March 27, 2007
Orlando, Fla. (www.ucfathletics.com) - Sophomore Greg Forest (Palm City, Fla./Martin County) helped lead the UCF men's golf team to a fourth-place finish at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Invitational in Awendaw, S.C. Forest was the top Knight finisher overall as he tied for second, equaling his career-best finish with a three-round total of 206 (-7).
The tie for second was the highest finish by a UCF golfer this season and the third top-10 finish of Forest's season and fourth of his career. Overall, the Knights posted a team score of 846 (-6), which was their lowest of the season and fourth-lowest in school history.
Sophomore Preston Brown (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Nease) turned in the best round of the day as he was the only UCF golfer to finish under par in his final round. Brown posted a 70 (-1) to finish in a tie for 13th (212, -1).
Baylor (840, -12) and Wake Forest (840, -12) both surged to the top of the leaderboard to share first place in the team standings after final rounds of 277 (-7) and 278 (-6), respectively. The Golden Knights (846, -6) posted a 289 (+5) to conclude the three-day tournament at the Bulls Bay Golf Club. Florida State (845, -7) took third.
Augusta State's Wallace Booth shot a final round 65 (-6) to edge Forest and Wake Forest's Webb Simpson by one shot to earn medalist honors at 205 (-8).
UCF Freshmen Nuno Henriques (Funchal, Portugal/The Pendleton School) finished the tournament with an even-par total of 213. Henriques tied for 17th to give the Knights three top-20 finishers for the fourth time this season.
Junior Giwon Suh (Orlando, Fla./Olympia) played consistent golf throughout the three days, posting scores of 71 (E), 72 (+1) and 72 (+1), respectively to finish in a tie for 26th (215, +2).
Freshman Mike Stern (Miami, Fla./Killian) posted a 74 (+3) in his final 18 holes.
The Knights finished higher than four teams that were ranked ahead of them in latest Golfweek team standings, which should help their positioning for a possible at-large bid to the NCAA Regionals in mid-May.
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Team Leaderboard - (Final Round)Rank Team Totals1 Wake Forest 283-279-278 = 840 (-12) Baylor 283-280-277 = 840 (-12)3 Florida State 274-289-282 = 845 (-7)4 UCF 270-288-288 = 846 (-6)5 Augusta State 286-292-277 = 855 (+3)6 Duke 288-291-281 = 860 (+8)7 North Carolina 287-293-282 = 862 (+10)8 Coastal Carolina 285-290-288 = 863 (+11)9 South Carolina 289-294-283 = 866 (+14)10 North Carolina State 297-293-281 = 871 (+19) LSU 288-288-295 = 871 (+19)12 College of Charleston 291-295-289 = 875 (+23)13 Kentucky 301-285-290 = 876 (+24)14 Vanderbilt 292-300-293 = 885 (+33)15 Arkansas 307-293-294 = 894 (+42)
Individual LeaderboardRank Player (School) Total1 Wallace Booth (Augusta State) 71-69-66 = 205 (-8)2 Greg Forest (UCF) 66-67-73 = 206 (-7) Webb Simpson (Wake Forest) 72-68-66 = 206 (-7)4 Jeremy Frye (Baylor) 68-69-70 = 207 (-6) Martin Ureta (North Carolina) 72-69-66 = 207 (-6)
UCF Individuals (Place)Greg Forest (T2) 66-67-73 = 206 (-7)Preston Brown (T13) 66-76-70 = 212 (-1)Nuno Henriques (T17) 67-73-73 = 213 (E)Giwon Suh (T26) 71-72-71 = 215 (+2)Mike Stern (T63) 74-78-74 = 226 (+13)