April 24, 2006

Charlottesville, VA - The Virginia men's golf team will host the 19th annual Cavalier Classic at Birdwood Golf Course April 29 and 30. The 54-hole tournament will feature 36 holes of play on Saturday and a single round on Sunday. Both rounds will begin at 8:30 a.m. from the first and 10th tees.

The field for this year's tournament includes Belmont, Boston College, James Madison, Maryland, UNC Greensboro, NC State, Princeton, Towson State and Virginia Commonwealth. UVa will split to field a Blue and Orange team. NC State will only compete as individuals and not be a counter in the team competition.

Last year William and Mary captured the team title with a score of 28-over 892. The last time the Cavaliers took top honors was in 1997. Virginia has also won the event in 1995, 1990 and 1988. Gary Barton of the Tribe and Taylor Crosby of NC State tied for first at 2-over 218 in 2005. Barton won a playoff for medalist honors.

Virginia senior took top honors in 2004 when he was a member of the visiting Italian National Team. The only active Cavalier to win medalist honors was Simon Cooke in 1994 when he shot 8-under 208.

There is no live scoring for this event. Results will be posted on VirginiaSports.com after each round.

All-Time Cavalier Classic Results
(1986-2005)

Team Champions
1986   Furman               301-311-307-919
1987   NC State             309-291-299-899
1988   Virginia             292-295-296-883
1989   East Tennessee St.   298-285-298-881
1990   Virginia             296-286-285-867
1991   Georgia Tech         292-290-281-863
1992   Georgia Tech         289-294-285-868
1993   Georgia Tech         294-290-291-875
1994   Georgia Tech         279-284-296-859
1995   NC State             288-296-288-872
1995F  Virginia             291-295-279-865
       SMU                  296-289-280-865
1996$  North Carolina       285-283-277-845
1997$  Virginia             281-278-295-856
1998$  North Carolina       274-277-280-831
1999   Wake Forest          285-280-292-857
2001   East Tennessee St.       288-294-582
2004   UNC Wilmington       287-290-293-870
2005   William & Mary       293-299-300-892
Medalists
1986   Michael Warton-Palmer, Centenary   73-74-73-220
1987   John Hughes, North Carolina        70-70-77-217
1988   Roger Rowland, Augusta State       72-73-70-215
1989   Tee Burton, North Carolina         71-70-73-214
1990   Tee Burton, North Carolina         70-71-69-210
1991   Jon Hurst*, Old Dominion           68-71-71-210
       Steve Isley, NC State              68-71-71-210
1992   David Duval*, Georgia Tech         68-75-70-213
       Neil Connolly, UT Chattanooga      70-72-71-213
1993   David Duval, Georgia Tech          73-69-72-214
1994   Simon Cooke, Virginia              69-69-70-208
1995   John McCann, UNC Greensboro        73-66-72-211
1995F  Rob Bradley, North Carolina           68-72-140
1996$  Jason Buha, Duke                   67-69-68-204
1997$  Chad Wellhausen, Mississippi St.   68-70-68-206
1998$  Brad Hyler, North Carolina         65-67-70-202
1999   Jay Morgan, Wake Forest            70-68-72-210
2001   Mark Donaldson, Florida State         70-71-141
2004   Andrea Signor*, Italian Nat. Team  68-71-74-213
       Dustin Bray, North Carolina        70-70-73-213
2005   Gary Barton*, William & Mary       74-73-71-218
       Taylor Crosby, NC State            71-73-74-218
Key: 
$  Played at Keswick Club (par 71)
There were two Classics in 1995 (distinguished by F for Fall).