April 17, 2008
Live Scoring
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Wake Forest men's golf team will travel 90 minutes this weekend to Uwharrie Point on the shores of Badin Lake, N.C. to compete in the 55th Annual ACC Men's Golf Championship.
This marks the 12th year and the seventh consecutive year the Old North State Club has held the ACC Championship. The Deacs have yet to win on the par-72, 7,100-yard course but Wake has recorded two second place finishes in 2003 and 2004.
The Deacs' last ACC title came in 1989 at the Northgreen Country Club in Rocky Mount, N.C.
Wake will send seniors Webb Simpson and Chris McCartin, junior Dustin Groves, and sophomores Brendan Gielow and Travis Wadkins to compete against a field that includes eight teams ranked in Golfweek's top 35. Five individuals competing in the championship, including Simpson, are ranked in the top 20 nationally.
The Deacs finished eighth in last year's championship at Old North State with McCartin posting a seventh place finish. The senior shot a two-under 214 one year ago. McCartin will be playing in his fourth consecutive ACC Championship.
Georgia Tech shared the 2007 title with Virginia Tech and the 2006 title with North Carolina.
Simpson, who is playing in his fourth straight ACC Championship, leads the Demon Deacons in scoring average at 70.2 strokes per 18 holes. Gielow is second on the squad at 72.7, McCartin is third with an average of 73.5, Groves is fourth at 73.9 and Wadkins is fifth on the team with at 74.5 strokes per 18 holes.
Simpson, a three-time All-America selection who has been named a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan Award, has finished no higher than 13th place in the ACC Championship. The Deacs' last individual conference champion was
Sean Moore in the 2004 season.
Groves and Gielow are participating in their second consecutive conference championship. Groves did not finish one year ago, while Gielow shot a 71-77-77=225 to finish nine over par in a tie for 40th.
Wake will tee-off Friday between 9:10 and 9:40 a.m. in a pairing that includes Duke and Virginia Tech.
Live scoring and course statistics will be available at Golfstat.com.
Sunny skies and a high of 83 degrees has been projected for Friday's first round by Weather.com.
