No. 1 Virginia Completes Wire-to-Wire Victory

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – No. 1 Virginia gained the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate by 13 strokes after capturing 7-under as a workforce within the ultimate spherical on Sunday (Oct. 26). The Cavaliers turned the primary workforce within the event’s 20-year historical past to win it thrice – 2016, 2023 & 2025.

Chilly and blustery situations marred the scores for a lot of the discipline besides Virginia in Sunday’s ultimate spherical. The Cavaliers owned a one-stroke lead after the primary two rounds however separated in an enormous approach with a 7-under, 281 on day three. It was certainly one of three workforce scores beneath par and 6 pictures higher than any of the 13 different groups.

Four Cavaliers completed within the high 10, led by Ben James who closed his event with a 4-under 68. In three tournaments this fall he’s completed third (Tournament on the Honors Course), tied for 1st (Ben Hogan Collegiate) and now third on the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate. He has 21 profession top-5 finishes in his collegiate profession.

Classmate Bryan Lee additionally completed robust with a 4-under, 68. He managed seven birdies within the spherical and didn’t have a bogey over his final 11 holes. It was his lowest single spherical rating of the autumn and lowest because the first spherical of ACC Championships within the spring.

James, Lee and Stanford’s Jay Leng carded the bottom scores of anybody within the discipline in spherical three. Duke’s Bryan Kim held on for the person victory with a 71 on the ultimate day and was 11-under for the event.

Graduate pupil Paul Chang and freshman Michael Lee had been each 3-under for the event and each shot a closing spherical, 74 on Sunday. The duo completed tied-for ninth. Despite the cruel situations, junior Josh Duangmanee posted his greatest spherical of the weekend with a 1-under 71.

The Cavaliers can have a fast turnaround, taking part in within the East Lake Cup in close by Atlanta starting Monday (Oct. 27). The event can be televised stay on the Golf Channel from 3-5 p.m. ET on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The Cavaliers are certainly one of 4 males’s groups (Ole Miss, Florida & Arizona State) that had been invited to compete. UVA tee instances start at 11:42 a.m.

LEADERBOARD

PL.	TEAM	RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	TOTAL	TO PAR
1.	Virginia	272	287	281	840	-24
2.	Duke	277	283	295	855	-9
3.	Southern California	282	286	289	857	-7
4.	Charlotte	279	287	295	861	-3
5T.	Pepperdine	278	290	291	859	-5
5T.	Georgia Tech	285	287	287	859	-5
7.	Florida State	285	292	287	863	-1
8.	Stanford	291	278	295	864	E
9.	Washington	285	291	293	869	+5
10.	UCLA	285	295	292	870	+6
11.	Utah	288	291	292	871	+7
12.	Loyola Marymount	290	295	293	879	+15
13.	Clemson	295	293	299	887	+23
14.	Boston College	306	309	299	914	+50

VIRGINIA

PL.	PLAYER	RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	TOTAL	TO PAR
3.	Ben James	68	72	68	208	-8
T6	Bryan Lee	69	74	68	211	-4
T9.	Paul Chang	67	72	74	213	-3
T9.	Michael Lee	68	71	74	213	-3
T27.	Josh Duangmanee	74	72	71	217	+1
T38.	Maxi Puregger (IDV)	75	68	77	220	+4