No. 19 Cavalier Golfers Finish Second at VCU Shootout

Richmond, VA - The 19th-ranked Virginia men's golf team finished second at the VCU Shootout held at Hermitage Country Club in Richmond. The Cavaliers shot 8-over 296 during Tuesday's final round to come in five shots behind tournament champion UNC Wilmington. The Seahawks won the event at 8-over 872.

The Cavaliers out-dueled No. 18 Iowa and No. 47 Wake Forest down the stretch for runner-up honors. UVa finished at 877, the Demon Deacons were third at 879 and Iowa tied for fourth at 881. Wake Forest and Iowa were the two other schools in the 14-team field that played in last year's NCAA Championships.

UVa was led by the 10th-place performances of Amory Davis and Ben Kohles. Davis shot 1-over 73 during the final round, Virginia's best score on the day, to finish at 2-over 218. Kohles carded a 76 Tuesday to also complete play at 218.

Will Collins and Bruce Woodall both posted final rounds of 74. Collins was 15th overall at 219 while Woodall was 35th at 223. Woodall ended his round with a birdie to help the Cavaliers secure their second-place finish.

Steven Rojas, the fifth UVa player in the team competition, was 63rd at 231. Cole Willcox, playing as a non-scoring individual, was 42nd at 225. Gregor Orlando, also playing as an individual, was 67th at 232.

Charlotte's Corey Nagy took medalist honors by finishing at 6-under 210, including a final round of 70.

UVa returns to action this weekend when the Cavaliers compete in the Old Memorial Invitational in Tampa, Fla., Oct. 3-4.

VCU Shootout

Par-72, 6,955 yards

Hermitage Country Club

Richmond, Va.

Final Results

 1. UNC Wilmington  281-290-301-872

 2. Virginia        287-294-296-877

 3. Wake Forest     294-286-299-879

 4. Iowa            297-291-293-881

 4. Virginia Tech   291-294-296-881

 4. Penn State      300-288-293-881

 7. VCU             298-283-302-883

 8. UNC Greensboro  299-293-296-888

 9. Charlotte       298-296-296-890

10. East Carolina   297-293-301-891

10. Richmond        299-285-307-891

12. Wichita State   293-300-300-893

13. Maryland        296-306-304-906

14. Mercer          309-298-304-911

Individual Leaders

 1. Corey Nagy, Charlotte            69-71-70-210

 2. Brendan Gielow, Wake Forest      70-67-75-212

 3. Derek Wallace, UNC Wilmington    68-73-75-216

 4. Sam Beach, Richmond              71-71-75-217

 4. Brad Hopfinger, Iowa             72-72-73-217

 4. T.J. Howe, Penn State            73-68-76-217

 4. Blake Redmond, Virginia Tech     72-69-76-217

 4. Harold Varner, East Carolina     74-72-71-217

 4. Taylor Zimmerman, UNC Wilmington 69-73-75-217

10. Evan Boyer, VCU                  70-72-76-218

10. Amory Davis, Virginia            70-75-73-218

10. Kevin Foley, Penn State          74-72-72-218

10. Ben Kohles, Virginia             69-73-76-218

10. Vincent Nadeau, VCU              74-68-76-218

Virginia Results

10. Ben Kohles      69-73-76-218

10. Amory Davis     70-75-73-218

15. Will Collins    73-72-74-219

35. Bruce Woodall   75-74-74-223

42. Cole Willcox*   74-74-77-225

63. Steven Rojas    77-79-75-231

67. Gregor Orlando* 78-76-78-232

* Playing as individual