Duke overcomes five-shot deficit to win UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate; Spartans finish fifth
FOREST OAKS, NC ? Duke University shot a final round 289 to rally for a four-shot win over Michigan State at the 2008 UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate at Forest Oaks Country Club,
The Blue Devils overcame a five-shot deficit and overtook Michigan on the final day for the win. Duke finished at 869, followed by Michigan State at 873. The Wolverines finished third at 874. Louisville, the defending champion and winner of two of the three previous team titles, finished fourth. Tournament host UNCG was fifth at 888.
Payne Gniewek of Michigan State and Max Scorodo of Notre Dame tied for the individual lead. Both players finished at 213 for the 54-hole tournament, three-under par. Due to travel considerations, a playoff was not held and the duo were declared co-champions. Michigan’s Bill Rankin, who set a tournament record with a second round score of 64 on Monday, finished third, one shot off the pace. UNCG’s Drew Younts had the best score of the day in brutal conditions. Battling wind gusts up over 30 miles per hour all day long, Younts carded a 70 for the second-straight round and finished tied for fourth at even-par 216.
Seven teams ? Louisville, Mississippi State, Duke, Michigan State, Memphis, Michigan and Purdue ? were participants in the NCAA Tournament last spring. Currently, Michigan is ranked No. 25 in the Golf World/Nike Coaches Poll with Duke close behind as the first team in the others receiving votes category. Michigan State, Pepperdine, Louisville, Mississippi State are also currently receiving votes in the Nike Poll. According to the Golfstat rankings (based on final place in tournaments), Pepperdine (28), Michigan State (34), Minnesota (35), Duke (37), Michigan (41), Louisville (42) and Mississippi State (45) are all ranked in the Top 50 currently.
The top-ranked individuals playing in the tournament according to Golfstat included Pepperdine’s Andrew Putman (77th) and Louisville’s Adam Hadwin (93). Hadwin tied for ninth and Putnam tied for 19th.
The event closed out the fall portion of UNCG’s schedule. The Spartans open the spring portion of their slate February 23 at the Rio Pinar Intercollegiate.
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TEAM SCORING
Duke University -291 -289 -289 ?869
Michigan State -293 -286 -294 ?873
Michigan, U. of -293 -282 -299 ?874
Louisville, U. of -299 -284 -295 ?878
UNCG -296 -291 -301 ?888
Pepperdine -300 -285 -304 ?889
Eastern Michigan U. -313 -280 -297 ?890
Notre Dame, U. of -297 -292 -301 ?890
Minnesota -297 -294 -303 ?894
Mississippi St. U. -299 -305 -293 ?897
Memphis, U. of -303 -286 -309 ?898
Maryland, U. of -299 -290 -309 ?898
Toledo -310 -298 -307 ?915
South Alabama, U. of -312 -299 -309 ?920
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
Payne Gniewek, Michigan State - 69 - 70 - 74 ? 213 Max Scodro, Notre Dame, U. of - 70 - 72 - 71 ? 213 Bill Rankin, Michigan, U. of - 75 - 64 - 75 ? 214 Adam Long, Duke University - 73 - 72 - 71 ? 216 Drew Younts, N. Car.- Greensboro - 76 - 70 - 70 ? 216 Carlos Sainz, Mississippi St. U. - 70 - 76 - 70 ? 216 Riley Wheeldon, Louisville, U. of - 74 - 71 - 72 ? 217 Spencer Anderson, Duke University - 72 - 71 - 74 ? 217 Jack Newman, Michigan State - 69 - 77 - 72 ? 218 Adam Hadwin, Louisville, U. of - 75 - 69 - 74 ? 