Men's Golf Opens Season At Carpet Capital This Weekend
9/6/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
By Gary Petit (@GaryWFU), Wake Forest Athletic Communications
Tournament:
Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic
Course:
The Farm Golf Club, Rocky Face, Ga.
Dates:
September 7-9, 2012
Tee Times:
Friday and Saturday: Tee times starting at 9 a.m.
Sunday: Tee times starting at 8 a.m.
Live Scoring:
Golfstat
Field (Golfstat Rank):
Alabama (2), Auburn (8), Clemson (25), Georgia (22), Georgia Tech (11), Kennesaw State (43), LSU (29), Middle Tennessee State (60), North Carolina (80), North Florida (10), South Carolina (51), Tennessee (46), Texas (1), UT-Chattanooga (27), Wake Forest (53)
Wake Forest Lineup:
1. Charlie Harrison
2. Thomas Birdsey
3. Beau Cutts
4. John Varol
5. Grayson Murray
Wake Forest Tournament History:
- The Deacons are making their 13th appearance at the Carpet Capital
- This will be Wake's sixth-straight season opening the year at the Carpet Capital
- As a team, the Deacs have finished in the top-6 four times including a pair of runner-up finishes in 2004 and 2010
- Individually, Wake has had a pair of medalists. Bill Haas won the event in 2002 and Lee Bedford won the event in 2010.
- In 2010, Wake finished runner-up behind Bedford's victory and Evan Beck's second place finish.
- Overall, a Demon Deacon has finished in the top-10 nine times in the 12 appearances.
Wake Forest Notes:
- Senior Charlie Harrison will be playing in the Carpet Capital for the third-straight season.
- Harrison finished tied for 22nd as a sophomore in 2010 and tied for 42nd as a junior last season.
- Harrison comes into the week after winning his final event of the summer, which was a Carolina Mountain Pro Series event.
- Junior Thomas Birdsey also finished tied with Harrison in 42nd place last season in his first Carpet Capital appearance.
- Junior Beau Cutts will be playing in just his fourth event as a member of the scoring team. He opened qualifying this fall with a round of 63.
- Junior John Varol was the only member of the current team to qualify for the U.S. Amateur this past summer.
- Freshman Grayson Murray will be making his Demon Deacon debut this week.
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