Greensboro, NC - Virginia junior Amory Davis tied the
Virginia tournament scoring record while winning the UNCG Bridgestone Golf
Collegiate Sunday. Davis shot 5-under 67 during the final round to win the
54-hole event by one shot at 11-under 205. Davis' total equaled the previous
best tournament scoring record set by Jimmy Flippen in 1995, Steve Marino in
2001 and Jeremy Luce in 2003.
Davis 205 also toppled the event's scoring record by a
single stroke.
Davis helped the Cavaliers to a second-place finish in the
15-team tournament that wraps up UVa's fall season. Virginia shot 7-under 281 during
the final round to complete the tournament at 14-under 850. Georgia Tech
finished seven shots ahead of UVa to win the team title.
The tournament marked the fifth time this fall the Cavaliers
finished in the top four of a tournament. UVa's score of 14-under-par was the
best tournament total during sixth-year Bowen Sargent's tenure at Virginia.
Davis' victory was the first of his career and marked the
second time this season a Cavalier has finished first at a tournament. Ben
Kohles tied for first place at the season-opening Maryland Intercollegiate. Davis'
previous best tournament score was 207 at the VCU Shootout in 2008.
Davis bogeyed just four holes over the course of the
tournament, recording 13 birdies and one eagle. He had six birdies and a single
bogey during the final round.
"I just made more long putts than I have ever made before,"
Davis said. "Seven of my putts were over 20 feet. I've never putted that good
in my life from that distance. My short putting wasn't nearly as good. I only
had four bogeys and three of those were three-putts and the fourth was a
three-putt from the fringe."
Will Collins shot 68 during the final round, his best
18-hole score this season, to give the Cavaliers a big boost Sunday. Collins
finished 15th overall at 2-under 214. Ben Kohles was 22nd at 215, including a
73 Sunday. Sophomore Bruce Woodall posted the best tournament score in his
career, shooting 2-over 218, to place 30th. He shot 75 during the final round.
Kyle Stough was 40th at 222, including a 73 Sunday.
"I'm very excited for Amory and the team," Sargent said.
"It was a tremendous fall season for us. To have two players win individual
championships, that says a lot about the depth of this team. We were very
consistent all semester. These guys have just done a tremendous job."
Virginia managed to defeat four teams ranked in Golfstat's
top-30 during the event including No. 12
Tennessee, No. 16 Augusta State, No. 21 Duke and No. 30 Virginia Tech. UVa
completed the fall with a head-to-head record of 60-9 in five tournaments.
UNCG Bridgestone Golf Collegiate
Par-72, 7,217 yards
Forest Oaks Country Club
Greensboro, NC
Final Results
1. Georgia Tech
283-281-279-843
2. Virginia
289-280-281-850
3. Michigan
283-277-293-853
4. Augusta State 287-283-284-854
5. Tennessee 288-282-291-861
6. North Carolina 293-284-287-864
7. Virginia Tech 291-291-288-870
8. Michigan State 286-284-301-871
9. Duke
290-283-299-872
10. Purdue
289-287-300-876
11. Toledo
291-291-295-877
12. UNC
Greensboro
284-296-301-881
13. VCU
288-291-304-883
13. Minnesota 293-291-299-883
15. Notre
Dame 302-289-297-888
Individual
Leaders
1. Amory Davis, Virginia 70-68-67-205
2. Jack Fields, North Carolina
72-63-71-206
2. Jack Newman, Michigan State
67-69-70-206
4. John Tyler Griffin, Georgia Tech 68-68-72-208
4. Mitchell Krywulycz, Augusta
State 69-69-70-208
6. Lion Kim, Michigan
70-69-70-209
6. Henrik Norlander, Augusta State 70-70-69-209
6. Ben Pisani, Minnesota
68-69-72-209
9. Kyle Scott, Georgia Tech
71-68-71-210
10. Jack Schultz,
Michigan
66-69-76-211
10. Matt
Thompson, Michigan
73-67-71-211
Virginia Results
1. Amory Davis 70-68-67-205
15. Will Collins 75-71-68-214
22. Ben
Kohles
73-69-73-215
30. Bruce Woodall 71-72-75-218
40. Kyle
Stough
75-74-73-222
Full Scoreboard
Courtesy: Jim Daves/UVa Media Relations
