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Oak Valley Victory Makes Paul Simson the Owner of the Most CGA Championships Ever

ADVANCE, NC - May 17, 2012 - Final round results of the 27th North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship of the Carolinas Golf Association hosted by Oak Valley Golf Club in Advance, NC on Thursday, May 17, 2012 (6596 yards, par 36-36—72, 71.6/132). 

Paul Simson of Raleigh, NC has won many titles in his storied golf career but he earned a new one today, “Most All-Time CGA Championships”.  

Simson’s birdie on the second playoff hole defeated Jim Grainger of Charlotte, NC to seal his 25th CGA championship title which surpasses Dale Morey’s long-standing record of 24. Simson now holds six North Carolina Senior Amateur Championship crowns (2006, ‘07, ‘09, ‘10, ‘11, ‘12).  

“This one is special,” a choked-up Simson said. “Dale Morey has 24 of these titles but now I have 25. I wanted to win this one because if I didn’t the pressure (to win number 25) would have start building.” 

Simson and Grainger pulled away from the 123-player field by each posting a seven-under par 136 that was four

strokes ahead of the rest of the field.  

Grainger has proven to be a worthy competitor to Simson at most CGA senior events since he turned 55-years-old last year. “What can I say…he is the best senior amateur golfer in the world,” Grainger said of Simson following the playoff loss.  

Due to the five-plus inches of rain that fell in the Advance, NC area from Sunday night through Tuesday, the championship format was shortened to 36 holes.

Oak Valley Golf Course played as par 71 for round one but was reverted back to the traditional par 72 for the final round. The 360-yard par four 10th hole was converted to a par 3 for round one due to unplayable wet fairway conditions. 

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Charleston's Katie Higgins Wins 86th Women's Carolinas Amateur Championship
Charlotte's Patty Moore Captures her 9th WCGA Senior Trophy

HANAHAN,  SC --- May 167, 2012 - Final results of the 86th Women's Carolinas Amateur Championship hosted by Yeamans Hall Club on Thursday, May 17, 2012.  Par 36-36--72 5,922 yards.

After a four hour and ten minute suspension of play due to lightening in the area Katie Rose Higgins of Charleston, SC captured the 86th Women's Carolinas Amateur Championship by one stroke over 17-year-local Katelyn Dambaugh of Goose Creek, SC.  Most players had only three to four holes to finish before play was suspended due to dangerous weather in the area.  All flights with the exception of the championship flight were shortened to 36 holes.

 Katie Rose Higgins  "Even though we had a long delay, I was glad to finish," Higgins said.  "It's always nice to win a championship without an asterisk next to the score. 

I was able to stay focused on my own game all throughout the day and I kept sticking to my plan."  Dambaugh's tough and competitive nature would not give up though.  She was always lurking around and fighting her way back to try and take the lead away from Higgins.  Dambaugh headed into the 18th hole two behind Katie Rose Higgins.  Dambaugh would reach the

the par 5 18th in two for a chance at eagle but missed.  Higgins made her two putt for par to win by one stroke.  "This is a special championship with a    long history and I'm glad to have my name on the trophy along with so many other wonderful champions." 

In the Carolinas Tee division Carole Jones of Hillsborough, NC won the overall Super Senior trophy and had the overall low score of the division.  This division plays a shorter course and was shortened to 36 holes due to dangerous weather in the area.

In the senior division, Patty Moore of Charlotte, NC won her 9th WCGA Senior trophy over Angela Stewart of Greenville, NC by one stroke. - Complete scoring......

 
 
 

Malnati Takes 36-Hole Lead at Willow Creek Hometown Favorite Weaver Sits Alone in Second

High Point, NC – On his first hole of the second round of the eGolf Tour’s Willow Creek Open, Peter Malnati of Dandridge, TN laced a perfect 3-wood tee shot that bounded through the dogleg-right fairway and nestled into one of the many tree roots that line the classic Willard Byrd-designed course. With his ball sitting in a virtual hole of sunken tree root, Malnati did his best to “top the ball 12 yards from where it laid,” and from there hit a perfect 8-iron to 1 foot to save par. That early drama set up a second-round 67 for the former Missouri standout, who will now take a one-shot lead into Friday’s final round of the 54-hole event.

