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The Wolfpack Intercollegiate
Tar Heel Golf Team Moves Up To Sixth Place At River Landing Intercollegiate
April 13, 2008 | Men's Golf
April 13, 2008
WALLACE, N.C. -
The University of North Carolina men's golf team carded a five-under-par 283 in the final round of The River Landing Intercollegiate to move up to sixth place with a 13-over 877 total. Duke topped the 15-team field with a 13-under 851 total after firing an 11-under 277 on Sunday.
Senior Barden Berry and junior Chase MacFarland led the Tar Heels in the final round as both fired two-under-par 70s and both finished with 223 totals to tie for 45th place in the individual race. Freshman Henry Zaytoun III, from Raleigh, N.C., fired a one-under 71 and posted a 220 total and tied for 30th place. Robert Riesen, a junior from Pinehurst, N.C., shot even-par 72 and finished at 222 to tie for 40th. Freshman Kevin O'Connell carded a two-over 74 on Sunday to finish with an even-par 216 total and a tie for 11th place. Carolina's highest finisher was senior Reed Darsie, from Chapel Hill, who tied for fifth place while playing as an individual. Darsie fired a two-under 70 in the final round for a one-under 215 total. Also playing as an individual was David Holzworth, a sophomore from Chapel Hill, who carded a one-over 73 on Sunday to finish with a 222 total to tie for 40th place.
Host NC State was the runner-up in the team race, finishing with a four-under 860 total, nine strokes behind the Blue Devils. Memphis finished in third place with an even-par 864 total. Wake Forest finished fourth at 868 while Florida State was fifth at 870, seven strokes ahead of the sixth-place Tar Heels.
Michael Schachner of Duke and Webb Simpson of Wake Forest concluded regulation play tied with seven-under-par 209 totals after Schachner fired a three-under 69 on Sunday while Simpson posted a two-under 70. Schachner birdied the first playoff hole to capture the individual title. Jonas Blixt of Florida State and Kent Copeland from NC State tied for third place at five-under 211. Six players tied for fifth place with 215 totals - Carolina's Reed Darsie, Duke's Matthew Pierce, Maryland's Donnie Shin, Memphis' Robbie Greenwell and NC State's Darren Blair and Matt Hill.
Complete results are available on Golfstat.com. The Tar Heels return to action next weekend, April 18-20, at the ACC Championship which will be played at Old North State Club in New London, N.C.
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