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University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Men's Golf Team Improves To Finish In Eighth Place At Cleveland Golf/Augusta State Invitational
April 6, 2003 | Men's Golf
April 6, 2003
AUGUSTA, Ga.- The University of North Carolina men's golf team carded an eighth-place finish of 851 in the Cleveland Golf/Augusta State Invitational. The team played two rounds Saturday and finished with a ninth-place score of 568, then added 283 today to end play 13 strokes under-par and 31 strokes behind the top-finishing Augusta State Jaguars.
Augusta State beat out Clemson with a 44-under-par score of 820. Clemson led the tournament Saturday at 24-under 552, but posted a 270 final round to end with a final score of 822. Wake Forest and Oklahoma State tied for third finishing with team totals of 25-under 829.
Augusta State's Oliver Wilson and Clemson's D.J. Trahan both carded a tournament course record of 64. But Wilson had the advantage over Trahan and finished in first place with a 17-under 199. Trahan, who had been tied for fifth, ended the tournament in second place with a 15-under par score of 201. James Heath of Augusta State rounded out the top three posting a 13-under 203.
Tar Heel junior Dustin Bray tied for 11th place at seven-under 209 adding a third-round score of 69 to his first-day total of 140. Senior Ramon escansa finished at three-under 213 and tied for 28th after carding a 72, 71 and 70. Junior Richard Treis improved from a tie at 40th to finish tied for 28th with a final score of 213 after shooting a 69 in the final round. Senior Jeremy Elliott, playing as an unattached individual, shot 70, 71 and 75, tying him for 42nd place. Elliott's score does not count toward the team total.
Freshman Kevin Silva ended in a tie for 64th with a three-day total of 220. Senior Bob Cherry tied for 83rd at 11-over 227 after his rounds of 71, 80 and 76.
The 54-hole event is being played at the Forest Hills Golf Club, a par 72, 6,875-yard course.
TEAM STANDINGS (54 Holes)
1. Augusta State 279-274-267--820
2. Clemson 273-279-270--822
3. Wake Forest 276-281-282--839
Oklahoma State 275-283-281--839
5. Georgia 277-283-281--841
6. Georgia Tech 290-272-280--842
7. North Carolina State 288-282-280--850
8. North Carolina 284-284-283--851
9. Purdue 283-286-284--853
10. South Carolina 284-283-287--854
11. East Tennessee State 284-283-287--857
12. Virginia Tech 295-282-283--860
13. Alabama 296-287-279--862
14. Duke 286-284-295--865
15. Georgia Southern 289-291-290--870
Fresno State 295-289-286--870
17. North Florida 300-296-285--881
TOP INDIVIDUALS (54 Holes)
1. Oliver Wilson (Augusta State) 68-67-64--199
2. D.J. Trahan (Clemson) 66-71-64--201
3. James Heath (Augusta State) 68-67-68--203
4. Jack Ferguson (Clemson) 67-69-69--205
Eirik Johansen (South Carolina) 72-65-68--205
Justin Walters (NCSU) 66-71-68--205
Carolina's Individuals
T11. Dustin Bray 69-71-69--209
T28. Ramon Bescansa 72-71-70--213
T28. Richard Treis 72-72-69--213
T42. Jeremy Elliott* 70-71-75--216
T64. Kevin Silva 75-70-75--220
T83. Bob Cherry 71-80-76--227
*unattached individual
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