Arkansas Golfers Capture Title at Coastal Caro


MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The Arkansas golf team won their first team tournament title in five years when they finished in first place at the Coastal Carolina Invitational with a nine-over-par 873 after scoring rounds of 295, 296 and 282. The Razorbacks last won a tournament title in 1998 at the Kroger Intercollegiate when they shot 592.
"We really came from behind to win this tournament," Arkansas head coach Mike Ketcham said. "We got off to a good start, but struggled on the 14th and 15th holes, then came back to win on the 17th and 18th. It was a good win for us. We've come close a couple times this year, but it's good to know the feeling of winning. The key to winning for us was the consistency this team had. We always have one or two guys leading, but the team as a whole performed well. Hopefully, we'll be able to build on this for next week at the Morris Williams Invitational."
After the first day of play UNC-Wilmington (29) held a one stroke lead over Arkansas, but the Hogs were able to pull away when they shot a six-under-par 282 in the last round for a final score of 873. Virginia Tech was close behind in second when they shot a 284 in the final round for a total of 874.
All five UA golfers finished in the top 25. Junior Andrew Dahl led the team with a second place finish. Dahl shot a 70 in the third round to finish out the tournament with a 214 and two under par. It was his fourth top 10 finish of the season. Junior Seth Murphy was next when he tied for seventh with a final score of 220 and four over par after he shot a 74 in the third round.
Freshman Paul Bradshaw shot a 71 in the last round to come away with an 11th place showing and six over par for 222. Senior Nick Beach ended the tournament in 18th with a score of 224 and eight over par after he shot a 73 in the third round.
Junior Adam Wing had a career-best round of 68 to move up to 24th after being in 61st on Monday. His final score was a 10-over-par 226.
The Hogs will play next at the Morris Williams Invitational in Austin, Texas on March 16-18, before they take a week off for spring break.

Final Results:

 FINAL RESULTS Coastal Carolina Invitational * Individual TPC of Myrtle Beach MurrellsInlt,SC Dates: 03/10 - 03/11 (Today:03-11-2003) Par: 72 Yardage: 6920 Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores 1 Arkansas, U. of 295 296 282 873 2 Virginia Tech 297 294 284 875 3 Central Florida, U. 301 292 287 880 4 N. Car. Wilmington 295 294 302 891 5 Va. Commonwealth 295 310 302 907 6 Memphis, U. of 303 307 298 908 7 Washington State U. 302 302 307 911 8 Coastal Carolina 306 305 303 914 9 Louisville, U. of 304 306 305 915 10 East Carolina Univ. 301 306 311 918 11 Old Dominion Univ. 313 306 302 921 12 Charlotte 315 296 314 925 13 Furman University 307 308 318 933 14 Michigan, U. of 308 308 326 942 FINAL RESULTS Coastal Carolina Invitational * Individual TPC of Myrtle Beach MurrellsInlt,SC Dates: 03/10 - 03/11 (Today:03-11-2003) Par: 72 Yardage: 6920 Fin. Name School Scores 1 Brendon De Jonge Va. Tech 76 70 67 213 -3 2 Andrew Dahl Arkansas 72 72 70 214 -2 3 Barry Roof UCF 70 75 70 215 -1 Stefan Wistorf UCF 71 73 71 215 -1 5 Ted Brown VCU 71 72 75 218 +2 6 Chris McKeel Va. Tech 73 72 74 219 +3 7 Derek Brown NC Wilming 70 74 76 220 +4 Seth Murphy Arkansas 73 73 74 220 +4 9 Geoffrey Harris Old Domin. 76 73 72 221 +5 Alvero Velasco Coast. Car 71 79 71 221 +5 11 Paul Bradshaw Arkansas 77 74 71 222 +6 Tony DiBitetto NC Wilming 73 75 74 222 +6 Andreas Hoegberg UCF 80 73 69 222 +6 Richard Jones Memphis 72 78 72 222 +6 15 Brett Jones Louisville 78 72 73 223 +7 Ryan Stinnett Va. Tech 72 79 72 223 +7 Russell Killough Charlotte 75 70 78 223 +7 18 Dustin White Wash. St. 76 75 73 224 +8 Nick Beach Arkansas 73 78 73 224 +8 20 Matthew Mills Coast. Car 74 75 76 225 +9 Adam Gee NC Wilming 74 73 78 225 +9 Scott Wise Va. Tech 77 74 74 225 +9 Joel Kraner Va. Tech 76 78 71 225 +9 24 Adam Wing Arkansas 81 77 68 226 +10 25 Brian Joyce NC Wilming 78 75 74 227 +11 Jeff Greenfield VCU 72 80 75 227 +11 Calle Andren E. Carol. 76 74 77 227 +11 *Tyler McGhie Coast. Car 78 78 71 227 +11 *Matt Hollerbach Va. Tech 77 77 73 227 +11 30 Jonathan Hill E. Carol. 76 75 77 228 +12 Ryan Camp Wash. St. 77 75 76 228 +12 30 Tim Powell Louisville 75 76 77 228 +12 33 David Jeans Memphis 77 75 77 229 +13 Rafael Vera Coast. Car 76 76 77 229 +13 Chad Carlson Wash. St. 75 77 77 229 +13 36 Matt LeConche UCF 82 71 77 230 +14 Jason Harris E. Carol. 72 79 79 230 +14 Allan Thomas Memphis 77 77 76 230 +14 Will Hanna Louisville 72 81 77 230 +14 *T.J. Blandford Furman 81 77 72 230 +14 41 David Nichols Michigan 75 78 78 231 +15 Tomas Argonz VCU 73 80 78 231 +15 43 Mike Jolly Charlotte 78 74 80 232 +16 Isaac Woods Wash. St. 74 75 83 232 +16 Marc-Andre Roy NC Wilming 79 72 81 232 +16 *Brent Holmes Louisville 76 80 76 232 +16 47 Adam Condello Old Domin. 79 79 75 233 +17 Adam Howell E. Carol. 77 78 78 233 +17 Buddy Davis Furman 74 80 79 233 +17 Scott Carlton Michigan 79 74 80 233 +17 Michael Prieur Memphis 81 79 73 233 +17 52 *Hagan Jordan Furman 83 76 75 234 +18 53 Mike Shamp Charlotte 80 78 77 235 +19 Shane Birckbichler Furman 81 75 79 235 +19 *Robert Tighe Michigan 80 76 79 235 +19 *Christian Smith Coast. Car 80 77 78 235 +19 *Jay Sylvan Coast. Car 83 77 75 235 +19 58 Mark McIntosh Michigan 76 78 82 236 +20 Nick Kenney Old Domin. 84 75 77 236 +20 Jonathan Fransson UCF 80 79 77 236 +20 61 John Arnette Charlotte 83 74 80 237 +21 Kirk Straughen VCU 79 78 80 237 +21 Ryan Ressa Wash. St. 78 78 81 237 +21 64 Chris Piercy Old Domin. 75 79 84 238 +22 Rob Langley Furman 77 77 84 238 +22 66 Alan Weant Memphis 77 77 85 239 +23 Noble Judy Furman 75 76 88 239 +23 *Manuel Relancio VCU 87 76 76 239 +23 69 David Sligh Furman 81 83 76 240 +24 Chris Kline Old Domin. 83 79 78 240 +24 Dale Ketola Coast. Car 86 75 79 240 +24 B.K. Kelley VCU 82 84 74 240 +24 Charlie Woo Louisville 79 83 78 240 +24 Will Pope E. Carol. 80 80 80 240 +24 75 Mark Anderson Louisville 79 77 86 242 +26 Kevin Clark Charlotte 82 81 79 242 +26 77 Jimmy Wisinski Michigan 78 78 89 245 +29 *Alex Dunlop Wash. St. 80 83 82 245 +29 79 Blake Burman Michigan 82 80 86 248 +32 80 Chris Halkowitz Coast. Car 85 87 79 251 +35 81 *Jake Obar Coast. Car 85 83 89 257 +41 GOLFSTAT COLLEGIATE SCORING SYSTEM Developed by: Mark Laesch, Golfstat COPYRIGHT (C) 2001, All Rights Reserved, Golfstat Check out Stats, Scores, and More: www.GOLFSTAT.COM