The Willow Creek Open is the ninth of

 24 scheduled events on the 2012 eGolf Tour schedule, and is being contested this week at Willow Creek Country Club in High Point, NC. The event is the third of 10 scheduled 54-hole events on the tour’s 2012 schedule. 

Malnati began his second round in a tie for second place and trailing overnight leader Matt Hill after a first-round 65 on Wednesday. His opening hole impression of the great Seve Ballesteros gave way to birdies on Nos. 4, 6 and 8 to give Malnati a 3-under 33 on his outward nine, which in turn pushed him to 10-under for the week.

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Vaita Guillaume tied for fourth after first round of NCAA'S East Regional

GREENSBORO, N.C. – May 17, 2012 - Vaita Guillaume of Campbell University shot a two-under-par 70 and is tied for fourth place following Thursday’s opening round of the NCAA East Regional men’s golf championship at the Grandover Resort East Course. 

A senior from Papeete, Tahiti, Guillaume made five birdies on the day, including a four on the par-five 18th hole to pull within three strokes of individual leader Matt Schovee of SMU.  The 54-hole event continues through Saturday’s final round at the par-72, 7271-yard Grandover East layout.

Playing in his third career NCAA regional tournament, Guillaume made

three bogeys, including one on the par-  five second hold.  However, he had birdies on the par-4 fourth and ninth holes to make the turn at one-under 35.  The Big South Conference player of the year made bogey on the par-4 11th, but then birdied the par-three 12th and par-four 14th before scoring four on the par-three 16th. 

Guillaume has shot 70 or better in 16 of his 30 rounds this year, including a collegiate career-low 64 when he won last month’s Wofford Coca Cola Invitational, his fourth individual title of the season.

Twelve players in the 75-man field, that includes 14 teams and five individuals, finished Thursday’s round below par. 

Schovee holds a two-stroke lead over his SMU teammate Harry Higgs and John Young Kim of Tulsa.  Guillaume stands in a 5-way tie at two-under with M.J. Daffue of Lamar and Liberty teammates Robert Karlsson and Chase Marinell. 

The top five teams and low individual not on those teams at each of six regionals will advance to the NCAA Championship, May 29-June 3 at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. 

Liberty sits atop the team leader board at five-under 283, five strokes better than SMU (288).  Tulsa (293) and UNLV (293) are tied for third, followed by Texas Tech (294), Louisiana-Lafayette (295) and Lamar (295). - Complete scoring......

 
 
 
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. - May 17, 2012 - The Methodist men's golf team shaved eight strokes on their team score Thursday to create distance from the field while they held onto second place. Oglethorpe maintains a stronghold on the lead at 867 (285-292-290) while the Monarchs are in second at 883 (291-300-292). Transylvania is nine strokes back in third at 892 (308-288-296).

Oglethorpe's Anthony Maccaglia had another sparkling round finishing four
under for the day with a 68. He has a seven stroke lead over teammate Hayden Jones with a three-day total of 207 (68-71-68).

Methodist's Mike Duncan made a run up the standings finishing three under on Thursday with seven birdies. The senior is currently tied for sixth at 219 (75-75-69).  Andrew Bateman shot a 74 to jump five spots into a tie for 12th at 221 (70-77-74).  Robby Bruns had a tough front nine, but came back and finished three under on the back nine to

tie for 31st with a 225 (76-72-77). Dakun Chang made a leap up the standings on Thursday with an even par 72 to tie Bruns and five other competitors at 225 (77-76-72). Mike Wesko managed four birdies on the day, but is currently tied for 52nd at 230 (70-77-83).

The tournament concludes on Friday as the field plays the final round on the El Campeon course. Wesko will start things off for the Monarchs as they tee off beginning at 9:05 a.m. Fans can follow along with live scoring HERE. 

NC State Men’s Golf Tied for 7th at NCAA Ann Arbor Regional

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – May 17, 2012 - The NC State men’s golf team is tied for seventh after Thursday’s opening round of the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional at U-M Golf Course. The Wolfpack fired a team score of 6-over 290.

