North Carolina
NCAA Championship Stroke Play Day One
Men's Golf Begins NCAA Championship Friday At La Costa
May 23, 2024 | Men's Golf
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES
• Carolina is the No. 3 seed in the 2024 NCAA Championship at the North Course at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.
• Each of the 30 teams plays three rounds of stroke play May 24-26. The top 15 teams advance to a fourth round on May 27. Eight teams qualify for match play, with semifinal and quarterfinal matches on May 28 and the national championship match slated for May 29.
• This is the third consecutive NCAA Championship the Tar Heels are seeded in the top five. Carolina's seeds the last seven NCAA Championships include No. 22 in 2017, No. 13 in 2018, No. 25 in 2019, No. 6 in 2021, No. 5 in 2022, No. 2 in 2023 and No. 3 in 2024.
• The Tar Heels will be paired with No. 1 Auburn and No. 2 Vanderbilt in the first two rounds.
• Carolina is one of four schools to finish in the top 20 in the last six NCAA Championships with Arizona State, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt.
• Carolina advanced to Carlsbad by finishing third in the Chapel Hill Regional. It was the seventh consecutive time UNC advanced out of regionals to the NCAA Championship.
• Carolina has the fourth-longest streak of advancing to the NCAA Championship round (17–Texas, 13–Oklahoma, 10–Vanderbilt and 7–UNC).
• UNC has advanced out of regional play seven straight times for the first time since advancing 12 consecutive seasons from 1989-2000.
• In the last six NCAA Championships the Tar Heels have finished T-18th in 2017, 15th in 2018, 19th in 2019, tied for 5th in 2021, tied for fifth in 2022 and tied for third in 2023 (no NCAA Tournament was held in 2020 due to the pandemic).
• Carolina, Arizona State and Pepperdine are the only teams to advance to match play and finish in the top five in each of the last three NCAA Championships. The Tar Heels are the only one of the three to advance to this year's NCAA Championship.
• Carolina is playing in the NCAA Championship for the 49th time. The Tar Heels have 24 top-10 finishes, including nine top-five finishes.
• Including regional play in seasons UNC did not advance to the championship round the Tar Heels are playing in their 56th NCAA Tournament.
• Carolina's best finishes include a pair of seconds in 1953 and 1991, third in 1993 and tied for third in 2023, fourth in 1960 and 1984, fifth in 1978 and tied for fifth in 2021 and 2022.
• Harvie Ward won the NCAA title in 1949 in Ames, Iowa, and John Inman won in 1984 in Houston.
TAR HEEL LINEUP (listed alphabetically)
David Ford– Junior, Peachtree Corners, Ga.
Maxwell Ford– Junior, Peachtree Corners, Ga.
Peter Fountain– Senior, Raleigh, N.C.
Austin Greaser– Graduate, Vandalia, Ohio
Dylan Menante– 5th-Year Senior, Carlsbad, Calif.
Hampton Roberts– Red-Shirt Freshman, Cary, N.C. (substitute)
CHAMPIONSHIP-EXPERIENCED LINEUP
• Carolina's lineup has played a combined 52 rounds of stroke play and 18 matches over the previous three NCAA Championships.
• Austin Greaser, Peter Fountain and Dylan Menante have each played 12 rounds of stroke play and are playing in their fourth NCAA Championship, while David Ford and Maxwell Ford have played eight rounds of stroke play and are playing in their third.
• Menante, whose home club is La Costa, won a national championship in 2021 while playing at Pepperdine, where he was the West Coast Conference Player of the Year. He tied for fourth in stroke play at 5-under 275 as a Tar Heel in 2023 and is 4-2-1 in seven matches. He defeated Arizona State's Luke Potter, 5&3, and Georgia Tech's Christo Lamprecht, 6&5, last year at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
• Austin Greaser tied for 11th in the 2023 NCAA Championship at even-par 280 and is 1-2-1 in match play.
• Fountain tied for 13th at 2-over 282 as a freshman in 2021 and is 1-2 with one match unfinished in match play. He beat ASU's David Puig in 2021 and led the Sun Devils' Preston Summerhays 1 up through 17 last year when the Tar Heels clinched the team point to halt that match.
