John Hayt Collegiate Invitational Final Round Results
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Feb. 20, 2007
Ponte Vedra, Fla. (www.ucfathletics.com) - The UCF men's golf team earned a share of fourth place with a three-round total of 899 (+35) at the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational. The Knights concluded the three-day event at the Par 72, 6,805-yard Sawgrass Country Club with a team score of 300 (+12).
Alabama won the event by 10 strokes over fellow SEC-foe Vanderbilt and Coastal Carolina, who tied for second with scores of 891 (+27). The Knights shared fourth with fellow Conference USA member UAB, UCLA and Georgia State.
Local product Preston Brown (Ponte Vedra, Fla./Nease) carded the team's best round for the second day in a row with a two-over 74. Brown, a sophomore, moved up in the individual standings after the second and third rounds to end the tournament in a tie for 15th.
Brown's classmate Greg Forest (Palm City, Fla./Martin County) was the top Golden Knight finisher, placing fifth by himself with a three-round total of 219 (+3). The top 10 finish was Forest's second of his career - as a freshman he tied for second at the 2006 UCF/Rio Pinar Collegiate Invitational.
Junior Giwon Suh (Orlando, Fla./Olympia) finished just outside the top 10, tying for 11th with a total score of 223 (+7). Suh made five birdies during his round.
Freshmen Mike Stern (Miami, Fla./Killian), who tied for 51st with a three-round total of 232 (+16), and Nuno Henriques (Funchal, Portugal/The Pendleton School) also were in the line-up for the Golden Knights. Henriques ended the tournament in a tie for 72nd (239, +23).
The Golden Knights return to the links at the Seminole Intercollegiate, March 4-6.
Team LeaderboardRank Team R1 R2 R3 Total1 Alabama 303 291 287 881 (+17)2 Vanderbilt 304 295 292 891 (+27)2 Coastal Carolina 309 289 293 891 (+27)4 UAB 312 293 294 899 (+35)4 UCF 315 284 300 899 (+35)4 UCLA 309 297 293 899 (+35)4 Georgia State 305 297 297 899 (+35)8 North Florida 309 298 293 900 (+36)9 Tennessee 313 302 294 909 (+45)10 Pepperdine 311 309 290 910 (+46)11 Charlotte 307 305 299 911 (+47)12 South Carolina 311 311 291 913 (+49)13 Notre Dame 311 314 295 920 (+56)13 Augusta State 307 303 310 920 (+56)15 LSU 310 303 308 921 (+57)
Individual LeaderboardRank Player (Place) R1 R2 R3 Total1 Kevin Chappell (UCLA) 72 73 69 (214, -2)2 Jon Curran (Vanderbilt) 73 71 71 (215, -1)3 Dustin Johnson (Coastal Carolina) 73 68 75 (216, E)4 Gator Todd (Alabama) 75 73 69 (217, +1)5 Greg Forest (UCF) 76 69 75 (220, +4)
UCF Individual Statistics (Top four scores of each round count towards team score)Player (Place) R1 R2 R3 TotalGreg Forest (T5) 76 69 75 220 (+4)Giwon Suh (T11) 79 69 75 223 (+7)Preston Brown (T15) 81 69 74 224 (+8)Mike Stern (T51) 79 77 76 232 (+16)Nuno Henriques (T72) 84 78 77 239 (+23)