Monday, October 28
Atlanta, GA (East Lake Golf Club)
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East Lake Cup
Power Earns First Career Win at East Lake Cup
10/28/2019 7:56:00 PM | Men's Golf
ATLANTA, Ga. – The Wake Forest men's golf team began play Monday at the East Lake Cup with the stroke play competition at the prestigious event. Freshman Mark Power shot 5-under to record his first collegiate win, while the Demon Deacons will be the No. 2 seed for match play, which begins Tuesday.
Power made eight birdies, including five on the back nine, to shoot a 5-under 67 and post a two-shot win. He is the first Wake Forest freshman to win since Cameron Young won twice in 2015-16. The tournament's stroke play portion consisted of just Monday's 18 holes, with the team standings used for seeding for the match play event.
The Demon Deacons shot 4-under as a team on Monday to earn the No. 2 seed, and will play No. 3 seed Oklahoma State (4-over) in the semifinals. No. 1 seed Texas (10-under) will play No. 4 seed Vanderbilt (13-over) in the other semifinal. The event features the four quarterfinalists from last year's NCAA Championship.
"I am not surprised at all that Mark played well today," said Haas. "He hits the ball long and the fairways here are in beautiful shape. He played the par-5s very well. Mark's game is trending well, shooting 68 twice last week at Golf Course of Georgia to finish third there, so he must like playing in Atlanta."
Marco Steyn and Alex Fitzpatrick T-7th, each shooting an even par round of 72. Eric Bae shot 73 and Eugenio Chacarra shot 74 to round out the lineup for the Demon Deacons.
The Wake Forest-Oklahoma State match will begin at 12:55 p.m. with coverage on Golf Channel beginning at 3 p.m.
"It is going to be a really good matchup tomorrow," said head coach Jerry Haas. "Oklahoma State has been really good over the last few years and this is a great setting at East Lake. We are going to have to play better than we did today. We played well, but didn't quite finish the round like we would like to finish."
Power made eight birdies, including five on the back nine, to shoot a 5-under 67 and post a two-shot win. He is the first Wake Forest freshman to win since Cameron Young won twice in 2015-16. The tournament's stroke play portion consisted of just Monday's 18 holes, with the team standings used for seeding for the match play event.
The Demon Deacons shot 4-under as a team on Monday to earn the No. 2 seed, and will play No. 3 seed Oklahoma State (4-over) in the semifinals. No. 1 seed Texas (10-under) will play No. 4 seed Vanderbilt (13-over) in the other semifinal. The event features the four quarterfinalists from last year's NCAA Championship.
"I am not surprised at all that Mark played well today," said Haas. "He hits the ball long and the fairways here are in beautiful shape. He played the par-5s very well. Mark's game is trending well, shooting 68 twice last week at Golf Course of Georgia to finish third there, so he must like playing in Atlanta."
Marco Steyn and Alex Fitzpatrick T-7th, each shooting an even par round of 72. Eric Bae shot 73 and Eugenio Chacarra shot 74 to round out the lineup for the Demon Deacons.
The Wake Forest-Oklahoma State match will begin at 12:55 p.m. with coverage on Golf Channel beginning at 3 p.m.
"It is going to be a really good matchup tomorrow," said head coach Jerry Haas. "Oklahoma State has been really good over the last few years and this is a great setting at East Lake. We are going to have to play better than we did today. We played well, but didn't quite finish the round like we would like to finish."
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