April 15, 2007
Orlando, Fla. (www.ucfathletics.com) - The UCF men's golf team posted a final round score of 291 to place 11th at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational. Freshman Nuno Henriques (Funchal, Portugal/The Pendleton School) shot the team's lowest round of the three-day event in Sunday's final round at the Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Ariz.
Henriques carded a 70 (-2) and was joined in red figures by junior Guwon Suh, who was the highest Knight finisher, tying for 30th. Suh fired a 71 (-1) to finish with a three-day total of 217 (+1).
Oregon (844, -20) led from wire-to-wire to post the team victory by three strokes over the host Sun Devils. New Mexico's Charlie Beljan captured medalist honors with a total of 201 (-15). The Ducks' Derek Sipe (204, -12) finished three shots behind to earn runner-up honors.
Sophomore Preston Brown (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Nease) was third among the Knight golfers. Brown shot a final round 74 (+2) and tied for 45th (219, +3).
Freshman Mike Stern tied for 50th after a final round 76 (+4). He finished with a three-day total of 221 (+5). Sophomore Greg Forest carded a 79 (+7) and was 12-over (228) for the tournament.
The Knights will return to action at the Conference USA Championship where they were runner-up as first-year members of the league a year ago. The Championships are slated for April 30-May 1 in Texarkana, Ark.
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Team Leaderboard - (Final Round)Rank Team Totals1 Oregon 277-279-288 = 844 (-20)2 Arizona State 281-283-283 = 847 (-17)3 Southern California 278-285-286 = 849 (-15)4 Texas A&M 282-279-289 = 850 (-14)5 Arizona 287-277-288 = 852 (-12)6 UNLV 285-284-285 = 854 (-10)7 Texas Tech 279-292-284 = 855 (-9)8 New Mexico 291-277-289 = 857 (-7)9 Oklahoma 282-287-291 = 860 (-4)10 California 287-287-299 = 873 (+9)11 UCF 291-292-291 = 874 (+10)12 Arizona State (B) 297-294-285 = 876 (+12)13 San Diego State 298-284-296 = 878 (+14)14 Fresno State 296-296-289 = 881 (+17)15 Baylor 288-298-303 = 889 (+25)16 Kansas State 289-307-297 = 893 (+29)
Individual LeaderboardRank Player (School) Total1 Charlie Beljan (New Mexico) 66-67-68 = 201 (-15)2 Derek Sipe (Oregon) 65-66-73 = 204 (-12)3 Rory Hie (Southern California) 67-69-69 = 205 (-11)4 Aaron Goldberg (San Diego State) 70-66-71 = 207 (-9)5 Jesse Schutte (Oklahoma) 68-70-70 = 208 (-8) Niklas Lemke (Arizona State) 72-67-69 = 208 (-8)
UCF Individuals (Place)Giwon Suh (T46) 72-74-71 = 217 (+1)Nuno Henriques (T59) 76-72-70 = 218 (+2)Preston Brown (T36) 73-72-74 = 219 (+3)Mike Stern (T36) 71-74-76 = 221 (+5)Greg Forest (T63) 75-74-79 = 228 (+12)