Sophomore All-American Albin Choi fired a 2-under 69 and is tied for fifth, just two shots off the lead. He had a team-leading five birdies, including four in the first seven holes that got him to -4 for the day. Two late bogeys at Nos. 7 and 8 saw him fall off the pace a bit, but he did birdie No. 9 to finish strong.

Senior Mark McMillen bogeyed the opening three holes (Nos. 10-12), but rallied with birdies at 13, 18 and one on the front-nine at No. 5 to finish where he began at even-par and is tied for 15th. His 12 pars on the day ranked

among the most in the field on Thursday.

Junior Mitchell Sutton opened with seven-consecutive pars, before finishing 17 and 18 going bogey-double-bogey to make the turn at +3. He answered back with birdies at 2, 7 and 9 to offset bogeys at 4 and 8 to finish at 2-over 73 and is tied for 31st.

Senior Chad Day is tied for 56th after shooting a 6-over 77 with a birdie at the par-4 sixth hole.

Seniors Graham Baillargeon finished at 8-over 79 and is tied for 65th. He was even through his first eight holes, but doubled 18, 4 and 6 and wound up eight-above-par over his final 10 holes.

Eighth-seed TCU owns an eight-stroke lead after shooting a 6-under 278. Third-seed Kent State is second at 3-over 286,

 while No. 7-seed Kennesaw State and fourth-seed Virginia are tied for third at 3-over 287. Three players sit atop the individual leader board at 4-under 67 – Julien Brun (TCU), Joakim Mikkelsen (Baylor) and Anthony Paolucci (Southern Cal).

The low five teams at the regional and the low individual not on a qualifying team will advance to the NCAA Championship, to be held May 29-June 3 at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

NC State begins Friday’s second round at 8 a.m., off hole No. 10. The Wolfpack will play with Oklahoma State and Purdue.

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UNCW Tied Forth 5th At Athens Regional

ATHENS, Georgia – May 17, 2012 - Led by Payne McLeod and Ryan Nagy, both at one-under, UNCW finished the opening round of the Athens Regional of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships tied with Houston for fifth-place at two-under-par.

Fourth-ranked Alabama leads the

regional field after carding a 15-under-par in the opening round. Tenth-ranked North Florida is second, just two strokes behind the Crimson Tide.

UNF’s Kevin Aylwin holds the medalist lead with a six-under-par 65 in the opening round.
McLeod and Nagy are tied for 17th

overall while Thomas Bass and Patrick Sawrey are tied for 26th, both finished with a one-under-par 71.

Rounding out the Seahawks lineup was Stefan Brewer with an opening round 80.

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Braves Finish 10th At NCAA Championships, Break PBC Record

SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. Michael Mullman tallied six birdies en route to a 1-under-par 71 and Jordan Walor carded a 1-over-par 73, but fourth-ranked UNCP was unable to find its way back among the top eight teams and finished their stay at the NCAA Championships with a 10th place finish on Thursday.

Walor (-2) exited the three-round tournament at 2-under-par and settled for a 14th place finish despite turning in below-par scores in each of the first two rounds of the event. Mullman (+5) turned in his best score of the tournament en route to finishing in a tie for 39th place, while Carson Lanier (+6) concluded the event in a tie for 46th after carding a 3-over-par 75 on Thursday. Seniors Jonathan McCurry (+11) and Scott Lambert shot 76 and 77, respectively, in the final round of stoke play and shared 71st place on the final

individual leaderboard.

UNCP (+15) booked its second-best round of the week and came off the course in a tie for 12th, but jumped up two spots as the rest of the field battled extremely windy conditions at the University of Louisville's Cardinal Club as well. The short trek up the leaderboard was not enough, though, as the Black & Gold finished six strokes off of Central Missouri who grabbed the eighth and final spot heading into Friday's match play quarterfinal round.

Seventh-ranked Chico State (-13) will head into match play as the top seed and will take on eighth-seeded Central Missouri (+9) in Friday's match play quarterfinals. Other matchups on Friday will include top-ranked Nova Southeastern (-9) against 14th-ranked USC Aiken (+6), 13th-ranked Central Oklahoma (-8) against second-ranked

Barry (+2) and third-ranked CSU-Stanislaus (-6) against 18th-ranked Georgia College (-2).

