UCF Men's Golf Finishes Fourth At Hootie At Bulls Bay InvitationalUCF Men's Golf Finishes Fourth At Hootie At Bulls Bay Invitational

UCF Men's Golf Finishes Fourth At Hootie At Bulls Bay Invitational

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)
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