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University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Finish 9th at Carpet Capital
September 7, 2014 | Men's Golf
ROCKY FACE, GA. - The North Carolina men's golf team finished ninth at their first tournament of the 2014-2015 season at 3-under-par 861 at the Carpet Capital Collegiate after carding a 4-under 286 in the final round. Senior Brandon Dalinka was the low Tar Heel of the tournament at 4-under 212 in a tie for 10th after a final-round even-par 72.
"We really got off to a great start today, the start that we needed, even with five holes to play, we were playing fantastic," Head Coach Andrew Sapp said. "We just struggled coming in, made some bogeys and obviously, on our final hole, number nine, had to count a triple and a double. But I'm really proud of the way the guys fought at the beginning of the round, really throughout the whole day, trying to make something happen. Obviously, it was disappointing to finish ninth. Every shot is going to count, and unfortunately, we didn't finish off the round the way we wanted to. But definitely a lot of positives coming from this event, going to look forward to hosting the Tar Heel Intercollegiate this upcoming weekend, and hopefully, we can take some momentum going into that playing a solid round today."
Dalinka, the Newtown, Pa. native, lit up the course with four straight birdies on holes one through four, along with two other birdies, four bogeys, and a double-bogey on the closing hole. Freshman William Register from Burlington, N.C. also carded an even-par 72 round after five birdies and five bogeys on the day. Register finished at 2-under 214 in a tie for 18th in his first collegiate tournament. Ben Griffin, another rookie on the Carolina team, had the low final round for the Tar Heels with a 3-under 69 to finish at even-par 216 in a tie for 23rd. Griffin, from Chapel Hill, made six birdies and only three bogeys on the day. Defending co-champion Bailey Patrick, a senior from Charlotte, also finished under-par on Sunday with a 1-under 71, including an eagle 3 on the par-5 15th hole, to end the tournament at 7-over 223 in a tie for 51st. Patrick also carded five birdies, one bogey, one double-bogey, and one triple-bogey. Henry Do rounded out the Tar Heel team with a 2-over 74 on Sunday to finish the tournament at 8-over 224 in a tie for 53rd. Do, a sophomore from Canton, Mich., started strong with two birdies on his opening nine and rounded out the day with one additional birdie, two bogeys, and a triple-bogey on his closing hole.
Moving up six spots on the day, South Carolina fired an incredible12-under 276 to finish the tournament at 16-under 848. Will Murphy was the leading scorer for the Gamecocks with seven birdies and only one bogey on the card. The team also carded two eagles, both on the par-5 12th hole. Georgia Tech dropped to second place with an 8-under 280 Sunday to finish at 15-under 849. Auburn and Kennesaw State finished in third at 12-under 852 after both starting the final round in a tie for first. Each team carded a 5-under 283 in the final round. Alabama also started the final round in a tie for first and finished fifth at 11-under 853with a 4-under 284 round. Clemson and LSU ended in a tie for 6th with 9-under 855 totals, though Clemson carded a 4-under 284 total and LSU shot a 2-under 286. Wake Forest, North Carolina, and Chattanooga rounded out the top ten at 5-under 859, 3-under 861 and 2-over 866, respectively.
Ollie Schniederjans of Georgia Tech, ranked number one in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, followed up his 8-under 64 Saturday with a 4-under 68 final round to take home the title for the second year in a row with a 12-under 204 total. Schniederjans fired an eagle, five birdies, and only three bogeys on his round. Robby Shelton of Alabama finished in second, two back of Schniederjans at 10-under 206 after a 3-under 69 final round. LSU's Stewart Jolly had the low-round of the day at 6-under 66 to finish in third at 9-under 207. Will Starke of South Carolina, Davis Womble of Wake Forst, Cody Proveaux of Clemson, and Matt Gilcrest of Auburn finished tied for 4th at 7-under 209. Murphy from South Carolina also shot a 6-under 66 in the final round to end tied for 8th at 5-under 211 with Jimmy Beck from Kennesaw State. A six-man tie rounded out the top 10 at 4-under 212: Liam Johnson of Chattanooga, Kelby Burton of Kennesaw State, Miller Capps of Clemson, Ryan Benton of Auburn, Dru Love of Alabama, and Brandon Dalinka of North Carolina.
The 54-hole event was played at The Farm Golf Club which featured a par 72, 7,012-yard layout. The Tar Heels will return home to Chapel Hill next weekend, Sept. 12-14, for the Tar Heel Intercollegiate at UNC Finley Golf Course.
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