Wake Forest Takes Second at Arizona Intercollegiate

Tucson, Ariz. - The Wake Forest men's golf team finished in second place by six strokes to the host school, Arizona, at the Arizona Intercollegiate. After having the best scorecard in the field for the second round, the Deacs had the second-lowest score in the final round to finish four over par at 856. None of the seventeen schools shot under part on the final day.

Wake had four Deacs finish inside the top 15 after having four finish inside the top 20 last week in Florida. After shooting a field-best 64 in the second round, freshman Michael Brennan closed out the event with a 71 on the final day to finish in a tie for second. Junior Alex Fitzpatrick took fourth after carding a 66 and 71 in his second and final rounds, respectively. Both earned their best finishes of the season so far.

Sophomore Mark Power finished in a tie for 10 th, just four strokes back from Fitzpatrick. Senior Eric Bae had his best finish so far this season, coming in at T14 and just one stroke behind Power. Senior Parker Gillam finished T31and individuals Marco Steyn and Fulton Smith finished T59 and T74, respectively.

What's Next
After playing two weeks in a row, the Deacs will have a couple weeks off and be back in action Feb. 14-16. Wake will travel south to the Kiawah Invitational at Oak Point Golf Club in South Carolina. The tournament will be hosted by the College of Charleston.

Team Leaderboard

Team	Round One	Round Two	Round Three	Total
1 Arizona	284	275	291	850
2 Wake Forest	299	270	287	856
3 New Mexico	296	283	289	868
4 San Francisco	306	282	284	872
5 UNLV	302	290	285	877
6 Oregon	300	285	296	881
7 San Diego	312	276	294	882
8 Iowa State	303	288	293	884
9 Washington State	312	286	288	886
T10 Oregon State	309	287	293	889
T10 Denver	311	281	297	889
T10 ULM	305	291	293	889
13 BYU	311	285	294	890
T14 Loyola Marymount	316	283	293	892
T14 Washington	307	291	294	892
16 Utah	315	296	293	904
17 New Mexico State	320	301	284	905

Wake Forest Leaderboard

Player	Round One	Round Two	Round Three	Total
T2 Michael Brennan	76	64	71	211
4 Alex Fitzpatrick	75	66	71	212
T10 Mark Power	74	70	72	216
T14 Eric Bae	74	70	73	217
T31 Parker Gillam	77	70	74	221
T59 Marco Steyn	81	71	74	226
T74 Fulton Smith	73	77	78	228

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Players Mentioned

Eric Bae

Michael Brennan

Alex Fitzpatrick

Parker Gillam

Mark Power

Fulton Smith

Marco Steyn

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