218 Marc-Ettienne Bussieres, South Alabama, U. of - 73 - 74 - 71 ? 218 Lion Kim, Michigan, U. of - 69 - 74 - 76 ? 219 Ross Millman, Michigan, U. of - 76 - 73 - 71 ? 220 Graham Baillargeon, Michigan State - 78 - 68 - 74 ? 220 Josh Anderson, Pepperdine - 74 - 71 - 75 ? 220 Yu Katayama, Minnesota - 72 - 72 - 76 ? 220 Michael Quagliano, Duke University - 78 - 72 - 70 ? 220 Brandon Lemons, Eastern Michigan U. - 76 - 69 - 75 ? 220 Alexander Sitompul, Michigan, U. of - 73 - 71 - 77 ? 221 Ben Pisani, Minnesota - 74 - 73 - 74 ? 221 Andrew Putnam, Pepperdine - 75 - 69 - 77 ? 221 Christopher Ross, Eastern Michigan U. - 78 - 70 - 73 ? 221 John Popeck, Maryland, U. of - 72 - 73 - 76 ? 221 Shane Mason, Pepperdine - 77 - 70 - 75 ? 222 Connor Alan-Lee, Notre Dame, U. of - 72 - 74 - 76 ? 222 Connor Arendell, Louisville, U. of - 77 - 70 - 76 ? 223 Marty Jeppesen, Eastern Michigan U. - 79 - 70 - 74 ? 223 Will Bowman, N. Car.- Greensboro - 73 - 75 - 75 ? 223 Jean-Hubert Trahan, Toledo - 73 - 75 - 75 ? 223 Lewis Kirton, Louisville, U. of - 77 - 74 - 73 ? 224 Stefan Erdedi, Memphis, U. of - 81 - 71 - 72 ? 224 Jordan Payne, Memphis, U. of - 72 - 70 - 82 ? 224 Clark Klaasen, Duke University - 73 - 77 - 74 ? 224 Wes Roach, Duke University - 73 - 74 - 77 ? 224 Donnie Shin, Maryland, U. of - 76 - 71 - 77 ? 224 Noah Goldman, Mississippi St. U. - 74 - 78 - 72 ? 224 Randy Hutchison, Michigan State - 77 - 74 - 74 ? 225 Brad Benjamin, Memphis, U. of - 76 - 76 - 73 ? 225 Matt Thompson*, Michigan, U. of - 78 - 72 - 75 ? 225 Chris Gold, Maryland, U. of - 76 - 73 - 76 ? 225 David Heyen*, N. Car.- Greensboro - 74 - 73 - 78 ? 225 Carl Smith IV, Pepperdine - 74 - 75 - 77 ? 226 Doug Fortner, Notre Dame, U. of - 82 - 72 - 73 ? 227 Darragh Coghlan, N. Car.- Greensboro - 73 - 76 - 78 ? 227 Daniel Burns, South Alabama, U. of - 79 - 74 - 75 ? 228 Kyle Sonday, N. Car.- Greensboro - 78 - 72 - 78 ? 228 Andrew Kay, Maryland, U. of - 75 - 73 - 80 ? 228 Brian Mason, Mississippi St. U. - 77 - 76 - 75 ? 228 Karsten Clements, Louisville, U. of - 73 - 76 - 80 ? 229 Derek Chang, Minnesota - 77 - 74 - 78 ? 229 Will Almand, N. Car.- Greensboro - 74 - 74 - 81 ? 229 Nic Carbary, Eastern Michigan U. - 80 - 71 - 79 ? 230 Nathan Wine, Toledo - 77 - 77 - 76 ? 230 Victor Almstrom, Minnesota - 80 - 75 - 76 ? 231 Olavo Batista, Notre Dame, U. of - 76 - 74 - 81 ? 231 Brandon Bunn, Memphis, U. of - 75 - 71 - 85 ? 231 Jack Hiluta, South Alabama, U. of - 78 - 73 - 80 ? 231 Brad Larente, Eastern Michigan U. - 81 - 75 - 75 ? 231 Jerel Whiting, Toledo - 80 - 75 - 76 ? 231 Thomas Campbell, Minnesota - 74 - 81 - 77 ? 232 Josh Bevell, Mississippi St. U. - 78 - 76 - 78 ? 232 Logan Young, Mississippi St. U. - 80 - 77 - 76 ? 233 Phil Snow, Michigan State - 80 - 74 - 80 ? 234 Nick Pumford, Michigan, U. of - 78 - 75 - 82 ? 235 Jack Belote, Memphis, U. of - 80 - 74 - 82 ? 236 Chris Walker, Notre Dame, U. of - 79 - 76 - 81 ? 236 Jorge Mazario, Pepperdine - 80 - 79 - 78 ? 237 Chris Miller*, Maryland, U. of - 80 - 74 - 84 ? 238 Jack Snyder, Toledo - 88 - 71 - 80 ? 239 Dickon Housman*, N. Car.- Greensboro - 77 - 83 - 81 ? 241 Joey Rice, Maryland, U. of - 82 - 79 - 82 ? 243 Dugan Murphy, Toledo - 80 - 84 - 81 ? 245 Cody Klein , South Alabama, U. of - 82 - 78 - 88 ? 248 Grant Price, South Alabama, U. of - 90 - 83 - 83 ? 256 Ryan Heisey*, N. Car.- Greensboro - 78 - A - 81 ? - John Isenhour*, N. Car.- Greensboro - W - W - W ? -
*individual golfer