Greensboro, N.C. - James White's 5-under-par67 led three Georgia Tech players shooting under-par rounds, and the Yellow Jackets shot a 9-under-par team score of 279 Sunday in a come-from-behind effort to win the UNCG Bridgestone Golf Collegiate.
Tech began the day four shots behind Michigan in the team race, but got the 67 from White, a 69 from Chesson Hadley, a 71 from Kyle Scott and a 72 from John-Tyler Griffin in surging to a 7-stroke victory over Virginia. The Yellow Jackets' tournament total of 843 (21-under-par) beat the previous 54-hole record of 860 by 17 shots.
All four players finished among the top 14 individuals. Complete results can be found at - http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/index.cfm?tournament_id=1607.
Virginia shot 7-under 281 on the final day to complete 54 holes in 14-under-par 850. The Wolverines, the 36-hole leaders, shot 293 and fell back to third place at 11-under-par 853. Augusta State was fourth at 10-under 854, followed by Tennessee at 3-under 861 and North Carolina at even-par 864.
After a bogey at the par-5 fourth hole of the Forest Oaks Country Club, White went on a birdie binge, recording six in an eight-hole stretch between Nos. 6 and 13, and the sophomore from Acworth, Ga., went on to post his best round of the fall.
Hadley, a senior from Raleigh, N.C., went 1-over on his first nine, then birdied four holes on the back for his first sub-70 round this fall. Scott, a junior from Johannesburg, South Africa, posted his fourth par-or-better round of the fall.
Griffin, a junior from Wilson, N.C., remained at 8-under-par for the tournament with his 72 Sunday, and tied for fourth place, three strokes behind Virginia's Amory Davis, who carded a 67 Sunday to complete 54 holes in 11-under-par 205. Scott finished ninth along at 6-under-par 210, while Hadley tied for 12th at 4-under 212, and White was 14th at 3-under 213.
UNCG BRIDGESTONE GOLF COLLEGIATE
Forest Oaks Country Club - Greensboro, N.C.
Final Results
TEAM STANDINGS
1 Georgia Tech 283 281 279 843 -21
2 Virginia 289 280 281 850 -14
3 Michigan 283 277 293 853 -11
4 Augusta State 287 283 284 854 -10
5 Tennessee 288 282 291 861 -3
6 North Carolina 293 284 287 864 E
7 Virginia Tech 291 291 288 870 +6
8 Michigan State 286 284 301 871 +7
9 Duke 290 283 299 872 +8
10 Purdue 289 287 300 876 +12
11 Toledo 291 291 295 877 +13
12 N. Car.- Greensboro 284 296 301 881 +17
T13 VCU 288 291 304 883 +19
T13 Minnesota 293 291 299 883 +19
15 Notre Dame, U. of 302 289 297 888 +24
