April 17, 2005

UWHARRIE POINT, NC - Wake Forest shot its best round of the tournament, but the sixth-ranked Demon Deacons had too much ground to make up and finished sixth at the ACC Men's Golf Championship here Sunday.

 

A four-under par 284 at the par 72 Old North State Club moved Wake Forest up from seventh place to sixth, finishing with a three-day total 889 (+25).

 

Duke (865 total) pulled away from Georgia Tech (869) to win the team title. NC State (880) finished third, followed by Clemson (883), Virginia (884), Wake Forest (889), Florida State (898), North Carolina (906), Maryland (915) and Virginia Tech (922).

 

Wake Forest junior Kyle Reifers shot a two-under 70 today and finished tied for 10^th overall with a three-day 220 (+4). Freshman Webb Simpson fired a 3-under 69 to give him a 221 (+5) total and a tie for 13^th place. Freshman Chris McCartin finished tied for 24^th place after a 2-under 70 today. Junior Doug Manchester ended up with a 227 (+11) to tie for 30^th place. Sophomore Sean Moore, the defending ACC champion, finished with a 231 (+15) and tied for 38^th place.

 

Duke's Ryan Blaum won the individual title by eight strokes. Blaum was 5-under (67) today and finished with a three-day 206 (-10). Georgia Tech's Chan Song finished second and Virginia's Brad Tilley was third.

 

Wake Forest will break for more than a month before embarking on NCAA Regional play on May 19^th.

 

Final Team Standings

Duke                +1 (865)

Georgia Tech    +5 (869)

NC State          +16 (880)

Clemson           +19 (883)

Virginia             +20 (884)

Wake Forest    +25 (889)

Florida State     +34 (898)

N. Carolina      +42 (906)

Maryland          +51 (915)

Virginia Tech    +58 (922)

 

Individual Leaders

Ryan Blaum, Duke                    68-71-67--206 (-10)

Chan Song, Georgia Tech         74-72-68--214 (-4)

Brad Tilley, Virginia                  70-74-72--216 (E)

Roberto Castro, Ga. Tech        71-72-74--217 (+1)

Brent Delahoussave, Clem.       73-74-70--217 (+1)

Jack Ferguson, Clemson           71-72-74--217 (+1)

Nathan Smith, Duke                 73-72-72--217 (+1)

Jerry Richardson, NC State      73-73-73--219 (+3)

Banks Woods, NC State          75-72-72--219 (+3)

 

Wake Forest Scorers

Kyle Reifers                 76-74-70--220 (+4)

Webb Simpson             75-77-69--221 (+5)

Chris McCartin             77-79-70--226 (+10)

Doug Manchester         74-78-75--227 (+11)

Sean Moore                 81-74-76--231 (+15)