Wake Forest Makes First Cut to Top 15

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - The Wake Forest men's golf team improved field position and made the top 15 cut for the final round of stroke play tomorrow. After Monday's round, only the top eight teams will advance to match play.

Wake Forest has improved their team score every day of competition so far, by at least two strokes. Sunday's improvement was due largely to senior Parker Gillam's tournament-low score of 64. The Cary, North Carolina native had four birdies on his first nine holes and capped the round off with two more on the second nine. He is the only player in the field of 148 to card a 64, while there have been two 65's and three 66's recorded over the past three days.

The bogey-free round was the first for the Deacs during NCAA play. Gillam's score of 64 is the second 64 recorded by a Deac this season, as freshman Michael Brennen shot a 64 in the second round of the Arizona Intercollegiate back in January. Gillam's standout day, along with two steady rounds of two over on day one and one under on day two, have him in contention for the NCAA individual champion title that will be awarded after Monday's final stroke play round. He currently sits in a tie for third and is four strokes off the individual leader.

Junior Alex Fitzpatrick is also inside the top 25 on the individual leaderboard. A steady score of 72 for his round puts him at three over par after an even-par 70 on day one and one-over 71 on day two. Senior Eric Bae had his best outing of the tournament so far on Sunday, shooting a two-over 72 after combining for eight over after the first two days. Wake Forest will be battling ACC foe North Carolina, Vanderbilt and Pepperdine for a spot inside the top eight on Monday.

A tie break between Georgia Tech and TCU will take place Monday morning at 10:30 ET for the 15th spot ahead of the final round of stroke play. Tee times and group pairings for the fourth round will be announced once they are made available.

Team Leaderboard

Team	Round One	Round Two	Round Three	Total
1 Oklahoma State	280	274	274	828 (-12)
2 Oklahoma	280	279	282	841 (+1)
3 Arizona State	284	278	280	842 (+2)
4 Illinois	287	279	278	844 (+4)
5 Florida State	281	294	274	849 (+9)
T6 Vanderbilt	293	280	280	853 (+13)
T6 North Carolina	288	278	287	853(+13)
T6 Wake Forest	287	284	282	853 (+13)
9 Pepperdine	279	286	289	854 (+14)
10 Clemson	287	284	285	856 (+16)
11 Sam Houston	278	292	288	858 (+18)
12 Louisville	289	288	287	864 (+24)
T13 Arkansas	287	293	288	868 (+28)
T13 Texas Tech	276	304	288	868 (+28)
T15 Georgia Tech	289	288	295	872 (+32)
CUT LINE
T15 TCU	292	293	287	872 (+32)
T17 Tennessee	292	293	288	873 (+33)
T17 SMU	287	294	292	873 (+33)
T17 Georgia	292	289	292	873 (+33)
20 NC State	301	289	286	876 (+36)
21 Liberty	295	300	284	879 (+39)
22 Florida	288	299	293	880 (+40)
23 Oregon State	286	296	300	882 (+42)
24 UAB	295	297	293	885 (+45)
T25 Texas	294	290	302	886 (+46)
T25 San Diego State	286	301	299	886 (+46)
27 San Diego	292	303	292	887 (+47)
28 East Tennessee St.	300	291	302	893 (+53)
29 San Francisco	301	299	296	896 (+56)
30 Little Rock	294	303	307	905 (+65)

Wake Forest Leaderboard (Par 70)

Player	Round One	Round Two	Round Three	Total
T3 Parker Gillam	72	69	64	205 (-5)
T22 Alex Fitzpatrick	70	71	72	213 (+3)
T56 Mark Power	73	70	75	218 (+8)
T83 Eric Bae	74	74	72	220 (+10)
T115 Michael Brennan	72	79	74	225 (+15)

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Players Mentioned

Eric Bae

Michael Brennan

Alex Fitzpatrick

Parker Gillam

Mark Power

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