The Braves, who finished third or better in 10 of the 12 events they competed in this season, also set a new Peach Belt Conference single season record by concluding their 2011-12 campaign with a 288.84 stroke average. That number breaks a two-year old league record set by Georgia College who registered a 289.77 stroke average during the 2009-10 campaign.

Walor, who ranks second in PBC history with eight career victories, concluded his senior campaign with a school record 71.39 stroke average – the third-best average in league annals, and the lowest since Clayton State's Will Wilcox posted a PBC record 71.06 stroke average during the 2008-09 season. - Complete scoring.....

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Duke in 11th at NCAA East Regional
Sumrall & Paolini Post One-Over 73s

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Duke men’s golf team, ranked 18th in the latest Golf World / Nike Golf Coaches’ Poll, is 11th after one round of play after shooting a 13-over 301 in the opening round of the NCAA East Regional at the Grandover Resort East Course (par 72, 7,271 yards). Junior Adam Sumrall and Brinson Paolini paced the Blue Devils with one-over 73s on Thursday. 

“You don’t want to dig yourself a hole to get out of but these guys know how to climb,” said head coach Jamie Green. “They have done it before, they did it at regionals at Notre Dame in 2010, and what I told them after the round was how much I believe in them and how much I know they believe in themselves. Everybody has something unique that if they could step back and do over again they would but what’s past is past. These guys have already regrouped and gotten themselves ready for tomorrow. There is no time for looking back, so we are going to use the time we have to do what has to be done to move forward.”

Liberty posted the only under-par team round on the day and holds the first round lead with a five-under 283. SMU is five shots back at even-par with Tulsa (+5, 293), UNLV (+5, 293) and Texas Tech (+6, 294) rounding out the top five. Duke enters tomorrow’s second round seven shots out of fifth place. The top five teams after 54 holes

of play advance to the NCAA Championship at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. 

SMU’s Matt Schovee holds the individual lead after firing a five-under 67. He holds a two-shot lead over teammate Harry Higgs and John Young Kim of Tulsa. Sumrall and Paolini are tied for 15th at one-over after 18 holes of play. 

With Duke starting the day on the back nine, Sumrall opened up with back-to-back pars before going through a birdie-bogey-birdie-bogey stretch. He finished off the back nine with three more pars to make the turn at even-par. The South Bend, Ind., native suffered a bogey on No. 1 but quickly recovered with a birdie on the par 5 second hole. Sumrall parred the next six holes, narrowly missing birdie putts on No. 7 and No. 8, before closing with a bogey on the par 4 ninth hole.

Paolini carded a birdie on No. 10 to start the tournament but dropped back to even-par with a bogey on No. 11. The Virginia Beach, Va., native birdied the par 3 12th hole before again suffering a bogey on the very next hole. He closed off the back nine with five straight pars to make the turn at even-par. Paolini added a birdie on the par 5 second hole to move back to one-under but carded three bogeys over the next four holes to slip to +2. He bounced back to finish par-birdie-par for a one-over 73. 

Senior Spencer Anderson also played the back nine at even-par with five pars, two birdies (No. 12 & No. 18) and two bogeys on holes No. 10-18. Anderson nearly carded an ace on the par 3 12th hole as he tee shot settled less than a foot from the cup. After the turn he tacked on six more pars but also suffered two bogeys and a double-bogey en route to a four-over 76. He enters tomorrow’s second round tied for 39th.

Junior Julian Suri suffered his worst round of the season while nursing a wrist injury throughout the opening round. The St. Augustine, Fla.,  native finished with a seven-over 79 and was penalized by three tee balls that went out of play and resulted in a pair of double-bogeys and a triple-bogey. Suri closed the day with 13 pars despite struggling off the tee box throughout the round. 

Austin Cody, a sophomore from North Charleston, S.C., also posted a seven-over 79 in the opening round. He and Suri are tied for 60th overall. Cody had 11 pars and seven bogeys on the day and was plagued by a cold putter on Thursday. 

