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Davis Leads UVa To Fourth-Place Finish at VCU Shootout
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Richmond, VA The Virginia men’s golf team finished fourth in the 15-team VCU Shootout at Hermitage Country Club in Richmond. The Cavaliers shot 3-over 287 during Tuesday’s final round to complete the 54-tournament at 6-under 846. Wake Forest took top honors at 27-under 825. Augusta State and VCU tied for second at 841. Wichita State was fifth at 849 and Virginia Tech placed sixth at 850.
Sophomore Amory Davis turned in his finest collegiate performance to lead the Cavaliers with a sixth-place showing. Davis shot 1-under 70 to finish the tournament at 6-under 207 on the par-71 course. His previous best tournament score was 221 at the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic last fall. His second-round score of 66 was a career low round.
Freshman Ben Kohles, who led UVa at its season-opening tournament at Maryland, finished 14th overall at 1-under 212. He posted a 1-under 70 during the final round. It marks the second consecutive tournament he has finished under par.
Sophomore Will Collins and junior Kyle Stough tied for 27th at 2-over 215. Stough shot 73 on Tuesday while Collins finished with a 74. Steven Rojas, playing in his first tournament this year, was 41st at 218, including a final round 75. Freshman Bruce Woodall, playing as a non-scoring individual, was 59th at 222.
Wake Forest’s Brendan Gielow and Wichita State’s Dustin Garza tied for first at 12-under 201. Both players shot 2-under 69 during the final round.
The Cavaliers head to Notre Dame next week for the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic slated for Oct. 6-7.
VCU Shootout
Hermitage Country Club
Richmond, Va.
Par-71, 6,955 yards
Final Round Results
Team Results
1. Wake Forest 273-269-283-825
2. Augusta State 284-282-275-841
2. VCU 280-280-281-841
4. Virginia 284-275-287-846
5. Wichita State 286-278-285-849
6. Virginia Tech 279-280-291-850
7. Iowa 285-278-290-853
8. Maryland 286-284-291-861
9. Penn State 294-280-289-863
10. SE Louisiana 291-283-292-866
11. East Carolina 296-282-289-867
12. UNC Wilmington 292-284-292-868
13. South Florida 285-295-293-873
13. Richmond 285-294-294-873
15. Old Dominion 301-287-286-874
Individual Leaders
1. Dustin Garza, Wichita State 66-66-69-201
1. Brendan Gielow, Wake Forest 68-64-69-201
3. Lanto Griffin, VCU 67-66-69-202
3. Dustin Groves, Wake Forest 68-65-69-202
3. Henrik Norlander, Augusta State 65-70-67-202
6. Amory Davis, Virginia 71-66-70-207
6. Cole Peevler, Iowa 70-66-71-207
8. Lee Bedford, Wake Forest 67-70-72-209
9. Jake Amos, Augusta State 72-69-69-210
Virginia Results
6. Amory Davis 71-66-70-207
14. Ben Kohles 73-69-70-212
27. Will Collins 71-70-74-215
27. Kyle Stough 69-73-73-215
41. Steven Rojas 73-70-75-218
59. Bruce Woodall* 71-75-76-222
* Non-scoring participant