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 | ||
| 88 | Carpet Capital Collegiate | 77-84-78–239 |
| T58 | Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate | 72-82–154 |
| T83 | Nelson Invitational | 76-79-76–231 |
| 2003-04 | ||
| 86 | Bank of Tennessee at the Ridges (+21) | 82-77-78 — 237 |
| T33 | Carpet Capital Collegiate (+4) | 71-75-74 — 220 |
| 37 | Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (+4) | 73-74-70 — 217 |
| T18 | Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate (-3) | 69-75-69 — 213 |
| T52 | Southern Highlands Collegiate (+10) | 75-74-77 — 226 |
| T4 | Western Intercollegiate (E) | 72-67-71 — 210 |
| T15 | Atlanta Intercollegiate (-2) | 71-70-73 — 214 |
| T15 | ACC Championship (-2) | 75-70-69 — 214 |
| T31 | NCAA East Regional (+9) | 73-75-71 — 219 |
| T36 | NCAA Championship (+11) | 73-74-72-72 — 291 |
| 2004-05 | ||
| T16 | Ping/Golfweek Preview Invitational (+5) | 74-68-73 – 215 |
| T10 | Jerry Pate National Collegiate (-5) | 67-70-71 – 208 |
| T36 | Isleworth Collegiate Invitational (+11) | 78-72-77 – 227 |
| T22 | Carpet Capital Collegiate (+8) | 77-74-73 – 224 |
| na | Hooters Collegiate Match Play Championship | 3-0-1 |
| T37 | Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate (-7) | 75-67-67 – 209 |
| T15 | Puerto Rico Classic (-2) | 71-69-74 – 214 |
| T35 | Southern Highlands Collegiate (+8) | 70-74-80 – 224 |
| T25 | Oregon Duck Invitational (+4) | 75-70-75 – 220 |
| T3 | Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate (+3) | 71-75-73 – 219 |
| T10 | ACC Championship (+4) | 74-75-71 – 220 |
| T100 | NCAA East Regional (+12) | 77-73-75 – 225 |
| T27 | NCAA Championship (+10) | 71-72-76-71 – 290 |
| 2005-06 | ||
| T25 | Ping/Golfweek Preview Invitational (+4) | 75-69-76 – 220 |
| T39 | Jerry Pate National Collegiate (+4) | 71-72-74 – 217 |
| T45 | Isleworth-UCF Invitational (+14) | 80-73-77 – 230 |
| T22 | Carpet Capital Collegiate (+4) | 80-72-68 – 220 |
| na | Hooters Collegiate Match Play Championship | 4-0 |
| T17 | UH-Hilo Intercollegiate (-1) | 68-72-72 – 212 |
| T79 | Puerto Rico Classic (+15) | 75-76-80 – 231 |
| T16 | Southern Highlands Collegiate (+10) | 73-76-77 – 226 |
| T63 | Morris Williams Intercollegiate (+11) | 74-79-74 – 227 |
| T4 | United States Collegiate Championship (-3) | 70-75-68 – 213 |
| T19 | ACC Championship (-2) | 65-74-75 – 214 |
| T37 | NCAA Central Regional (+8) | 75-74-77 – 226 |
| T117+ | NCAA Championship (+10) | 75-74-77 – 226 |
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||
| Year | Trn | T10 | T20 | Rnds/Cnt | Strk | Avg. | Lo | Hi | Par | 60s |
| 2002-03 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8/3 | 624 | 78.00 | 72 | 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003-04 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 31/27 | 2261 | 72.94 | 67 | 82 | 9 | 4 |
| 2004-05 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 37/30 | 2695 | 72.84 | 67 | 80 | 11 | 5 |
| 2005-06 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 36/30 | 2657 | 73.81 | 65 | 80 | 6 | 3 |
| Total | 37 | 4 | 14 | 112/90 | 8237 | 73.54 | 65 | 84 | 26 | 12 |
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)