Sept. 17, 2006
ATLANTA –
Cameron Tringale shot a 6-under-par 66, and Adam Cohan added a 4-under 68 Sunday, pacing Georgia Tech to a tie for third place after the final round of the Carpet Capital Collegiate in Rocky Face, Ga.
The eighth-ranked Yellow Jackets posted the day’s low team score, a 10-under-par 278 at the par-72 Farm Golf Club, and finished the tournament at 10-under 854. 12 strokes behind Alabama.
Tringale, a sophomore from Laguna Niguel, Calif., had seven birdies on his card Sunday, six of them coming on par-4 holes, and finished 54 holes at 3-under-par 213, tied for 19th place. Cohan, a sophomore from Wayne, Pa., blistered the back nine with an eagle at No. 10 and three birdies in posting a career-best 68.
Roberto Castro, a senior from Alpharetta, Ga., and Taylor Hall, a sophomore from LaGrange, Ga., each carded even-par 72s for Tech’s other two counting scores in the final round, while senior Kevin Larsen finished with a 78.
Castro tied for 27th overall at 1-under 215, while Hall tied for 32nd (217), Larsen tied for 44th (219) and Cohan tied for 48th (220).
Alabama, the first-round leader, outlasted fourth-ranked Clemson on the final day by firing an 8-under-par score of 280, and finished the tournament at 23-under-par 841. The Tigers played 1-over-par Sunday and fell six shots back. Georgia, the nation’s No. 2 team playing with Tech on Sunday, shot 7-under-par 281 and finished in a tie for third with the Yellow Jackets at 10-under. Florida and Georgia State tied for fifth at 8-under.
The Bulldogs’ Chris Kirk carded a 67 Sunday and won the medal race at 11-under-par 205, one stroke better than NC State’s Darren Blair.
CARPET CAPITAL COLLEGIATEThe Farm Golf Club, Rocky Face, Ga.Final Results
TEAM STANDINGS 1 Alabama 276 285 280 841 ?23 2 Clemson 278 280 289 847 ?17 T3 Georgia Tech 289 287 278 854 ?10 T3 Georgia 295 278 281 854 ?10 T5 Florida 293 276 287 856 ?8 T5 Georgia State Univ. 286 286 284 856 ?8 7 Tennessee 290 281 288 859 ?5 8 East Tennessee St. 290 289 281 860 ?4 9 Vanderbilt 290 294 278 862 ?2 10 North Carolina State 285 287 294 866 +2 11 Wake Forest Univ. 289 289 290 868 +4 12 TCU 299 288 286 873 +9 13 Duke University 289 295 291 875 +11 14 Augusta State 289 289 298 876 +12 15 Auburn 297 285 296 878 +14 16 Texas Tech 297 294 293 884 +20 17 South Carolina 309 290 287 886 +22 18 Texas 307 305 292 904 +40
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 Chris Kirk Georgia 68 70 67 205 ?11 2 Darren Blair North Carolina State 65 69 72 206 ?10 T3 Brendan Gielow Wake Forest Univ. 68 69 71 208 ?8 T3 Ben Martin Clemson 74 64 70 208 ?8 5 Brian Harman Georgia 76 66 67 209 ?7 T6 Jon Curran Vanderbilt 70 72 68 210 ?6 T6 Billy Horschel Florida 71 67 72 210 ?6 T6 Michael Thompson Alabama, U. of 68 74 68 210 ?6 T9 Joel Sjoholm Georgia State Univ. 73 68 70 211 ?5 T9 Gator Todd Alabama, U. of 68 72 71 211 ?5
GEORGIA TECH SCORES T19 Cameron Tringale 73 74 66 213 T27 Roberto Castro 71 72 72 215 T32 Taylor Hall 76 69 72 217 T44 Kevin Larsen 69 72 78 219 T48 Adam Cohan 78 74 68 220
