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Tech Finishes Third in NCAA East Regional Golf, Advances to NCAA Championships

Final Results

ATLANTA (May 20) – Georgia Tech’s golf team closed out the NCAA East Regional with a final round score of 291, its best of the tournament and finished third in the event. The top-ranked Yellow Jackets advanced to the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship, May 31-June 3, at Grand National Golf Club in Opelika, Ala.

No. 2-ranked Clemson, with a score of 871, won the regional by 12 shots over North Florida, which posted a score of 883. Tech was another shot back at 884, followed by East Tennessee State (888). Georgia and Georgia State tied for fifth at 889, followed by Mississippi State at 891 and Auburn at 894. North Carolina and Virginia were tied for ninth at 895, with Wake Forest hanging onto 11th place at 896 with six teams still to complete play.

The top 11 finishers advance to the NCAA Championship. One ACC team, N.C. State, was a lock to qualify until one of its players signed an incorrect scorecard. Carl Patterson, the second-round leader after a pair of 69s, was disqualified for the mistake and forced the Wolfpack to count a score 10 shots higher.

Tech was carried Saturday by its No. 3-4-5 players, paced by freshman Troy Matteson (Austin, Texas), who shot a 72. Seniors Matt Kuchar (Lake Mary, Fla.) and Carlton Forrester (Gainesville, Ga.), and sophomore Matt Weibring (Plano, Texas) each carded a 73. ACC Player of the Year Bryce Molder (Conway, Ark.) shot 76 and did not count for the Jackets Saturday.

For the tournament, Kuchar and Forrester led Tech with three-round totals of 220, followed by Molder at 222 and Matteson and Weibring at 228.

