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Men's Golf Wins Second Straight Seminole Intercollegiate

       

Men's Golf Wins Second Straight Seminole Intercollegiate

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. - The Coastal Carolina men's golf team shot a two-under 286 in the final round to successfully defend its title at the 2006 Seminole Intercollegiate, Mar. 5-7. The 54-hole event, hosted by Florida State was played at Golden Eagle Country Club (Par 72 - 6,635 yards) in Tallahassee, Fla.

Coastal fired a three-day total of 851,the fourth-best team performance in a three-round event in school history, including all three rounds under par. The Chanticleers took home the team title by seven shots over runner-up North Carolina State and eight shots over North Carolina in third. Second-round leader East Tennessee State fell to fourth at 861.

Junior Dustin Johnson (Lexington, S.C./Dutch Fork) finished in a tie for first at 203 and lost the playoff on the second hold to North Carolina State's Stephen Lewton. His 203 is the third-best 54-hole total in Coastal history. Sophomore Joachim Fourquet's (Bourdeaux, France/Lycee St. Genes) 213 placed him seventh, while junior Moises Cobo (Seville, Spain/Pendleton School (Fla.)) finished in a tie for 19th at 218. Sophomore Zack Byrd (Calabash, N.C./Byrd Academy) tied for 30th overall at 221 while freshman Cameron Hooper (Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Kenny) rounded out Coastal's lineup, tying for 52nd at 228.

The Chanticleers return to the course, Sun.-Mon., Mar. 12-13, hosting the General Jim Hackler Invitational. The tournament, scheduled for 54 holes over the two days, will be played at the TPC of Myrtle Beach in Murrells Inlet, S.C.

Team Results Score
1. Coastal Carolina 286-279-286=851
2. North Carolina State 291-283-284=858
3. North Carolina 283-292-284=859
4. East Tennessee State 282-278-301=861
5. Mississippi 292-289-287=868
Mississippi State 288-290-290=868
7. UCF 292-288-291=871
8. Virginia 293-291-292=876
9. Northwestern 290-294-297=881
10. Vanderbilt 297-293-292=882
11. Florida State 295-292-297=884
12. College of Charleston 297-289-300=886
13. UAB 303-302-295=900

Individual Results (Top 5 Plus Coastal)
**1. Stephen Lewton (NC State) 70-66-67=203
2. Dustin Johnson (Coastal) 66-67-70=203
3. Martin Ureta (N Carolina) 69-66-72=207
4. David Marino (Ole Miss) 71-70-70=211
Noah Goldman (Miss. St.) 71-72-68=211

7. Joachim Fourquet (Coastal) 74-69-70=213
t19. Moises Cobo (Coastal) 72-72-74=218
t27. Zack Byrd (Coastal) 74-71-76=221
t52. Cameron Hooper (Coastal) 81-75-72=228

** Won in a two-hole playoff