PINEHURST, N.C. – After capturing the staff title and particular person title on the Battle of Briar’s Creek the final outing, the Wake Forest males’s golf staff seems to proceed the momentum into the second residence occasion of the season Monday at historic Pinehurst No. 2 in Pinehurst, N.C.
The reigning ACC Champions and NCAA Regional Champions claimed a nine-stroke staff win of their final outing and have been paced by the second particular person title of senior Mark Energy’s profession as he took residence medalist honors on the Battle of Briar’s Creek by 4 strokes.
Energy led almost the complete method. He was 2-under or higher in each spherical, the one participant to take action within the subject. Moreover, he saved his greatest spherical for the ultimate spherical, posting a bogey-free 68 (-4) to say the title. Throughout his path to his second collegiate title, Energy solely had 5 bogies over the three rounds.
Main the lineup once more shall be junior Michael Brennan. The Leesburg, Va. native captured his fifth profession particular person victory within the Southwestern Invitational in January over a loaded subject.
With a pair of wins in every of his two seasons in Winston-Salem, Brennan now has joined uncommon firm with 5 or extra wins in program historical past.
He’s now alongside Jay Haas, Lanny Wadkins and Cameron Younger to have 5 titles to their identify at Wake Forest. Solely three Demon Deacons have greater than 5 titles of their collegiate profession: Invoice Haas (10), Gary Hallberg (9) and Curtis Unusual (8).
Wake Forest Golfers to Win 5 Collegiate Occasions
Brennan Michael joined fairly the corporate to win the Southwestern title in its 40-plus yr historical past because it has been the begin to illustrious professional careers for a lot of.
Alongside Brennan and Energy, sophomores Scotty Kennon and Marshall Meisel are again within the lineup for the third time this spring. Each helped the staff run away with the staff title whereas additionally having nice rounds early this spring on the Southwestern Invitational.
Meisel was considered one of three gamers to additionally participate within the unique Genesis Collegiate Showcase in mid-February. He helped his group win the staff championship on the Genesis Collegiate Showcase, marking the primary time Wake Forest has claimed the staff title on the occasion.
Tomorrow’s first spherical is scheduled for an 8:30 a.m. (ET) shotgun begin because the Wake Forest staff tees off between holes No. 1 and No. 4. The Demon Deacons prime staff shall be paired with Virginia and Clemson on the opening day of play. The Demon Deacon second staff shall be paired with ETSU and UNC-Greensboro, beginning between holes No. 13 to No. 16.
THE DEACS’ LINEUP
Michael Brennan
Brennan, who has now risen to No. 18 within the World Newbie Golf Rankings, made his PGA Tour debut on the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Nation Membership in February. That Monday, he earned a spot within the subject as the one newbie, setting a Collegiate Showcase report, capturing a five-under-par 66.
He’ll look to say doubtlessly his sixth particular person title, attempting to affix elite firm in Wake Forest historical past. He was named a watch record member for the Fred Haskins Award to begin the season.
Within the Southwestern Invitational, Brennan claimed his fifth profession particular person title, capturing the bottom rating within the subject in each the second and third spherical to win by a stroke over the loaded subject. He adopted that up by ending within the prime 5 on the Battle of Briar’s Creek.
Mark Energy
Energy is coming off his second collegiate title of his profession, claiming the Battle at Briar’s Creek by 4 strokes over the sphere. He led almost the complete method whereas additionally main the Deacs to the staff title, the primary of the season for the Deacs.
Final season, he helped the staff to a title on the 2021 Previous City Membership Collegiate Invitational, tying for thirty fifth on the person leaderboard. He was helped by a 66 (-4) within the second spherical of the event. He was considered one of three Demon Deacons to compete on the Genesis Collegiate Showcase. Within the ACC semifinal, Energy supplied the second level within the win over North Carolina.
Scotty Kennon
Kennon had a powerful displaying on the 2021 Previous City Membership Collegiate Invitational. He was par or beneath in all three rounds of the event, ending the week tied for ninth and nine-under par, the primary profession top-10 end. Kennon picked up his second top-10 end of the season on the Valspar Collegiate with the assistance of his greatest spherical of his younger profession. He completed eighth, firing a ultimate spherical 64 (-7), transferring up 20 spots on the ultimate day of competitors.
The sophomore was considered one of considered one of three Demon Deacons to be sub par for all three rounds on the 2022 NCAA Regionals, recording a 68-69-69 to put tied for ninth on the person leaderboard at 4-under-par. He’s coming off a tied for thirtieth end on the Southwestern, ending the event because the second-highest Demon Deacon.
He’s coming off considered one of his greatest tournaments of the season, ending tied for twelfth after being 5-under-par over the past two rounds.
Marshall Meisel
As a freshman, Meisel competed in 5 occasions together with a pair of occasions within the lineup, taking part in within the lineup on the Colonial Collegiate and the Golf Membership of Georgia Collegiate. He completed tied for sixteenth in Georgia whereas additionally inserting within the prime 25 4 instances in the course of the season along with his highest end coming on the Previous City Membership Collegiate Invitational the place he positioned 14th at 5-under-par.
This season Meisel has been within the lineup in 5 of six occasions with a 71.73 stroke common. Within the Previous City Membership Collegiate Invitational, he completed seventh at 4-under-par. He’s coming off the Southwestern Invitational the place he completed thirtieth with the assistance of a 3-under-par ultimate spherical which tied for the bottom within the subject within the ultimate spherical with Michael Brennan.
Meisel was considered one of three gamers to additionally participate within the unique Genesis Collegiate Showcase in mid-February. He helped his group win the staff championship on the Genesis Collegiate Showcase, marking the primary time Wake Forest has claimed the staff title on the occasion.
Boyd Owens
Owens performs within the lineup for the Demon Deacons for the fourth time in his freshman yr. He at present has the second-lowest stroke common on the staff, 71.00. As a junior, he ranked as excessive as No. 9 nationally within the AJGA standings. In March, he certified for the Chitimacha Louisiana Open offered on the Korn Ferry Tour as a Monday qualifier. Moreover, he reached the Spherical of 32 on the 2022 North and South Newbie Championship and is the reigning LHSAA Particular person Champion.
Owens, who recorded the bottom debut spherical in program historical past, completed because the Deacs prime participant within the Maui Jim Intercollegiate, tying for thirteenth individually.
COMPETING ON OTHER WAKE FOREST TEAM
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
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Wake Forest
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Faculty of Charleston
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Clemson
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Duke
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East Tennessee State
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Iowa
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NC State
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UNC-Greensboro
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Northwestern
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SMU
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Virginia
COURSE INFORMATION
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Wake Forest Invitational
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Pinehurst No. 2 – Pinehurst, N.C. – Par 70 – 7125 Yards
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The course has served as the positioning of extra single golf championships than any course in America and hosted back-to-back U.S. Open and U.S. Girls’s Open Championships for the primary time in 2014. As the primary U.S. Open Anchor Website, the championship will return to Pinehurst in 2024, 2029, 2035, 2041 and 2047.
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LIVE SCORING
Wake Forest Invitational at Pinehurst No. 2
TEE TIMES
Monday, March 6 – First & Second Spherical – Play begins with a shotgun begin at 8:30 a.m. ET with steady play via the second spherical
Tuesday, March 7 – Third Spherical – Play begins at 8:30 a.m. ET