• David Ford tied for fifth at 1-over 281 as a freshman and 22nd at 2-over 282 last season. He is 3-0 in match play, defeating Pepperdine's Joe Highsmith in 2022 and Arizona State's Michael Mjaaseth and Georgia Tech's Hiroshi Tai a year ago.
• Maxwell Ford competed for Georgia in 2022 and 2023. Last year, he tied for 18th after a final-round 69 to finish 1-over 281.
2022 T5: 71-70-69-71 (1-over 281)
QF: def. Joe Highsmith, Pepperdine, 1 up
2023 T22: 70-71-73-69 (2-over 282)
QF: def. Michael Mjaaseth, Arizona State, 1 up
SF: def. Hiroshi Tai, Georgia Tech, 1 up
Maxwell Ford (at Georgia)
2022 T61: 70-76-71-80 (17-over 297)
2023 T18: 71-70-71-69 (1-over 281)
2021 T13: 73-68-69-72 (2-over 282)
QF: def. David Puig, Arizona State, 2&1
2022 T71: 75-82-71-75 (23-over 303)
QF: lost to Joey Vrzich, Pepperdine, 2&1
2023 T36: 74-72-67-72 (5-over 280)
QF: match unfinished vs. Preston Summerhays, Arizona State
(Fountain led 1 up through 17)
SF: lost to Ross Steelman, Georgia Tech, 1 up
2021 T71: 78-70-73-68 (19-over 299)
QF: tied Cameron Sisk, Arizona State
2022 T25: 73-72-74-69 (8-over 288)
QF: def. William Mouw, Pepperdine, 2&1
2023 T11: 71-74-69-68 (even-par 280)
QF: lost to Jose Luis Ballester, Arizona State 2 up
SF: lost to Connor Howe, Georgia Tech, 4&2
Dylan Menante (2021-22 at Pepperdine, 2023 at UNC)
2021 T17: 70-74-72-67 (3-over 283)
QF: tied Frederik Kjettrup, Florida State after 20 holes
SF: def. Brian Stark, Oklahoma State, 3&2
CH: lost to Jonathan Brightwell, Oklahoma State, 1 up
2022 T43: 76-73-66-77 (12-over 292)
QF: def. Ryan Burnett, UNC, 19th hole
SF: lost to Mason Andersen, Arizona State, 19th hole
2023 T4: 68-70-67-70 (5-under 275)
QF: def. Luke Potter, Arizona State, 5&3
SF: def. Christo Lamprecht, Georgia Tech, 6&5
2024 RANKINGS
Scoreboard: UNC (4, third-highest among teams in the NCAA Championship), David Ford (27), Maxwell Ford (23), Peter Fountain (124), Austin Greaser (12), Dylan Menante (81)
World Amateur Golf Rankings: David Ford (10),Maxwell Ford (47), Austin Greaser (12), Dylan Menante (11), Peter Fountain (62)
2023 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP,
GRAYHAWK GC, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.
• Carolina tied for third in the 2023 NCAA Championship, the Tar Heels' highest finish since 1993, when they were third.
• The Tar Heels finished first in stroke play, shooting 282-284-275-273 for a 6-under-par 1,114 total.
• Carolina was tied for fourth after 18 holes, tied for third after 36 holes, fourth after 54 holes and edged Illinois and Florida by four strokes after 72 holes.
• The Tar Heels finished first in stroke play for the second straight year and their 6-under 1,114 stroke play total was the lowest by any team in the three seasons the NCAA Championships were played at Grayhawk.
• Carolina became the first team to finish first in stroke play in consecutive NCAA Championships since Viktor Hovland and Matthew Wolff's Oklahoma State teams in 2018 and 2019.
• Carolina shot 7-under-par 273 in the fourth round, which marked the second day in a row UNC shot its lowest round ever in an NCAA Championship (275 in the third round, 278 twice before).
• Carolina entered stroke play as the No. 2 seed but was the top seed in match play. The Tar Heels defeated No. 8 Arizona State, 3-1, in the quarterfinals, and lost to No. 5 Georgia Tech, 3-2, in the semifinals.
• Ryan Burnett won a point against Arizona State, while David Ford and Dylan Menante won points in both matches. Ford's point was the third and decisive point in the victory over the Sun Devils.
• Peter Fountain rallied from 2 down after 13 holes in his match vs. ASU first-team All-America Preston Summerhays but won the 13th, 14th and 17th holes to go 1 up. Their match was unfinished on the 18th hole when Ford won his match to secure the team victory.