NCAA EAST REGIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENTGlenmaura National Golf Club, Moosic, Pa.Par 71, 6,847 yardsFinal Round Results1 Clemson University    292 289 290 871T 4 Jonathan Byrd       70 72 73 215T 4 John Engler         76 70 69 215T 4 Lucas Glover        70 73 72 215T 75 Jani Saari         76 79 76 231104 D.J. Trahan         87 74 81 2422 North Florida, U. of  297 297 289 883T 10 Matt Borchert      69 76 74 219T 34 David Bennett      81 73 71 225T 34 Cristian Vargas    73 78 74 225T 66 Erik Labitzke      79 70 81 230T 66 Kevin Mock 76      84 70 2303 Georgia Tech          297 296 291 884T 14 Matt Kuchar        74 73 73 220T 14 Carlton Forrester  74 73 73 220T 21 Bryce Molder       71 75 76 222T 56 Troy Matteson      81 75 72 228T 56 Matt Weibring      78 77 73 2284 East Tennessee St.    291 305 292 888T 10 Thomas Lee         70 76 73 219T 17 Adam Riddering     72 79 70 221T 34 Pat Beste          74 76 75 225T 50 James Johnson      77 74 76 227T 62 Chris Wisler       75 80 74 229T 5 Georgia, U. of      296 303 290 8891 Michael Morrison      69 74 69 212T 21 Erik Compton       73 74 75 222T 50 Nick Cassini       76 77 74 227T 66 Bubba Watson       78 78 74 230T 87 Bryant Odom        78 82 73 233T 5 Georgia State Univ. 296 303 290 889T 17 D.J. Fiese         74 74 73 221T 21 Jack Croyle        73 76 73 222T 34 Barry Briggs       75 80 70 225T 43 Henrik Sevegran    74 73 79 226T 80 Dave Womack        76 82 74 2327 Mississippi St. U.    293 306 292 891T 21 Ben Smith          71 78 73 222T 27 Codie Mudd         72 80 71 223T 43 Alex Rocha         78 77 71 226T 43 John Mueller       72 77 77 22695 Michael Trailov      83 74 78 2358 Auburn University     304 302 288 894T 17 Jason Dufner       77 71 73 221T 21 Kevin Haefner      74 77 71 222T 31 Roland Thatcher    77 75 72 224T 56 Scott Weatherly    76 80 72 228T 99 Jon Rusk           82 79 77 238T 9 North Carolina, U of 301 293 301 8953 Max Harris            73 73 68 214T 43 Whitten Meares     75 76 75 226T 62 Rob Simmons        76 73 80 229T 80 Brad Hyler         83 71 78 232T 87 Paul Daniel        77 76 80 233T 9 Virginia, U. of     293 309 293 8952 James Driscoll        69 72 72 213T 14 Cameron Yancey     73 74 73 220T 66 Steve Marino       77 80 73 230T 80 Justin Goodhue     74 83 75 232109 Mike Mitchell       89 89 86 26411 Wake Forest Univ.    294 308 294 8967 Brent Wanner          76 74 67 217T 43 Jay Morgan         72 81 73 226T 50 Chris Yoder        73 77 77 227T 66 Chad Wilfong       73 79 78 230T 99 Buck Williams      83 78 77 23812 South Carolina       306 295 297 898T 10 Kyle Thompson      73 72 74 219T 31 John Bloomfield    72 73 79 224T 34 Scott Feaster      80 76 69 225T 66 Eric Ecker         81 74 75 230106 Michael Maness      81 84 83 24813 Tennessee, Univ. of 303 300 297 900T 8 Andrew Pratt        75 74 69 218T 21 Derrick Centers    71 73 78 222T 66 Andrew Black       77 77 76 230T 87 Ian Parnaby        80 76 77 233101 Matt Gallant        82 83 75 240T 14 Duke University    306 302 293 901T 17 Matt Krauss        72 76 73 221T 27 Mike Christensen   75 74 74 223T 66 Kevin Streelman    81 74 75 230T 87 Paul Tucker        78 83 72 233T 92 Leif Olson         82 78 74 234T 14 North Carolina State 294 301 306 901T 34 Marc Turnesa       75 76 74 225T 56 Chris Mundorf      73 80 75 228T 75 Mark Tullo         78 77 76 231T 97 David Sanchez      77 79 81 237DQ Carl Pettersson      69 69 DQ 16 Augusta State U.     314 294 301 909T 10 Oliver Wilson      77 71 71 219T 31 Jamie Elson        76 74 74 224T 80 Jay Haas           77 75 80 232T102 Michael Webb       84 74 83 241108 Robert Duck         95 91 76 26217 Alabama-Birmingham   305 303 305 913T 50 Daniel Ozley       78 78 71 227T 56 Graeme McDowell    80 70 78 228T 75 Chris Devlin       75 77 79 231T 80 Payton Osborn      75 78 79 232T 97 Tyrol Auret        77 83 77 23718 Middle Tennessee St. 296 311 307 914T 34 Brett Alexander    75 73 77 225T 43 J.R. Wade          73 79 74 226T 75 Matt McWilliams    74 77 80 231T 80 Richard Spangler   74 82 76 232107 Whit Turnbow        86 89 85 26019 Florida, U. of       300 304 311 915T 43 Bubba Dickerson    77 73 76 226T 50 Nick Gilliam       78 76 73 227T 66 Camilo Benedetti   74 74 82 230T 92 Ben Banks          71 82 81 234105 Taylor Walsh        85 81 81 24720 Rhode Island, U. of 303 313 304 920T 62 Jim Salinetti      77 76 76 229T 62 Michael Sims       76 79 74 229T 87 Mike Carbone       73 84 76 233T 92 Josh Hillman       77 79 78 23496 Thomas Giles         79 79 78 23621 Penn State U.        302 309 310 921T 27 Mike Saporito      72 75 76 223T 56 Matt Abbott        75 75 78 228T 80 Scott Phillis      79 77 76 232T102 Jeff Turton        78 82 81 241DQ Greg Marshalek       77 DQ 80 James Madison Univ.     306 311 T 50 Ben Keefer         73 76 78 227T 75 Shane Foster       75 74 82 231Scott Polen             81 82 Michael Gooden          79 82 Chris Cope              79 79 Virginia-Commonwealt    310 313 T 8 Reg Millage         73 77 68 218Erik Knudsen            77 82 Wm. Ted Brown           79 77 Brock Kelley            83 86 Jeff Crowe              81 77 Richmond, Univ. of      318 321 Ken MacDonald           80 74 Joe Horowitz            78 84 Ryan McLain             76 81 Bryan Stark             86 82 Andrew Kennedy          84 86 Seton Hall Univ.        303 325 Eugene Smith            72 79 Scott Hawley            73 84 Justin Van Hyning       78 78 Brian McGowan           80 84 Jonas Forssell          84 90 Yale University         333 330 Peter Schumacher        79 76 Eddie Brockner          83 87 Chris Eckerle           88 82 Louis Aurelio           83 87 Nate Mickelson          91 85 Dartmouth College       308 331 T 34 Lee Birchall       74 76 75 Chris Welty             74 84 Jero Esteve             81 84 Andy Piscano            79 87 Andrew Rymer            90 89  Fin   Individuals         School        Scores T 27  Keith Unikel        Maryland      76 73 74 223T 34  Jedd McLuen         Charleston    74 76 75 225      Philip Worthington  Beth-Cookm    78 78       Alan Morgan         LSU           82 83       Josh Broadaway      Troy State    76 84       Gary Mankulish      Maryland      76 84 

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