
Deacons Shoot Second-Straight Under-Par Round at Carpet Capital
9/6/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
By Gary Petit, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeMGolf)
ROCKY FACE, Ga. - Wake Forest shot a second-straight under-par round at the Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic on Saturday and is in eighth place at 3-under par heading into Sunday's final round.
The Demon Deacons are just four shots behind five teams that are tied at the top at 7-under par. Wake followed an opening round 286 with a 1-under 287 on Saturday.
Individually, junior Davis Womble backed-up his 4-under 68 on Friday with a 2-under 70 in the second round. He is tied for third at 6-under par. Womble has made a tournament -high 11 birdies to go along with one eagle through the first 36-holes. He also leads the field in par-4 scoring as he is 7-under par on the four-pars.
Senior Cyrus Stewart is 1-under par through two rounds as he has carded scores of 71-72. He is tied for 20th headed into Sunday.
Freshman Will Zalatoris started his second round with 11-straight pars and after back-to-back birdies at Nos. 15 and 16, he would par the final two holes to finish with an even-par 72. He is tied for 29th at 1-over par overall.
Fellow freshman Paul McBride also had a solid round on Saturday, making 13 pars and a pair of birdies en route to a 1-over 73. Sophomore Clancy Waugh posted a 73 as well as he rebounded from an opening round 78.
The Demon Deacons will start the final round in the first wave off No. 1 Sunday morning beginning at 7:30 a.m. Golfstat.com will have live scoring of the final round.
Carpet Capital Collegiate ClassicThe Farm Golf ClubRocky Face, Ga.Par 72, 7,012 yards
Team StandingsT1 Auburn -7 294 275 569T1 Alabama -7 286 283 569T1 LSU -7 282 287 569T1 Kennesaw State -7 281 288 569T1 Georgia Tech -7 293 276 5696 Clemson -5 287 284 5717 South Carolina -4 291 281 572T8 Wake Forest -3 286 287 573T8 Chattanooga -3 291 282 57310 Tennessee E 296 280 57611 North Carolina +1 286 291 57712 North Florida +16 300 292 59213 Middle Tennessee St. +23 300 299 59914 Florida +24 312 288 600
Top-5 Individuals1 O. Schniederjans (GT) -8 72 64 1362 Robby Shelton (Ala.) -7 69 68 137T3 Miller Capps (Clem.) -6 69 69 138T3 Davis Womble (WFU) -6 68 70 1385 Matt Gilchrest (Aub.) -5 73 66 139
Wake Forest IndividualsT3 Davis Womble -6 68 70 138T20 Cyrus Stewart -1 71 72 143T29 Will Zalatoris +1 73 72 145T42 Paul McBride +3 74 73 147T59 Clancy Waugh +7 78 73 151