• Austin Greaser had UNC's low round of the NCAA Championship with a final-round 66. That included an ace on the par-3 fifth hole. Greaser's 66 equaled the second-lowest round by a Tar Heel in NCAA Championship play and was the lowest since Max Harris shot 66 in the second round in 2000.
• Menante (68-70-67-70) tied for fifth at 5-under 275. Menante's 275 was the second-lowest total by a Tar Heel in an NCAA Championship (John Inman shot 271 to win an NCAA title in 1984). Menante's 5-under-par total equaled the third-best in school history in an NCAA Championship behind Inman's 17 under and Brad Hyler (-7 in 2000). Harris also was 5 under in 2000.
• Menante led the 159-player field with 21 birdies over the four rounds. He shared the lead in par-3 and par-5 scoring, shooting a combined 3 under on the par 3s and 5 under on the par 5s.
• Fountain also tied the lowest cumulative score on the par 5s and was one of 22 players to shoot even par or better on the par 3s.
2023-24 SEASON RECAP
• Carolina has tied its single-season record with seven team championships. The Tar Heels also won seven titles in 1982-83, a team that included Hall of Famer Davis Love III.
• The Tar Heels have won 19 titles in the last five years (Austin Greaser has played in all 19) – two in 2019-20, two in 2020-21, three in 2021-22, five in 2022-23 and seven in 2023-24.
• Carolina won the 2024 ACC Championship, its first since 2006 (tied Georgia Tech) and first outright since 1996.
• It was UNC's 12th ACC Championship (1956, 1960, 1965, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1995, 1996, 2006, 2024).
• Carolina has also won titles this season at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational, Williams Cup (Eagle Point, Wilmington, N.C.), East Lake Cup (Atlanta Athletic Club), Amer Ari Invitational (Mauna Lani North Course, Waimea, Hawai'i), John Hayt Collegiate Invitational (Sawgrass Country Club, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) and Augusta Haskins Award Invitational (Forest Hills Country Club, Augusta, Ga.).
• The Tar Heels are 112-18-0 in stroke play, 4-0 in match play and 0-1 in medal match play.
• Carolina beat Georgia Tech, 3-2, and Florida State, 3-1-1, to win the East Lake Cup.
• Carolina beat Wake Forest, 3-2, and Florida State, 3-1-1, to win the ACC Championship.
• Vanderbilt beat UNC, 4-1-1, in medal match play at The Old Course to win the St Andrews Links Collegiate.
• Carolina is averaging 279.50 strokes per round, marking the fifth consecutive year the Tar Heels are on pace to set the school scoring record. The Tar Heels average 5.22 strokes below par per round, which tops the single-season UNC record set last season (-4.46).
• Austin Greaser leads Carolina in scoring (70.00), record in stroke play (659-138-32), record in match play (4-0), rounds below par (20) and rounds in the 60s (15).
• Greaser is on the final watch list for the Haskins Award.
• Greaser won the Chapel Hill Regional at 13-under 197, edging NC State's Nick Mathews and Baylor's Johnny Keefer by a stroke.
• Greaser's 197 total tied the UNC 54-hole record (with Ben Griffin in the 2017 Tar Heel Intercollegiate) and was the best stroke total by a Tar Heel in an NCAA regional.
• Greaser shot 66-65-66 in the Chapel Hill Regional, the first time in UNC history a player shot 66 or better in all three rounds in any tournament. He shot in the 60s in eight of his last nine rounds in NCAA regional action.
• It was Greaser's second NCAA regional title – he also won in 2022 at Yale, when he shot 10-under 200.
ANOTHER RECORD NUMBER OF ALL-ACC HONORS
• For the second year in a row the Tar Heels earned a record number of All-ACC honors, this time the most by any team in ACC history.
• All five starters – David Ford, Maxwell Ford, Peter Fountain, Austin Greaser and Dylan Menante – made the 2024 All-ACC team, the first time in ACC history a team placed five on the all-conference team.
• Carolina has earned 15 All-ACC honors in the last four seasons.
• Greaser became the first Tar Heel to earn four All-ACC awards since Dustin Bray (2001-04). Bray and Greaser are the only Tar Heels to win the award four times.
