March 28, 2006
AWANDAW, SC - Three Wake Forest golfers finished in the top 10, including a second-place finish by sophomore Webb Simpson, as the Demon Deacons rolled to the team championship at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate here Tuesday.
The 19th-ranked Deacons led the 54-hole event from start to finish at the par 71, 7,229-yard Bulls Bay Golf Club. Wake Forest finished the tournament 10-under par and an impressive 16 shots in front of both UCF and co-host South Carolina. Augusta State finished fourth, 18 strokes back, and North Carolina was fifth, 24 strokes out.
The victory was Wake Forest's second of the 2005-06 season - the first time since 2002-03 that the Deacons have won two events in the same season. Wake Forest won the Mattaponi Springs Shootout in the fall.
Simpson came within one shot of earning his first collegiate individual title. The Deacon sophomore shot a 1-over 72 today, finishing 8-under for the tournament and one stroke behind medalist Jamie Miller of Augusta State. Only one other player, UCF's Sonny Nimkuhm (-1), finished under par for the tournament.
Deacon senior Kyle Reifers finished strong, shooting a 2-under 69 today. He finished 1-over for the tournament and tied for sixth place. Senior Doug Manchester, despite shooting a 6-over 77 today, earned his first career top-10 finish by taking ninth place.
Sophomore Chris McCartin finished the tournament 5-over par and tied for 22nd place. Junior Sean Moore tied for 33rd place at 7-over.
Wake Forest will wrap up the regular season April 10-11 at the U.S. Collegiate Championships in Alpharetta, GA.
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TEAM STANDINGS
Wake Forest 275-277-290--842 (-10)
UCF 289-282-287--858 (+6)
South Carolina 279-283-296--858 (+6)
Augusta State 296-269-295--860 (+8)
North Carolina 288-286-292--866 (+14)
LSU 300-287-287--874 (+22)
NC State 298-279-298--875 (+23)
Vanderbilt 297-282-298--877 (+25)
Alabama 299-286-294--879 (+27)
Clemson 293-286-300--879 (+27)
Florida State 293-293-295--881 (+29)
Kentucky 292-295-296--883 (+31)
Charleston 293-291-300--884 (+32)
Virginia 297-281-307--885 (+33)
Auburn 296-295-295--886 (+34)
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
1 Jamie Miller, Augusta State 70-64-70--204 (-9)
2 Webb Simpson, Wake Forest 68-65-72--205 (-8)
3 Sonny Nimkuhm, UCF 70-71-71--212 (-1)
4 Luke List, Vanderbilt 70-70-73--213 (E)
4 Beck Troutman, LSU 74-69-70--213 (E)
WAKE FOREST SCORES
2 Webb Simpson 68-65-72--205 (-8)
6 Kyle Reifers 69-76-69--214 (+1)
9 Doug Manchester 67-71-77--215 (+2)
22 Chris McCartin 71-74-73--218 (+5)
33 Sean Moore 77-67-76--220 (+7)
