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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Trace helps North Florida hold off Wake Forest to claim title in General Hackler Championship


   Maybe North Florida isn’t the first college you think of when you start ticking off the top golf schools.
   But if the Ospreys aren’t in the top echelon of Division I, they aren’t far away. They stormed into the NCAA Norman Regional last spring and emerged with a ticket to the NCAA Championship at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla. after finishing tied for second, just a shot behind the host Sooners. And then-junior Travis Trace left Norman with a first-place trophy after capturing the individual title by a shot.
   North Florida was at it again this week in the General Hackler Championship at The Dunes Golf & Beach Club, site of the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The Ospreys outdueled Wake Forest, No. 6 in the latest Golfstat rankings, by five shots to claim the team title.
   And there was that Travis Trace, a senior from Jacksonville, Fla., putting on a show in Monday’s double-round, firing a 6-under-par 66 over the 7,233-yard, par-72 Dunes layout in the morning and a 5-under 67 in the afternoon to take the lead in the individual chase. He backed off in Tuesday’s final round with a 2-over 74 that left him among a trio tied for third at 9-under 207.
   With Trace leading the way, North Florida opened with a 10-under 278 Monday morning and was even better in the afternoon with a 12-under 276 that matched the low team round of the tournament. The Ospreys closed with a 1-over 289 for a 21-under 843 total.
   North Florida started the week ranked 18th by Golfstat, but moved up to 17th in the aftermath of its General Hackler victory.
   Wake Forest, which was led by individual champion Cameron Young, a senior from Scarborough, N.Y., matched North Florida’s opening-round 278, but fell four shots behind the Ospreys with an 8-under 280. The Demon Deacons, an Atlantic Coast Conference power, closed with a 2-over 290 to take runnerup honors at 16-under 848.
   Liberty, which matched the low round of the tournament with its 12-under 276 in the second round, closed with a 3-over 291 to finish a shot behind Wake Forest in third at 15-under 849. Liberty began the week ranked 25th and its performance in the General Hackler moved it up to 21st, its website proclaiming that that’s the highest ranking in the history of the program.
   Louisville, which moved up to No. 25 after beginning the week at No. 29, finished fourth, four shots behind Liberty in fourth at 11-under 853. The Cardinals surged into contention with a 10-under 278 in the second round before finishing up with a 3-over 291.
   Georgia moved up to No. 15 from No. 17 with its fifth-place finish in the General Hackler. The Bulldogs, out of the powerful Southeastern Conference, were under par in each round, opening with a 1-under 287 and adding a 4-under 284 Monday afternoon before finishing up with a 5-under 283 for a 10-under 854 total.
   Another SEC entry, No. 71 Kentucky, finished sixth in the 13-team field with a 6-under 858 total. The Wildcats had a strong double-round Monday, opening with a 4-under 284 and adding a 6-under 282. They closed with a 4-over 292 and were the only other team to finish under par for the tournament.
   Backing up Trace for North Florida was Jordan Batchelor, a redshirt senior from Jacksonville, Fla., who ended up in the group tied for 10th at 4-under 212. Batchelor opened with a 4-under 68 and added a 1-over 73 that was a throw-out for the Ospreys before closing with a solid 1-under 71.
   Phillip Knowles, a senior from Bradenton, Fla., was the picture of consistency, rattling off three straight 1-under 71s to finish a shot behind Batchelor in the group tied for 13th at 3-under 213.
   Andrew Alligood, a senior for Saint Johns, Fla., gave North Florida four players under par for the tournament as he sandwiched a 4-under 68 in the second round with a pair of 1-over 73s to finish among the group tied for 17th at 2-under 214.
   Michael Mattiace, a senior from Jacksonville, Fla., finished among the group tied for 66th at 228, but his 2-under 70 in the second round was an important counter toward the Ospreys’ best team round of the tournament.
   Wake Forest’s Young was nearly as good as North Florida’s Trace in Monday’s double-round as he matched Trace’s opening-round 66 and added a 68 to trail Trace by just a shot at 10-under 134 after two rounds.
   Young closed with a 2-under 70 for a 12-under 204 total that gave him a two-shot victory over Kentucky’s Lukas Euler, a senior from Germany. Euler went 67-68 and trailed Trace by two shots after Monday’s double-round before closing with a 1-under 71 that gave him runnerup honors at 10-under 206.
   Joining Trace in the trio tied for third at 9-under 207 were Liberty’s Ervin Chang, a junior from Malaysia, and Georgia’s Trent Phillips, a freshman from Inman, S.C. and the No. 38 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR). Chang closed with a 4-under 68 while Phillips matched the low round of the tournament with a sizzling 6-under 66 in the final round.
   Young’s teammate, Eric Bae, a junior from Pinehurst, N.C., finished alone in sixth at 7-under 209 after following up a pair of 3-under 69s Monday with a closing 1-under 71.
   Leading a group of three players tied for seventh at 5-under 211 was Wake Forest’s Alex Fitzpatrick, a freshman from England and No. 44 in the WAGR who was competing as individual.
   I mentioned in my post Tuesday that Wake Forest is so deep it sent a full B team to the Bash at the Beach at the Surf & Beach Club, also in Myrtle Beach and the second string finished a shot behind Jacksonville State for the team title.
   Fitzpatrick got to stay with the A team at the Dunes and made a pretty good case for a spot in the starting lineup as he added a 4-under 68 to his opening-round 72 and finished up with a 1-under 71 to end up in the tie for seventh.
   You might remember the 14-year-old Fitzpatrick lugging the bag every step of the way as big brother Matthew, a PGA Tour pro these days, won the 2013 U.S. Amateur at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. Alex Fitzpatrick returned to the U.S. Amateur as a player last summer at the Pebble Beach Golf Links and reached the quarterfinals before falling to another pretty good college freshman this year, Texas’ Cole Hammer, 4 and 3.
   Joining Alex Fitzpatrick in the trio tied at 5-under 211 were Chang’s Liberty teammate, Gabe Lench, a senior from Lake Mary, Fla., and East Carolina’s A.J. Beechler, a freshman from Pinehurst, N.C. Lench  and Beechler each matched the low round of the tournament, Lench firing a 6-under 66 in the second round before finishing up with a 2-over 74 and Beechler surging up the leaderboard in Tuesday’s final round with his sparkling 6-under 66.



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