UVA Finishes Eighth at Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate

Oct. 22, 2017

Alpharetta, Ga. – The Virginia men’s golf team wrapped up its fall season with a solid eighth-place finish at the highly-competitive Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate in Alpharetta, Ga. The Cavaliers shot 6-under 282 for the second consecutive day to finish at 15-under 849. Oklahoma State took top honors at 837 in a field that included 13 of the top 50 teams in the latest Golfstat poll.

Sophomore Thomas Walsh (High Point, N.C.) and freshman Jimmie Massie (Lynchburg, Va.) led Virginia with 12th-place finishes. Massie completed his third round with a team-best score of 4-under 68 for a three-day total of 5-under 211. Walsh fired 70 on Sunday to match that score.

Freshman WeiWei Gao (Cebu, Philippines), who started the day in ninth place, dropped back to 23rd after shooting 74. He finished at 4-under 212 in the first tournament he was a counting player for UVA.

Senior Danny Walker placed 59th at 4-over 220. He posted a final round score of 75. Sophomore Ashton Poole (Charlotte, N.C.) shot 2-under 70 and placed 63rd at 221.

Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate
The Golf Club of Georgia âââہ¡¬ÃƒÆ’¢Ãƒ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Lakeside Course
Alpharetta, Ga.
Par-72, 7,017 yards
Final Results

Team Results 1. Oklahoma State       277-286-274-837 2. Texas                279-279-282-840 3. Wake Forest          282-271-289-842 4. Georgia Tech         284-277-285-846 4. UCLA                 282-283-281-846 6. Stanford             285-281-282-848 6. Clemson              288-278-281-848 8. Virginia             285-282-282-849 9. Texas A&M            288-279-284-85110. Duke                 282-276-296-85411. Oklahoma             295-279-282-85511. TCU                  285-281-289-85513. Florida State        287-284-287-85814. UNLV                 282-284-299-86515. East Tennessee St.   293-288-290-871
Individual Leaders1. Doug Ghim, Texas               66-67-70-2032. Matthew Wolff, Oklahoma State  66-71-67-2043. Alex Smalley, Duke             67-65-73-205
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