• David Ford became the 10th Tar Heel to make the All-ACC team at least three times, joining Bray, Greaser, John McGough, Frank Fuhrer, John Inman, Davis Love III, Tee Burton, Pat Moore and Max Harris.
• Menante also earned his fourth all-conference award, his second as a Tar Heel. He played at Pepperdine from 2019-22 and was the West Coast Conference Player of the Year in 2021 and 2022.
• Fountain was voted to the All-ACC team for the second time. He also made the team as a freshman in 2021, when he set the all-time UNC scoring record, was a first-team All-America and ACC Tournament medalist.
• Andrew DiBitetto was selected the Co-ACC Coach of the Year, becoming the second individual and first since Clemson's Larry Penley (1996-98) to win the award in three consecutive seasons.
CAREER, SINGLE-SEASON SCORING LEADERS
• David Ford, Dylan Menante, Austin Greaser and Peter Fountain have four of the top-five career scoring averages and average scores to par in UNC men's golf history.
• Ford is first in career scoring at 70.48 strokes per round, holds the record for score to par (-78 in 104 rounds) and average score to par (-0.75 per round).
• Menante (19 under in 68 rounds) and Greaser (43 under in 152 rounds) are the only other Tar Heels with combined career results below par.
• Fountain maintains the single-season scoring record at 69.68, which he set in 2020-21.
• Greaser has three of the 10-best single-season scoring averages in UNC history, including 70.00 this season, which is No. 3 on the list behind Fountain and David Ford's 69.89 in 2022-23.
DAVID FORD
Junior
Peachtree Corners, Ga.
Career– 70.48 (No. 1 in UNC history)
Best Finish: 1st, 2022-23 Jackson T. Stephens Cup and 2023-24 Williams Cup
Low UNC Round: 62, 2nd round, 2022-23 Jackson T. Stephens Cup
Low Overall Round: 62, 2nd round, 2022 Southern Amateur, Sea Island Golf Club's Plantation Course, St. Simons Island, Ga.; 2020 AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions, 3rd round, PGA National Fazio Course, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; 2nd round, 2022-23 Jackson T. Stephens Cup, Seminole Golf Club, Juno Beach, Fla.
Low 54 Holes: 199, 2023-24 Amer Ari Invitational, Mauna Lani North Course, Waimea, Hawai'i
Low 54 Holes (to par): -17, 2023-24 Amer Ari Invitational
NCAA Championship Appearances: 2022 (T5), 2023 (T22)
• Three-time All-ACC, two-time All-All-America (third team in 2022, first team in 2023).
• 2022 ACC Freshman of the Year, 2023 ACC Player of the Year.
• Carolina's all-time leader in stroke average (70.48), score to par (-78) and average score to par per round (-0.75).
• Two-time collegiate medalist (2022-23 Stephens Cup at Seminole and 2023-24 Williams Cup at Eagle Point).
• Tied fifth in 2022 NCAA Championship at Grayhawk and is 3-0 in match play in the NCAA Championships.
• Beat North Florida's All-America Nick Gabrelcik on the first playoff hole to win the Williams Cup.
• Also second this season in stroke at East Lake Cup, T4 at the Amer Ari Invitational, T5 at Hogan and T7 at Haskins.
• Is 3-1 in match play this season and 7-3 as a Tar Heel.
• Beat Georgia Tech's Hiroshi Tai (in a rematch of 2023 NCAA semifinal match, which Ford won 1 up) and FSU's Frederik Kjettrup at East Lake and the Seminoles' Luke Clanton in the ACC championship match.
• Member of United States teams that won the 2023 Palmer Cup, Walker Cup and World Amateur Team Championship.
• Beat GB&I's Alex Maguire, 3&2, in the anchor match at The Old Course and made clinching putt to win the Walker Cup for the U.S.
• Shot 8-under 64 (best of the day) in the final round of the WATC in Dubai.
• Won two Amateur majors, the 2022 Southern Am and 2023 Jones Cup
• Has played in two PGA Tour events (2023 Barbasol and 2024 Arnold Palmer Invitational).
MAXWELL FORD
Junior
Peachtree Corners, Ga.
