Hoos in third place after 36 holes at ACC Championships

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

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The Virginia men’s golf team finished the opening day of play at the ACC Championships in third place. The Cavaliers shot 14-under 562 during the first two rounds of competition at Shark’s Tooth Golf Course in Panama City, Fla. UVA had rounds of 8-under 280 and 6-under 282.

North Carolina, ranked No. 7, leads the 12-team field at 29-under 547 while No. 11 Georgia Tech is second at 19-under 557. The top four teams from the stroke play portion of the event advance to match play that begins Sunday. Saturday’s schedule includes the final 18 holes of stroke play. UVA is set to tee off at 10 a.m. while paired with the Yellow Jackets and Tar Heels.

Notre Dame and Florida State are three strokes behind the Cavaliers, tied for fourth place at 11-under 565.

Freshman Deven Patel led UVA with round of 69 and 68 to finish the first 36 holes at 7-under 137. He completed his first day tied for fourth place. Senior Jack Montague is in 13th place at 4-under 140, junior Pietro Bovari is 17th at 3-under 141 while sophomore Chris Fosdick is 37th at 145 and classmate George Duangmanee is 39th at 146.

Live scoring of the event is online at Golfstat.com.

ACC Championships

Shark’s Tooth Golf Course

Panama City, Fla.

Par 72, 7,246 yards

Second Round Results

Team Results

  1. North Carolina     269-278-547
  2. Georgia Tech       284-273-557
  3. Virginia           280-282-562
  4. Notre Dame         282-283-565
  5. Florida State      283-282-565
  6. Louisville         285-282-567
  7. Wake Forest        286-281-567
  8. Clemson            287-282-569
  9. NC State           282-287-569
  10. Virginia Tech      286-287-573
  11. Boston College     292-288-580
  12. Duke               291-292-583

Individual Leaders

  1. Jacob Bridegman, Clemson       69-66-135
  2. Peter Fountain, North Carolina 68-67-135
  3. Ryan Gerard, North Carolina    67-68-135

Virginia Results

  1. Deven Patel        69-68-137
  2. Jack Montague      69-71-140
  3. Pietro Bovari      71-70-141
  4. Chris Fosdick      72-73-145
  5. George Duangmanee  71-75-146