Men's Golf Finishes Fourth at UNCG

Oct. 28, 2008

FOREST OAKS, NC - - The University of Louisville men's golf team finished in fourth place just nine shots behind Duke University, who rallied for a four-shot win over Michigan State at the 2008 UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate at Forest Oaks Country Club.

The Blue Devils overcame a five-shot deficit and overtook Michigan on the final day for the win. Duke finished at 869, followed by Michigan State at 873. The Wolverines finished third at 874. Louisville, the defending champion and winner of two of the three previous team titles, finished in fourth. Tournament host UNCG was fifth at 888.

Payne Gniewek of Michigan State and Max Scorodo of Notre Dame tied for the individual lead. Both players finished at 213 for the 54-hole tournament, three-under par. Due to travel considerations, a playoff was not held and the duo were declared co-champions.

For the Cardinals, freshman Riley Wheeldon played the round of his career, firing 74-71-72=217 to place in a tie for seventh overall. It was the best finish in his brief career for the Cardinals.

Senior Adam Hadwin tied for ninth with 75-69-74=218, while freshman Connor Arendell was tied for 26th after carding 77-70-76=223. Sophomore Lewis Kirton tied for 30th with his 77-74-73=224 and sophomore Karsten Clements was tied for 49th overall with 73-76-80=229.

Seven teams - Louisville, Mississippi State, Duke, Michigan State, Memphis, Michigan and Purdue - were participants in the NCAA Tournament last spring. Currently, Michigan is ranked No. 25 in the Golf World/Nike Coaches Poll with Duke close behind as the first team in the others receiving votes category. Michigan State, Pepperdine, Louisville, Mississippi State are also currently receiving votes in the Nike Poll. According to the Golfstat rankings (based on final place in tournaments), Pepperdine (28), Michigan State (34), Minnesota (35), Duke (37), Michigan (41), Louisville (42) and Mississippi State (45) are all ranked in the Top 50 currently.

The top-ranked individuals playing in the tournament according to Golfstat included Pepperdine's Andrew Putman (77th) and Louisville's Adam Hadwin (93). Hadwin tied for ninth and Putnam tied for 19th.


