Wake Forest Athletics
Men's Golf Preview: NCAA East Regional
5/15/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
May 15, 2013
Tournament:
NCAA East Regional
Course:
Golden Eagle Country Club
Dates:
May 16-18, 2013
Field:
1. Washington
2. Georgia Tech
3. Florida State
4. North Florida
5. Oklahoma
6. Wake Forest
7. NC State
8. Oregon
9. Oregon State
10. Iowa
11. South Florida
12. San Diego
13. Loyola Maryland
Tee Times:
Thursday and Friday: Tee times starting at 8:00 a.m. off both tees.
Saturday: Tee times starting at 7:30 a.m. off both tees.
Live Scoring:
Golfstat
Wake Forest Lineup:
1. Evan Beck
2. Thomas Birdsey
3. Davis Womble
4. John Varol
5. Charlie Harrison
Wake Forest Tournament History:
- This will be the 23rd appearance for the Demon Deacons in an NCAA Regional.
- Wake has failed to qualify for the regionals just once in the 24 years since the NCAA switched to the regional format. That was in 1999, when the Deacons were represented individually by Michael Capone.
- The Deacs have qualified for the NCAA Championships 14 times through the regional format which started back in 1989.
- Wake has three regional victories, all within the last eight years.
- The first win came at the East Regional in 2005 at the Golf Club of Tennessee when the team finished a remarkable 17-under par. Sean Moore and Kyle Reifers led the way with a pair of top-10 finishes as Moore finished tied for 3rd at 10-under and Reifers was tied for 10th at 6-under.
- A year later at the East Regional at Lake Nona Country Club, the same duo led the way to Wake's second-straight regional victory. Reifers finished fifth at 3-under par while Moore was tied for 11th at 1-over par. The Deacons won the tournament by 9-shots over Texas Tech.
- Wake's third regional victory came in 2008 when it outlasted a very strong field in adverse conditions at the Ohio State Scarlet Course. Wake won the event over No. 1-ranked Alabama and No. 3-ranked Oklahoma State. The Deacons finished at 27-over par, 10 shots ahead of the Cowboys. Brendan Gielow finished tied for second overall at 2-over after strong rounds of 69-72-74. Dustin Groves enjoyed his best tournament of the year as he finished fourth after rounds of 72-70-74.
- In all, Wake is looking to qualify for its 45th NCAA Championships and its sixth in the last nine years.
Wake Forest Notes:
- The Deacons are coming off an eighth place finish at the ACC Championship.
- Evan Beck finished runner-up at the Navy Spring Inv., which was his third runner-up finish of the season and then finished tied for 15th at the ACC Championship
- For the year, Beck leads the team with a 71.8 scoring average, seven top-10 finishes in nine events and a three of runner-ups.
- Beck was also one of five finalists for the Byron Nelson Award, which honors the top senior male golfer in the country.
- 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 73.6 scoring average and has a pair of top-10 finishes.
- Wake's best finish in four fall events was a runner-up finish at the Golfweek Conference Challenge.
- Freshman Davis Womble, who has played in eight events this season, finished tied for 21st at the ACC Championship. He was even-par at the ACCs which was tied for his lowest 54-hole score of the year,
- Senior Charlie Harrison tied for 9th at the Navy Spring Invitational for the fifth top-10 finish of her career and the second of his season.
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