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Men's Golf Captures Team Title at Administaff Augusta State Invitational

       

Men's Golf Captures Team Title at Administaff Augusta State Invitational

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EVANS, GA. -- With two players finishing in the top three, the Coastal Carolina men's golf team captured the team title at the Administaff Augusta State Invitational, Apr. 1-2. The 54-hole event was hosted by Augusta State University at the Champions Retreat Golf Club (Par 72 - 7,142 yards) in Evans, Ga.

The 24th-ranked Chanticleers led by six shots through 36 holes and made that stand up, finished at 10-under 854 and posting a five-shot victory over defending Division II National Champion USC Aiken. No. 14 Clemson finished third at 864 with No. 23 Minnesota just two shots behind at 866, good for fourth. In the tournament, all teams were ranked among the top 70 in GolfWeek, including five teams that entered the tournament ranked higher than Coastal.

Junior Dustin Johnson (Lexington, S.C./Dutch Fork) fired a final round three-under 69 to earn runner-up honors, losing by one shot to Scott Brown of USC-Aiken. It was Johnson's ninth top-20 finish in 10 events this season.  Sophomore Joachim Fourquet (Bourdeaux, France/Lycee St. Genes) tied for third at three-under 213, while junior Moises Cobo (Seville, Spain/Pendleton School (Fla.)) tied for 13th at even-par 216.

 Coastal will next be in action defending its Big South Conference title at the 2006 PUPS Big South Championships, Mon.-Wed., Apr. 17-19. The 54-hole event will be contested at The Patriot Golf Club in Greenwood, S.C.

Team Results (GolfWeek Rank) Scores
 1. Coastal Carolina (#24) 282-283-289=854
 2. USC−Aiken 286-289-284=859
 3. Clemson (#14) 284-289-291=864
 4. Minnesota (#23) 283-288-295=866
 5. UCLA (#5) 292-286-289=867
 6. Augusta State (#48) 293-286-292=871
 7. North Carolina St. (#27) 293-290-290=873
 8. Washington (#31) 297-289-289=875
 9. Mississippi (#53) 291-287-302=880
 10. East Tennessee St. (#11) 295-295-292=882
 11. Notre Dame (#56) 299-293-297=889
  Virginia Tech (#70) 298-286-305=889
 13. Tennessee (#12) 293-300-302=895
 14. Georgia Southern (#60) 296-300-300=896
 15. Louisiana State (#47) 301-301-306=908

Individual Results (Top 5 Plus Coastal)
 1. Scott Brown (USC−Aiken) 70-69-68=207
 2. Dustin Johnson (Coastal) 69-70-69=208
 3. Joachim Fourquet (Coastal) 71-69-73=213
  Erik Flores (UCLA) 72-69-72=213
  Stephen Lewton (NC State) 75-69-69=213

 t13. Moises Cobo (Coastal) 70-75-71=216
 t25. Zack Byrd (Coastal) 74-69-76=219
 t62. Cameron Hooper (Coastal) 72-76-79=227