76-71 – 290
2005-06
T25Ping/Golfweek Preview Invitational (+4)75-69-76 – 220
T39Jerry Pate National Collegiate (+4)71-72-74 – 217
T45Isleworth-UCF Invitational (+14)80-73-77 – 230
T22Carpet Capital Collegiate (+4)80-72-68 – 220
naHooters Collegiate Match Play Championship4-0
T17UH-Hilo Intercollegiate (-1)68-72-72 – 212
T79Puerto Rico Classic (+15)75-76-80 – 231
T16Southern Highlands Collegiate (+10)73-76-77 – 226
T63Morris Williams Intercollegiate (+11)74-79-74 – 227
T4United States Collegiate Championship (-3)70-75-68 – 213
T19ACC Championship (-2)65-74-75 – 214
T37NCAA Central Regional (+8)75-74-77 – 226
T117+NCAA Championship (+10)75-74-77 – 226
Career Statistics
YearTrnT10T20Rnds/CntStrkAvg.LoHiPar60s
2002-033008/362478.00728400
2003-04101531/27226172.94678294
2004-05122537/30269572.846780115
2005-06121436/30265773.81658063
Total37414112/90823773.5465842612

Low round: 65 (-7), Atlantic Coast Conference Championship (1st round), 2006
Low tournament score: 208 (-5), Jerry Pate National Collegiate, 2004
Best finish: T4, Western Intercollegiate, 2004; United States Collegiate Championship, 2006

+standing through 54 holes (Tech missed cut)

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