Career– 71.29
Best Finish: 2nd, 2021-22 Puerto Rico Classic, 2023-24 Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational, 2023-24 East Lake Cup
Low Round: 64, 3rd round, 2022-23 Ka'anapali Classic
Low Round to Par: -7, 3rd round, 2022-23 Ka'anapali Classic & 1st round, 2023-24 Amer Ari Invitational
Low 54 Holes: 200, 2021-22 Puerto Rico Classic & 2022-23 Ka'anapali Classic
Low 54 Holes (to par): -16, 2021-22 Puerto Rico Classic
• First season as a Tar Heel after playing two years at Georgia, where he competed in two NCAA Championships.
• Enters the NCAA Championship as Carolina's second-highest ranked player in the country (No. 23).
• Tied for 18th in 2023 at Grayhawk after a final-round 69 (played all four rounds in 71 or better).
• Second on the team this season in scoring average (career-best 70.88).
• Is a combined 10 under par in 32 rounds.
• One of two players (with Greaser) to start all 32 rounds.
• Shot 24 of his 32 rounds at par or better with a season-best 65 twice.
• Eagled his first hole as a Tar Heel and shot 67-65 for 8-under 132 to finish second at Olympia Fields.
• Shot 69 to T2 in stroke play at East Lake and 70-68 at Jubilee for a T9 in the St Andrews Links Collegiate.
• Is 3-0-1 with one match unfinished (also tied) in match play this season.
• Shot even-par 72 to provide UNC its one point vs. Vanderbilt at The Old Course.
• Beat Georgia Tech's Kyle Fontenot on the 22nd hole in the East Lake Cup semifinal.
• Was tied with FSU's Luke Clanton when UNC clinched the East Lake Cup championship.
• Provided the decisive point in the ACC semifinals, a 1-up win over Wake Forest's Tom Haberer.
• Was all square with FSU's Frederik Kjettrup when UNC secure the winning point in the ACC championship match.
PETER FOUNTAIN
Senior
Raleigh, N.C.
Career: 71.46 (No. 5 in UNC career scoring)
Best Finish: 1st, 2021 ACC Championship and 2020-21 Tar Heel Intercollegiate
Low Round: 63, 2nd round, 2021 ACC Championship, Milton, Ga.
Low Round to Par: -7, 1st round, 2020-21 Tar Heel Intercollegiate and 2nd round, 2020-21 ACC Championship
Low 54 Holes: 200, 2021 ACC Championship
Low 54 Holes (to par): -15, 2020-21 Tar Heel and 2023-24 Amer Ari Invitational
NCAA Championship Appearances: 2021 (T13), 2022 (T71), 2023 (T36)
• Earned his second All-ACC honor this season (also in 2021).
• Set Carolina's single-season scoring average record (69.68 in 2020-21) and is fifth in career scoring (71.46).
• First-team All-America and Jack Nicklaus Team in 2021.
• Two-time collegiate medalist (2021 Tar Heel Intercollegiate and ACC Championship).
• Leads Carolina this season in percentage of rounds in the 60s (13 of 27, 48.1%).
• Shot in the 60s in seven of his last 10 rounds, including 67-67 in the first two rounds of the ACC Championship and a pair of 68s in the first and third rounds of the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional.
• Four top-10 finishes this season (T3 at St Andrews Links Collegiate at the Jubilee Course, T3 at Augusta Haskins, T8 at Amer Ari Invitational and T8 at the ACC Championship).
• Third career top-10 finish in an ACC Championship.
• Secured title-winning point with a 5-foot putt for par on the 17th hole to defeat Florida State's Brett Roberts in the ACC championship match.
• Made his first collegiate hole-in-one on the 10th hole at Eagle Point in the third round of the Williams Cup last October.
• Career-best round in NCAA Championship play is 67 in the third round at Grayhawk in 2023.
AUSTIN GREASER
Graduate Student
Vandalia, Ohio
Career: 70.95
Best Finish: 1st, 2021-22 Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational, 2022 NCAA Yale Regional, 2024 NCAA Chapel Hill Regional
Low Round: 63, 2nd round, 2022 NCAA Yale Regional, New Haven, Conn.
