Cavalier Finish Fall with Seventh Place Showing at Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational
Alpharetta, Ga. –The Virginia men’s golf team wrapped up its fall season by tying for seventh place at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational. UVA shot 4-over 292 during Sunday’s final round for a three-day total of 3-over 867. USC won the 14-tournament at 22-under 842.
The field for the tournament included 11 teams ranked among the top-50 by Golfstat.com. UVA placed ahead of No. 28 Stanford (868), No. 9 Texas A&M (869), No. 32 Florida State (872), No. 49 TCU (888) and No. 47 New Mexico (890).
Senior Thomas Walsh (High Point, N.C.) posted a final-round score of 4-under 68 to lead the Cavaliers with a 10th-place finish, shooting 4-under 212. It was the 12th top-10 finish for Walsh during his career. This fall he shot par or better in 10 of 12 rounds.
Sophomore Jimmie Massie (Lynchburg, Va.) finished at even par 216 for a 21st-place showing. Massie shot 2-over 74 during the final round. Freshman David Morgan (Naples, Fla.) was 41st at 4-over 220. He shot 75 on Sunday along with junior Andrew Orischak (Hilton Head Island, S.C.). Orischak was 45th at 221. Sophomore WeiWei Gao (Cebu City, Philippines) was 59th at 224.
USC’s Justin Suh claimed medalist honors at 14-under 202.
Virginia will open the spring portion of its season Feb. 21-23 at the John Burns Intercollegiate in Kauai, Hawaii.
Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational
The Golf Club of Georgia – Lakeside Course
Alpharetta, Ga.
Par-72, 7,017 yards
Final Results
Team Results
1. USC 278-280-284-842
2. Clemson 276-280-287-843
3. Georgia Tech 270-289-286-845
4. Wake Forest 276-281-291-848
5. Alabama 278-278-285-849
6. Duke 286-282-290-858
7. Virginia 287-288-292-867
7. UCLA 293-284-290-867
9. Stanford 288-281-299-868
10. Texas A&M 286-290-293-869
11. Florida State 286-294-292-872
12. East Tennessee St. 302-292-289-883
13. TCU 300-292-296-888
14. New Mexico 304-290-296-890
Individual Leaders
1. Justin Suh, USC 67-67-68-202
2. Luke Schniederjans, Georgia Tech 66-71-69-206
2. Turk Petit, Clemson 68-68-70-206
Virginia Results
10. Thomas Walsh 70-74-68-212
21. Jimmie Massie 71-71-74-216
41. David Morgan 73-72-75-220
45. Andrew Orischak 73-73-75-221
59. WeiWei Gao 73-72-79-224