Wake Forest Athletics
Mobile Bay Intercollegiate Preview
2/16/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Feb. 16, 2013
Tournament:
Mobile Bay Intercollegiate
Course:
RTJ Magnolia Grove Crossings Course
Dates:
Feb. 18-19, 2012
Tee Times:
Monday: 9 a.m. ET Shotgun Start
Tuesday: Tee times starting at 9 a.m. ET of Nos. 1 and 10
Live Scoring:
Golfstat
Field (Golfstat Rank):
Akron (94), Arkansas State (217), Aubrun (27), Illinois (19), Illinois State (180), Kentucky (37), Louisiana Lafayette (140), LSU (14), Louisiana Tech (69), Memphis (80), Middle Tennessee (105), Mississippi State (46), South Alabama (50), Southern Mississippi (122), Vanderbilt (17), and Wake Forest (23).
Wake Forest Lineup:
1. Evan Beck
2. Charlie Harrison
3. Thomas Birdsey
4. Davis Womble
5. John Varol
Ind. Cyrus Stewart
Wake Forest Tournament History:
- This is Wake Forest's second appearance in the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate.
- Wake finished third as a team in 2012 after being in a tie for the lead after the opening round.
- Lee Bedford birdied the final two holes to claim his fourth collegiate victory. Bedford finished the event at 4-under 212.
Wake Forest Notes:
- The Deacons capped the fall by finishing 12th at the US Collegiate Championship.
- Wake's best finish in four fall events was a runner-up finish at the Golfweek Conference Challenge.
- After firing his career-low with a 6-under 66 in the final round of the Golfweek Conference Challenge, senior Evan Beck carded three-straight under-par rounds at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate.
- Beck finished runner-up at the BOT at 8-under par.
- For the season, Beck leads the team with a 71.4 scoring average and two top-10 finishes.
- Junior Thomas Birdsey led the team at the season-opening Carpet Capital, finishing tied for 14th at even-par.
- Birdsey is second on the team with a 72.9 scoring average.
- Freshman Davis Womble, who made his collegiate debut at the Golfweek Conference Challenge, carded a 3-under 69 in the second round for his lowest round of the season.
- Senior Charlie Harrison tied for 10th at the Golfweek Conference Challenge for the fifth top-10 finish of her career.
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