Low Round to Par: -8, 2020-21 Turning Stone Tiger Invitational, Verona, N.Y., and 2022-23 Southern Highlands Collegiate, Las Vegas
Low UNC 54 Holes: 197, 2024 NCAA Chapel Hill Regional (ties UNC record)
Low UNC 54 Holes (to par): -13, 2023-24 Amer Ari Invitational, 2024 NCAA Chapel Hill Regional
NCAA Championship Appearances: 2021 (T71), 2022 (T25), 2023 (T11)• Three-time collegiate medalist, including two-time NCAA regional champion.
• Finalist for the 2024 Haskins Award.
• The second Tar Heel ever to earn All-ACC honors four times.
• Won the 2021 Olympia Fields Fighting Illini Invitational, 2022 NCAA Yale Regional and 2024 NCAA Chapel Hill Regional.
• Shot a combined 36 under par in four NCAA regionals with two victories and four top-11 finishes.
• Shot in the 60s in eight of his last nine rounds in NCAA regional play, including 66-65-66 to win the Chapel Hill Regional, where he became the first Tar Heel ever to shoot 66 or better in all three rounds in any tournament and tied the 54-hole UNC record for fewest strokes in any tournament (197).
• Member of UNC teams that tied for first in stroke play in the 2022 NCAA Championship and finished first outright in stroke play in the 2023 NCAA Championship (first team to accomplish that since Oklahoma State with Viktor Hovland and Matthew Wolff).
• Member of UNC teams that finished first in stroke play in the 2021, 2022 and 2024 ACC Champion-ships.
• Third in stroke play and 2-0 in match play as UNC won the 2024 ACC Championship, Carolina's first outright ACC title since 1996.
• Went 2-0 in match play as Carolina won the 2023 East Lake Cup.
• Won his match as UNC defeated Florida State to win the 2022 Stephens Cup at Seminole.
• UNC has won 19 team tournament titles with Greaser in the lineup.
• Made birdie on the final hole to win two of his three individual titles as a Tar Heel. Holed out from the fairway to win at Olympia Fields and made a 30-foot putt to win the 2024 NCAA Chapel Hill Regional.
• Has 14 top-five and 21 top-10 finishes in 51 starts as a Tar Heel.
• Ranks second in UNC history in career scoring average to par (-0.28) and third in stroke average (70.95).
• One of only two Tar Heels with a combined score below par in 100 or more rounds (43 under in 152 rounds).
• Has the third (70.00 in 2023-24), ninth (70.85 in 2021-22) and ninth (70.85 in 2022-23) best single-season scoring averages in Carolina history.
• Collegiate-best 63 in the second round at Yale in the 2022 NCAA Regional.
• Member of UNC teams that have posted the five-best scoring averages in school history.
• Three-time All-America, three-time All-PING East Region (2023-24 awards have not been announced yet).
• Member of United States winning teams in the 2023 Walker Cup and Palmer Cup.
• Helped U.S. to a 14.5-11.5 win in the Walker Cup at the Old Course at St Andrews with a 3&1 win over Liam Nolan in the Sunday singles match.
• Finished third (best USA finish) in 211-player field in the 2022 World Amateur Team Championship. Shot 68-67 in two rounds at Le Golf National, site of 2018 Ryder Cup.
• Led Team USA at 15-under 271 and was one of only two players to shoot all four rounds in the 60s.
• Won the 2022 Western Amateur, defeating Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira of Argentina (Arkansas) 1 up in the championship match at the Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park, Ill.
• Made the cut at 2 over par in the 2022 U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.
• Was one of four amateurs and 64 overall in the 156-player field to make the cut at the 2022 U.S. Open.
• Missed the cut at the 2022 Masters by three shots after shooting 74-77–151.
• Runner-up in the 2021 U.S. Amateur at Oakmont Country Club.
DYLAN MENANTE
Fifth-Year Senior
Carlsbad, Calif.
Career– 70.93 overall (70.87 and No. 2 in UNC career scoring)
Best Finish: 1st, 2021-22 Valspar College Invitational and 2021-22 Western Intercollegiate
Best Finish at Carolina: T3, 2023-24 Williams Cup
Low Round: 62, 1st round, 2020-21 Pasadera Collegiate Invitational
Low Round to Par: -8, 1st round, 2020-21 Pasadera Collegiate Invitational and 3rd round, 2022-23 NCAA Salem Regional
Low Round at Carolina: 64, 3rd round, 2023 NCAA Salem Regional
Low Round to Par at Carolina: -8, 3rd round, 2023 NCAA Salem Regional
Low 54 Holes (strokes): 196, 2020-21 Pasadera Collegiate Invitational
Low 54 Holes (strokes at Carolina): 200, 2023-24 Amer Ari Invitational
Low 54 Holes (to par): -16, 2023-24 Amer Ari Invitational
NCAA Championship Appearances: 2021 (T17), 2022 (T43), 2023 (T4)
• Home club is La Costa.