Duke opens second round play on Friday at 8:50 a.m. off No. 10 at the Grandover Resort East Course. The Blue Devils will be paired with Florida and Charlotte. Live scoring for the event is available at www.golfstat.com.

Men’s Golf Opens NCAA Regional With Up And Down Round Of 284
Demon Deacons are in eighth place after the opening round
ATHENS, Ga. – The Wake Forest men’s golf team opened the NCAA Regional at the University of Georgia Golf Club on Thursday with a round of even-par 284 and sits in eighth place after round one.
 
The Deacons had a bit of an up and down day. They got off to a slow start and were 4-over par at one point. But eight birdies in a six-hole span lifted the Deacs to 4-under par and into fourth place early in the back nine. However, a tough finish left Wake with a round of even-par 284.
 
The Deacs are in eighth place at even-par and trail Houston and UNC Wilmington by just two shots for fifth place. The top-5 teams and top individual not on one of those five teams at the end of the 54-hole event will advance to the NCAA Championship.
Juniors Evan Beck and Charlie Harrison each carded rounds of 1-under 70 on Thursday. Harrison made four birdies in a six-hole stretch midway through his round and was as low as 3-under par. Beck made two birdies and two bogeys through the first 14 holes and then finished his round with a solid birdie at No. 18. For Harrison, it was his first under-par round since the final round of the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate on Feb. 21. For Beck, it was just his second under-par round of the spring.
 
Senior Lee Bedford had an up and down day as well. He made a total of four birdies on the day but finished with a double-bogey six on No. 18 to post an even-par round of 71. Bedford is currently in a tie for XX with 36 holes to go.

Sophomore Thomas Birdsey shook off a double-bogey on his second hole of the

 day and would play even-par golf the rest of the round to post a 2-over 73. Freshman Cyrus Stewart, playing in his first regional, got off to a tough start and carded an 11-over 82.
 
Top-seeded Alabama got four under-par rounds and made just one bogey on the final nine holes as a team to grab the opening round lead at 15-under par. Behind the top-two individuals, North Florida is in second place at 13-under. UNF’s Kevin Aylwin shot a 6-under 65 while teammate MJ Maguire posted a 5-under 66. East Carolina is 8-under par and in third place while host Georgia is 4-under and in fourth place.
 
The Demon Deacons will start the second round Friday morning at 8 a.m. off the 10th tee. Golfstat.com will have live scoring of the final two rounds. - Complete scoring...........

Charlotte 49ers Grind Out NCAA Regional First Round Performance

After struggling at the start, the Charlotte 49ers found themselves grinding out a first round performance at the NCAA Greensboro Regional to stay within striking distance for Friday's second round. 

Charlotte finished round one at 15-over par, 20 strokes out of first place and nine strokes out of the top five that will advance past round three into the 30-team NCAA Championships.

But it could have been very different. 

"We got off to a slow start but we hung in there and battled back," said 49ers first-year head coach Ryan Cabbage."We were 13-over after six holes and did some good things in the

middle part of the round, the late part of the round.  As I told the guys, 'we didn't play our best today but we didn't play ourselves out of it." 

Seniors Olafur Loftsson, Rafael Guerrero and Tyler Mitchell all shot even par on the second nine as Charlotte battled to remain in contention.  The 49ers are just five strokes back of ninth-place Indiana and will be paired with 10th-place Florida (+11) and 11th-place Duke (+13) in round two.

Guerrero, for instance was six-over par after the first four holes, but played the final 14 in one-under par to finish at +5, 77.  Mitchell was five-over through the first five holes and played even-par over the final 13 to also finish at five-over par,
77. 

"We started making a few birdies around the turn," Cabbage added.  "We did some better things on our last nine holes and kind of settled in a little bit and that is encouraging because it's something we can build on for round two." 

Freshman Raoul Menard led the 49ers with a two-over par round of 74 while Loftsson shot three-over par 75 to pace the 49ers. 

Liberty has the first round lead at five-under par, five strokes ahead of second-place SMU (E, 288).  Tulsa (+5), UNLV (+5) and Texas Tech (+6) round out the top five. -  Complete scoring......

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