March 9, 2008
– Cameron Tringale shot a 4-over-par 76 Sunday and finished in a tie for seventh place, and sixth-ranked Georgia Tech faltered down the stretch and fell to a tie for 10th place in the final results at the Southern Highlands Collegiate in Las Vegas, Nev.
The Yellow Jackets’ four counting players lost 12 shots to par over the final four holes at the 7,510-yard, par 72 Southern Highlands Golf Club, posting four double-bogeys and four bogeys.
UNLV, the host school, and Charlotte shot the day’s best scores (5-over-par 293) and finished 1-2 in the team race. The Rebels finished at 5-over-par 869, two shots ahead of the 49ers. Georgia was third at 8-over, followed by Southern California (+14) and UCLA (+17) in the top five.
Tech finished in a tie for 10th with Arizona at 33-over-par, 28 strokes off the lead.
Tringale, a junior from Laguna Niguel, Calif., stood at even par for the round after 14 holes but double-bogeyed the next two holes. Still, he tied for seventh place at even-par 216 with Rickie Fowler of Oklahoma State and Adam Mitchell of Georgia, three shots behind the leaders.
Hadley, a sophomore from Raleigh, N.C., had one birdie and three bogeys in his round of 74, and finished 12th individually at 2-over 218. It was Hadley’s first finish outside the top 10 since last spring’s United States Collegiate Championship.
Rory Hie of Southern California won a one-hole playoff involving Georgia’s Hudson Swafford and Charlotte’s Jona Enander Hedin, making birdie on the 18th hole. The three players each finished 54 holes at 3-under-par 213.
Taylor Hall finished in a tie for 53rd (13-over 229) following a 78 Sunday, while John Tyler Griffin, Tech’s fourth counting player Sunday with a 77, finished 67th (21-over 237). David Dragoo shot 82 Sunday and tied for 71st (23-over 239).
Tech is off until Mar. 24, when it hosts the third United States Collegiate at the Golf Club of Georgia.
SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS COLLEGIATESouthern Highlands Golf Club, Las Vegas, Nev.Final Results
TEAM STANDINGS 1 UNLV 288 288 293 869 +5 2 Charlotte 289 289 293 871 +7 3 Georgia 289 285 298 872 +8 4 Southern California 285 295 298 878 +14 5 UCLA 288 296 297 881 +17 6 Texas A&M 291 293 300 884 +20 7 Arizona State 298 291 296 885 +21 8 Florida 293 301 300 894 +30 9 Oklahoma State 297 304 294 895 +31 T10 Georgia Tech 297 295 305 897 +33 T10 Arizona 297 296 304 897 +33 12 Texas 305 296 297 898 +34 13 Minnesota 306 309 293 908 +44 14 Hawaii 308 317 317 942 +78 15 Air Force 319 315 320 954 +90
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS T1 Rory Hie, Southern California 71 69 73 213 -3 T1 Hudson Swafford, Georgia 70 66 77 213 -3 T1 Jonas Enander Hedin, Charlotte 68 72 73 213 -3 T4 Erik Flores, UCLA 70 70 74 214 -2 T4 Robert Gates, Jr., Texas A&M 72 68 74 214 -2 T4 Adam Mitchell, Georgia 71 70 73 214 -2 T7 Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech 71 69 76 216 E T7 Rickie Fowler, Oklahoma State 70 73 73 216 E T7 Jamie Lovemark, Southern California 69 75 72 216 E T10 Billy Horschel, Florida 71 72 74 217 +1 T10 Seung-su Han, UNLV 75 66 76 217 +1 12 Chesson Hadley, Georgia Tech 73 71 74 218 +2
GEORGIA TECH SCORES T7 Cameron Tringale 71 69 76 216 +2 12 Chesson Hadley 73 71 74 218 +4 T53 Taylor Hall 73 78 78 229 +13 67 John Tyler Griffin 80 80 77 237 +21 T71 David Dragoo 80 77 82 239 +23