• Won an NCAA championship as a sophomore at Pepperdine in 2021.
• West Coast Conference Player of the Year in 2021 and 2022.
• Four-time all-conference honoree (WCC in 2021 and 2022, ACC in 2023 and 2024).
• No. 2 in career scoring average in UNC history (70.87).
• Is 19 under par in 23 tournaments as a Tar Heel and 45 under par in 56 career collegiate tournaments.
• Earned a bronze medal representing the United States in the 2023 Pan Am Games in Columbia.
• Teamed with Vanderbilt's Gordon Sargent for a 3&2 win in foursomes to help the U.S. win the 2023 Walker Cup at The Old Course at St Andrews.
• Drew his singles match in the Walker Cup, making an 8-foot par putt on the 17th hole, the Road Hole, to secure the half-point.
• Best finish of the season is T3 at the Williams Cup at Eagle Point.
• Five top 10s this season (T3 Williams Cup, T6 Hayt, 7th Amer Ari Invitational, T7 Haskins and T9 St Andrews Links Collegiate).
• Has a 10-5-1 career record in collegiate match play, including 4-2-1 in NCAA Championship play.
• Tied for fourth in stroke play at 5-under 275 (68-70-67-70) and was 2-0 in match play for UNC in the 2023 NCAA Championship.
• Defeated Arizona State's Luke Potter, 5&3, in the 2023 quarterfinal and Georgia Tech's Christo Lamprecht, 6&5, in the semifinal.
• Went 1-1-1 in match play for Pepperdine in the Waves' 2021 NCAA title-winning run at Grayhawk.
• Score counted in all four rounds in stroke play and shot 67 in the final round in the 2021 NCAA Championship.
• Played in the 2022 PGA Tour's 3M Open in Blaine, Minn.
• Played in the 2021 and 2022 Palmer Cups.
• 2023 U.S. Amateur semifinalist.
• Two-time Northeast Amateur champion.
ANDREW DIBITETTO
7th season as head coach and 13th season
overall at UNC
• leads one of four programs to advance to the NCAA Championships in each of the last seven tournaments (with Oklahoma, Texas and Vanderbilt).
• one of three teams to qualify for match play in the last three NCAA Championships (with Arizona State and Pepperdine).
• three straight top-5 NCAA Championship finishes, unprecedented in UNC history.
• first in stroke play in the NCAA Championships in 2022 & 2023.
• first in stroke play in the ACC Championships in 2021, 2022 and 2024.
• 2024 ACC champions.
• 22 team titles (seven this season).
• 13 individual medalists (one this season).
• Carolina's first ACC Player of the Year (David Ford in 2023).
• two ACC Freshmen of the Year (Peter Fountain in 2021, David Ford in 2022).
• three U.S. Walker Cup players (David Ford, Austin Greaser and Dylan Menante in 2023).
• two U.S. Palmer Cup players (David Ford, Greaser in 2023).
• two first-team All-Americas (Fountain in 2021, David Ford in 2023).
• Carolina's first freshman first-team All-America (Fountain in 2021).
• 13 first-, second, third-team or HM All-Americas.
• 17 All-ACC awards, including a league-record five in 2024.
• 2022, 2023 and 2024 (co-) ACC Coach of the Year.
• second to win ACC Coach-of-the-Year honors three straight seasons (first since 1996-98).
• 2022 National Coach of the Year finalist.
• 100 percent Academic Progress rates each season.
• nine of the 10-best career and the 10-best single-season scoring averages in Carolina history.
• played at Charlotte, where he finished ninth in the 2007 NCAA Championship and eighth in 2008.
NOAH GOLDMAN
first season as UNC assistant coach
• joined the Tar Heels after six seasons at Oregon State (associate head coach from 2021-23).
• helped UNC win its first ACC championship since 2006.
• four-time collegiate medalist at Mississippi State.
• also coached at Samford, Nova Southeastern and Mississippi State.
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