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New London, NC The Virginia men’s golf team is in ninth place after the opening round of the ACC Championships at the Old North State Club in New London, N.C. The Cavaliers shot 3-over 291 and are one shot behind No. 39 Duke and four strokes ahead of No. 27 Wake Forest in the tightly-packed middle portion of the field.
The first round lead was held by No. 9 Georgia Tech which shot 7-under 281, one shot better than No. 18 NC State. No. 3 Clemson is in third place at 286.
Virginia was led during the opening round by a trio of even par finishes from Bruce Woodall, Kyle Stough and Conrad Von Borsig. All three players managed a birdie on the 18th hole to finish their rounds with a 72. They enter Saturday’s second round tied for 17th place. Ben Kohles shot 75 and is 36th while Will Collins suffered through an unusually poor round, finishing 55th at 83.
Georgia Tech’s Cameron Tringale and Virginia Tech’s Drew Weaver both shot 5-under 67 to finish the first round tied for first place.
The tournament continues Saturday and Sunday at 8:30 a.m. Live scoring is online at Golfstat.com.
ACC Select will broadcast a free webcast of the championship with coverage of the No. 17 and No. 18 holes. The broadcast is slated to begin at approximately 2 p.m. during Saturday and Sunday’s rounds.
ACC Championships
Old North State Club
New London, NC
Par-72, 7,102 yards
First Round Results
Team Results
1. Georgia Tech (9) 281
2. NC State (18) 282
3. Clemson (3) 286
4. Florida State (23) 287
5. Maryland 289
5. Virginia Tech 289
7. North Carolina 290
7. Duke (39) 290
9. Virginia 291
10. Wake Forest (27) 295
11. Boston College 311
Number in parenthesis is Golfstat ranking
Individual Leaders
1. Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech 67
1. Drew Weaver, Virginia Tech 67
3. Matt Hill, NC State 68
4. Kyle Stanley, Clemson 69
4. Brendan Tracy, Maryland 69
6. Brandon Detweiler, NC State 70
6. Drew Kittleson, Florida State 70
6. Clark Klaasen, Duke 70
9. Lee Bedford, Wake Forest 71
9. Chellon Hadley, Georgia Tech 71
9. David May, Clemson 71
9. Kevin O’Connell, North Carolina 71
9. Matthew Pierce, Duke 71
9. Brad Revell, NC State 71
9. Matthew Savage, Florida State 71
9. James White, Georgia Tech 71
Virginia
17. Bruce Woodall 72
17. Kyle Stough 72
17. Conrad Von Borsig 72
36. Ben Kohles 75
55. Will Collins 83