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University of North Carolina Athletics
Greaser, Team USA Finish 3rd In World Amateur Team Championship
September 3, 2022 | Men's Golf
Austin Greaser, a senior at the University of North Carolina, finished third in the individual standings and helped lead Team USA to a third-place finish in the 2022 World Amateur Team Championship Saturday near Paris, France.
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Greaser shot a 4-under 67 in the fourth and final round today at Le Golf National, site of the 2018 Ryder Cup. The 67 tied the third-lowest round of the day among the 211 players in the 56-team field.
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The Vandalia, Ohio, native had seven birdies today and finished the 72 holes at 15-under 271. He was two strokes behind Sweden's Tobias Jonsson and one back of Japan's Taiga Semikawa. Jonsson birdied the final hole to secure the win.
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Team USA placed third at 27 under par. Italy won the team championship at 31-under 541, a single shot ahead of Sweden. USA was third, Norway fourth at 25 under and Spain was third at -23.
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Greaser shot 68-67-69-67, one of only two players to shoot in the 60s in all four rounds (the other was Maximilian Steinlechner of Austria and NC State).
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Greaser's Team USA teammates Michael Thorbjornsen of Stanford tied for 11th at 11-uncer 275 and Gordon Sargent of Vanderbilt, the 2022 NCAA champion, tied for 36th at 3-under 283.
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Greaser shot a 4-under 67 in the fourth and final round today at Le Golf National, site of the 2018 Ryder Cup. The 67 tied the third-lowest round of the day among the 211 players in the 56-team field.
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The Vandalia, Ohio, native had seven birdies today and finished the 72 holes at 15-under 271. He was two strokes behind Sweden's Tobias Jonsson and one back of Japan's Taiga Semikawa. Jonsson birdied the final hole to secure the win.
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Team USA placed third at 27 under par. Italy won the team championship at 31-under 541, a single shot ahead of Sweden. USA was third, Norway fourth at 25 under and Spain was third at -23.
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Greaser shot 68-67-69-67, one of only two players to shoot in the 60s in all four rounds (the other was Maximilian Steinlechner of Austria and NC State).
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Greaser's Team USA teammates Michael Thorbjornsen of Stanford tied for 11th at 11-uncer 275 and Gordon Sargent of Vanderbilt, the 2022 NCAA champion, tied for 36th at 3-under 283.
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