Deacons In Middle Of Pack At Carpet Capital
9/16/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Sept. 16, 2006
DALTON, Ga. -- Wake Forest may not be playing its best golf this week at the Carpet Capital Collegiate, but if nothing else, the Demon Deacons have been consistent.
Wake Forest shot a cumulative 1-over par 289 for the second day in a row and is tied for ninth through two rounds of the Carpet Capital. The final 18 holes are scheduled for Sunday on the par 72, 7,002-yard The Farm golf course.
Brendan Gielow, a freshman from Muskegon, Mich., has been the biggest bright spot for Wake Forest. After shooting a 4-under 68 in his first collegiate round of golf on Friday, Gielow shot a 3-under 69 today. Gielow is 7-under for the tournament and alone in third place.
As a team, Wake Forest is 20 strokes off the pace set by first-place Clemson. The Tigers are 18-under par, three strokes in front of Alabama. Florida (-7) is in third place, followed by Tennessee (-5), Georgia State (-4) and NC State (-4). There are 18 teams and 90 players in the three-day tournament.
NC State's Darren Blair (10-under par) leads the individual race, followed by Clemson's Vince Hatfield (-8) and Gielow (-7). Three players are at 6-under par.
Gielow birdied three of the first four holes on the back nine, then stumbled with a bogey on the 14th hole. He took par on holes 15-18 for a 35-34--69.
Wake Forest sophomore Dustin Groves is 1-over through 36 holes and tied for 37th overall. Junior Webb Simpson shot a 73 on Saturday and is 4-over and tied for 50th place overall. Senior Matt McLean, who struggled with a 77 on Friday, shot 73 on Saturday. Junior Chris McCartin shot a 76 Saturday and is 7-over for the tournament.
The Deacons would have to put together a miracle round on Sunday to win the tournament, but they are just six shots out of the top five.
Team Standings Clemson 278-280--558 -18 Alabama 276-285--561 -15 Florida 293-276--569 -7 Tennessee 290-281--571 -5 Georgia State 286-286--572 -4 NC State 285-287--572 -4 Georgia 295-278--573 -3 Georgia Tech 289-287--576 E Wake Forest 289-289--578 +2 Augusta State 289-289--578 +2 East Tennessee State 290-289--579 +3 Auburn 297-285--582 +6 Duke 289-295--584 +8 Vanderbilt 290-294--584 +8 TCU 299-288--587 +11 Texas Tech 297-294--591 +15 South Carolina 309-290--599 +23 Texas 307-305--612 +36
Individual Leaders Darren Blair (NC State) 65-69--134 -10 Vince Hartfield (Clemson) 66-70--136 -8 Brendan Gielow (Wake Forest) 68-69--137 -7 Billy Horschel (Florida) 71-67--138 -6 Chris Kirk (Georgia) 68-70--138 -6 Ben Martin (Clemson) 74-64--138 -6 Tom Sherreard (Georgia State) 70-69--139 -5
Wake Forest Scores Brendan Gielow (3rd) 68-69--137 -7 Dustin Groves (37th) 71-74--145 +1 Webb Simpson (50th) 75-73--148 +4 Matt McLean (60th) 77-73--150 +6 Chris McCartin (69th) 75-76--151 +7
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