AGATETEAM SCORINGDuke University -291 -289 -289 --869Michigan State -293 -286 -294 --873Michigan, U. of -293 -282 -299 --874Louisville, U. of -299 -284 -295 --878UNCG -296 -291 -301 --888Pepperdine -300 -285 -304 --889Eastern Michigan U. -313 -280 -297 --890Notre Dame, U. of -297 -292 -301 --890Minnesota -297 -294 -303 --894Mississippi St. U. -299 -305 -293 --897Memphis, U. of -303 -286 -309 --898Maryland, U. of -299 -290 -309 --898Toledo -310 -298 -307 --915South Alabama, U. of -312 -299 -309 --920
INDIVIDUAL SCORINGPayne Gniewek, Michigan State - 69 -  70 - 74 -- 213Max Scodro, Notre Dame, U. of - 70 -  72 - 71 -- 213Bill Rankin, Michigan, U. of - 75 -  64 - 75 -- 214Adam Long, Duke University - 73 -  72 - 71 -- 216Drew Younts, N. Car.- Greensboro - 76 -  70 - 70 -- 216Carlos Sainz, Mississippi St. U. - 70 -  76 - 70 -- 216Riley Wheeldon, Louisville, U. of - 74 -  71 - 72 -- 217Spencer Anderson, Duke University - 72 -  71 - 74 -- 217Jack Newman, Michigan State - 69 -  77 - 72 -- 218Adam Hadwin, Louisville, U. of - 75 -  69 - 74 -- 218Marc-Ettienne Bussieres, South Alabama, U. of - 73 -  74 - 71 -- 218Lion Kim, Michigan, U. of - 69 -  74 - 76 -- 219Ross Millman, Michigan, U. of - 76 -  73 - 71 -- 220Graham Baillargeon, Michigan State - 78 -  68 - 74 -- 220Josh Anderson, Pepperdine - 74 -  71 - 75 -- 220Yu Katayama, Minnesota - 72 -  72 - 76 -- 220Michael Quagliano, Duke University - 78 -  72 - 70 -- 220Brandon Lemons, Eastern Michigan U. - 76 -  69 - 75 -- 220Alexander Sitompul, Michigan, U. of - 73 -  71 - 77 -- 221Ben Pisani, Minnesota - 74 -  73 - 74 -- 221Andrew Putnam, Pepperdine - 75 -  69 - 77 -- 221Christopher Ross, Eastern Michigan U. - 78 -  70 - 73 -- 221John Popeck, Maryland, U. of - 72 -  73 - 76 -- 221Shane Mason, Pepperdine - 77 -  70 - 75 -- 222Connor Alan-Lee, Notre Dame, U. of - 72 -  74 - 76 -- 222Connor Arendell, Louisville, U. of - 77 -  70 - 76 -- 223Marty Jeppesen, Eastern Michigan U. - 79 -  70 - 74 -- 223Will Bowman, N. Car.- Greensboro - 73 -  75 - 75 -- 223Jean-Hubert Trahan, Toledo - 73 -  75 - 75 -- 223Lewis Kirton, Louisville, U. of - 77 -  74 - 73 -- 224Stefan Erdedi, Memphis, U. of - 81 -  71 - 72 -- 224Jordan Payne, Memphis, U. of - 72 -  70 - 82 -- 224Clark Klaasen, Duke University - 73 -  77 - 74 -- 224Wes Roach, Duke University - 73 -  74 - 77 -- 224Donnie Shin, Maryland, U. of - 76 -  71 - 77 -- 224Noah Goldman, Mississippi St. U. - 74 -  78 - 72 -- 224Randy Hutchison, Michigan State - 77 -  74 - 74 -- 225Brad Benjamin, Memphis, U. of - 76 -  76 - 73 -- 225Matt Thompson*, Michigan, U. of - 78 -  72 - 75 -- 225Chris Gold, Maryland, U. of - 76 -  73 - 76 -- 225David Heyen*, N. Car.- Greensboro - 74 -  73 - 78 -- 225Carl Smith IV, Pepperdine - 74 -  75 - 77 -- 226Doug Fortner, Notre Dame, U. of - 82 -  72 - 73 -- 227Darragh Coghlan, N. Car.- Greensboro - 73 -  76 - 78 -- 227Daniel Burns, South Alabama, U. of - 79 -  74 - 75 -- 228Kyle Sonday, N. Car.- Greensboro - 78 -  72 - 78 -- 228Andrew Kay, Maryland, U. of - 75 -  73 - 80 -- 228Brian Mason, Mississippi St. U. - 77 -  76 - 75 -- 228Karsten Clements, Louisville, U. of - 73 -  76 - 80 -- 229Derek Chang, Minnesota - 77 -  74 - 78 -- 229Will Almand, N. Car.- Greensboro - 74 -  74 - 81 -- 229Nic Carbary, Eastern Michigan U. - 80 -  71 - 79 -- 230Nathan Wine, Toledo - 77 -  77 - 76 -- 230Victor Almstrom, Minnesota - 80 -  75 - 76 -- 231Olavo Batista, Notre Dame, U. of - 76 -  74 - 81 -- 231Brandon Bunn, Memphis, U. of - 75 -  71 - 85 -- 231Jack Hiluta, South Alabama, U. of - 78 -  73 - 80 -- 231Brad Larente, Eastern Michigan U. - 81 -  75 - 75 -- 231Jerel Whiting, Toledo - 80 -  75 - 76 -- 231Thomas Campbell, Minnesota - 74 -  81 - 77 -- 232Josh Bevell, Mississippi St. U. - 78 -  76 - 78 -- 232Logan Young, Mississippi St. U. - 80 -  77 - 76 -- 233Phil Snow, Michigan State - 80 -  74 - 80 -- 234Nick Pumford, Michigan, U. of - 78 -  75 - 82 -- 235Jack Belote, Memphis, U. of - 80 -  74 - 82 -- 236Chris Walker, Notre Dame, U. of - 79 -  76 - 81 -- 236Jorge Mazario, Pepperdine - 80 -  79 - 78 -- 237Chris Miller*, Maryland, U. of - 80 -  74 - 84 -- 238Jack Snyder, Toledo - 88 -  71 - 80 -- 239Dickon Housman*, N. Car.- Greensboro - 77 -  83 - 81 -- 241Joey Rice, Maryland, U. of - 82 -  79 - 82 -- 243Dugan Murphy, Toledo - 80 -  84 - 81 -- 245Cody Klein , South Alabama, U. of - 82 -  78 - 88 -- 248Grant Price, South Alabama, U. of - 90 -  83 - 83 -- 256Ryan Heisey*, N. Car.- Greensboro - 78 - A - 81 -- -John Isenhour*, N. Car.- Greensboro - W - W - W -- -
*individual golfer

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