April 24, 2007

Charlottesville, VA - The Virginia men's golf team wraps up the 2007 regular season when it plays host to the 20th annual Cavalier Classic at the par-72, 7,000-yard Birdwood Golf Course April 28 and 29. The 54-hole tournament will feature 36 holes of competition 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, Central Arkansas, James Madison, Maryland, UNC Greensboro, Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth and William & Mary.

Maryland won the tournament last year with a score of 7-over 871. Virginia's Orange Team was second at 879, James Madison was third at 894, VCU placed fourth at 891 and the Virginia Blue Team was fifth at 901.

The last time the Cavaliers took top honors was in 1997. Virginia has also won the event in 1995, 1990 and 1988.

Virginia senior Brad Tilley defeated Maryland's Blaine Beffley in a marathon seven-hole playoff for medalist honors after they finished regulation tied at 216. Tilley became the first UVa golfer to capture top honors at the Cavalier Classic since Simon Cooke did it in 1994 by shooting 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
(1986-2006)

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
2006   Maryland             295-281-295-871
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
2006   Brad Tille*, Virginia              72-73-71-216
       Blaine Peffley, Maryland           73-68-75-216
Key: 
* Won playoff for medalist honors

$  Played at Keswick Club (par 71)

There were two Classics in 1995 (distinguished by F for Fall)