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Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate
Deacons Come From Behind To Win Hootie Intercollegiate Again
3/27/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 27, 2007
AWENDAW, S.C. -- In college golf, five players comprise each school's team. For Wake Forest to win the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate for the second straight year, as it did today, it took solid efforts from all five Demon Deacons.
Sean Moore, Chris McCartin and Brendan Gielow all birdied the third hole of a sudden death playoff with Baylor, giving the 24th-ranked Deacons the tournament crown. The Deacons and Bears finished the three-day, 54-hole event tied at 12-under par. The two teams tied the first two holes of a playoff before Wake wrapped up its first team title of 2006-07 on hole No. 57.
Wake Forest would have never reached the playoff if not for some superb individual efforts. Junior Webb Simpson shot a sizzling 5-under par 66 on the final 18 holes. The Raleigh (N.C.) native finished the tournament at Bulls Bay Golf Club with a 7-under 206 and second place in the individual race. Simpson, one of the nation's top amateurs, finished in second place for the fifth time in h is career.
Sophomore Dustin Groves, who led the Deacons through rounds one and two, joined Gielow, his freshman teammate, in a tie for 13th place at 1-under par for the tournament. Moore finished in 22nd place with a 1-over 214. McCartin battled back from an opening-round 77 with a 73 on Monday and a 2-under 69 on Tuesday to finish with a 6-over 219.
The win was Wake Forest's first since claiming the NCAA East Regional last spring.
Florida State finished five shots back at 7-under par, giving the ACC two of the top three finishes. Central Florida, which led after rounds one and two, finished fourth at 6-under par. The remainder of the 15-team field, including five nationally-ranked teams, shot over-par.
Simpson came within a shot of his career-low score and his first career college tournament title. His round of 66 on Tuesday included six birdies. Over his last 36 holes, Simpson produced just one bogey.
Simpson and Central Florida's Greg Forest finished tied for second place with scores of 7-under. Both players finished one stroke behind Augusta State's Wallace Booth, who fired a 65 Tuesday and finished 8-under for the tournament.
Wake Forest has just one regular season tournament remaining -- April 9-11 at the U.S. Collegiate Championship in Georgia -- before embarking on the ACC Tournament.
Team Standings
*Wake Forest 283 279 278 840 -12
Baylor 283 280 277 840 -12
Florida State 274 289 282 845 -7
Central Florida 270 288 288 846 -6
Augusta State 286 292 277 855 +3
Duke 288 291 281 860 +8
North Carolina 287 293 282 862 +10
Coastal Carolina 285 290 288 863 +11
South Carolina 289 294 283 866 +14
NC State 297 293 281 871 +19
LSU 288 288 295 871 +19
Charleston 291 295 289 875 +23
Kentucky 301 285 290 876 +24
Vanderbilt 292 300 293 885 +33
Arkansas 307 293 294 894 +42
* Won playoff
Individual Standings
Wallace Booth, Augusta St. 71 69 65 205 -8
Webb Simpson, WAKE 72 68 66 206 -7
Greg Forest, UCF 66 67 73 206 -7
Jeremy Frye, Baylor 68 69 70 207 -6
Martin Ureta, North Carolina 72 69 66 207 -6
Wake Forest Individuals
T2, Webb Simpson 72 68 66 206 -7
T13, Dustin Groves 70 69 73 212 -1
T13, Brendan Gielow 71 70 71 212 -1
T22, Sean Moore 70 72 72 214 +1
T36, Chris McCartin 77 73 69 219 +6
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