Men's College Golf | No. 2 Tide rolls again in Puerto Rico

No. 2 Tide rolls again in Puerto Rico

• Alabama's women make it a clean sweep in Puerto Rico.

GOLFWEEK STAFF

Alabama shot 8-under 280 Sunday in the final round of the Puerto Rico Classic to win its second consecutive title to start the spring and fourth of the season.

The Crimson Tide, No. 2 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings, finished at 10-under 854 at Rio Mar Country Club, three shots ahead of No. 4 Oklahoma State (281). Top-ranked Georgia finished third at 861, closing with two sub-par rounds after an opening 294.

This was the first time in six events this season that Alabama used the same lineup that finished sixth at the 2007 NCAA Division I Men’s Championship. The Tide’s four victories this season tie a program record set by the 2007 and 1972 teams.

Alabama’s Matthew Swan shot a final-round 67 to finish at 12-under 204 and win his first career collegiate title. Oklahoma State’s Rickie Fowler, the No. 1 individual in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings, finished second at 209 after closing with a tournament-low 65.

Swan, No. 117 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings, is the third Alabama player to win an individual title this year after Joseph Sykora won the Topy Cup and Mark Harrell was co-champion at the Jerry Pate.

Final scores with relation to par from the Puerto Rico Classic, played Feb. 29-March 2 at the par-72, 6,902-yard Rio Mar Country Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (Note: y-played as individual):

TEAMS
1. Alabama	289-285-280--854		-10
2. Oklahoma St.	284-292-281--857		-7
3. Georgia	294-286-281--861		-3
4. Duke	292-285-286--863		-1
5. East Tennessee St.	289-292-286--867	+	3
6. Michigan	291-287-292--870	+	6
7. Georgia Tech	296-288-287--871	+	7
8. Clemson	284-302-289--875	+	11
9. North Carolina St.	296-298-282--876	+	12
10. Virginia Tech	293-294-291--878	+	14
11. Texas	299-291-291--881	+	17
12. Northwestern	290-297-297--884	+	20
13. Kent St.	294-296-296--886	+	22
14. Minnesota	300-307-297--904	+	40
15. Purdue	308-300-303--911	+	47
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INDIVIDUALS
1. Matthew Swan, Alabama	66-71-67--204		-12
2. Rickie Fowler, Okla. St.	69-75-65--209		-7
3. Charlie Holland, Texas	72-68-70--210		-6
4. Gareth Shaw, ETSU	70-69-72--211		-5
4. Darren Blair, N.C. St.	70-72-69--211		-5
6. Chesson Hadley, Ga. Tech	66-72-74--212		-4
6. Hudson Swafford, Georgia	71-71-70--212		-4
6. David Markle, Kent St.	71-71-70--212		-4
6. Russell Henley, Georgia	73-72-67--212		-4
10. Michael Thompson, Alabama	74-72-67--213		-3
10. Matt Hill, N.C. St.	73-72-68--213		-3
10. Lion Kim, Michigan	76-68-69--213		-3
13. Nick MacDonald, Va. Tech	74-70-72--216		E
13. Michael Schachner, Duke	70-72-74--216		E
13. Adam Long, Duke	72-72-72--216		E
13. J. vander Vaart, Va. Tech	72-74-70--216		E
17. Kyle Stanley, Clemson	71-75-71--217	+	1
17. Cameron Tringale, Ga. Tech	74-73-70--217	+	1
17. Trent Leon, Okla. St.	69-75-73--217	+	1
20. Brian Harman, Georgia	77-72-69--218	+	2
20. Kyle Moore, Northwestern	74-75-69--218	+	2
20. Rhys Enoch, ETSU	71-76-71--218	+	2
20. Nick Pumford, Michigan	71-76-71--218	+	2
20. Jon McLean, Okla. St.	74-70-74--218	+	2
25. Clayton Rask, Minnesota	70-72-77--219	+	3
25. Harris English, Georgia	73-71-75--219	+	3
25. Kevin Tway, Okla. St.	72-78-69--219	+	3
25. Victor Almstrom, Minnesota	71-76-72--219	+	3
25. Matthew Pierce Jr., Duke	74-69-76--219	+	3
25. Wes Roach, Duke	77-72-70--219	+	3
31. Seamus Power, ETSU	75-77-68--220	+	4
31. Tim Schaetzel, Michigan	72-70-78--220	+	4
31. Sam Saunders, Clemson	73-76-71--220	+	4
31. Alexander Sitompul, Michigan	73-73-74--220	+	4
31. Joseph Sykora, Alabama	77-75-68--220	+	4
31. David Lipsky, Northwestern	70-74-76--220	+	4
31. Phillip Mollica, Clemson	68-77-75--220	+	4
38. Clark Klaasen, Duke	76-75-70--221	+	5
38. Bobby Hudson, Texas	75-75-71--221	+	5
40. Taylor Hall, Ga. Tech	83-71-68--222	+	6
40. Andrew Byrd, N.C. St.	75-75-72--222	+	6
40. Ben Martin, Clemson	72-78-72--222	+	6
43. Dan Doyle, Northwestern	75-72-76--223	+	7
43. Michael Randle, Purdue	73-74-76--223	+	7
43. Simon Doherty, ETSU	78-70-75--223	+	7
43. Aaron Eckstein, Va. Tech	73-77-73--223	+	7
47. Mark Harrell, Alabama	75-67-82--224	+	8
47. David May, Clemson	75-74-75--224	+	8
47. Marshall Bailey, Va. Tech	74-73-77--224	+	8
47. Lance Lopez, Texas	76-75-73--224	+	8
51. Mark Johnson, Okla. St.	78-72-75--225	+	9
51. David Dragoo, Ga. Tech	76-74-75--225	+	9
51. Josh Dupont, Northwestern	73-76-76--225	+	9
51. David Ludlow, Kent St.	71-78-76--225	+	9
55. Cian McNamara, ETSU	73-77-76--226	+	10
55. y-Yu Katayma, Minnesota	74-77-75--226	+	10
57. Jace Moore, Texas	76-73-78--227	+	11
57. Drew Weaver, Va. Tech	74-77-76--227	+	11
57. Gator Todd, Alabama	74-75-78--227	+	11
60. Brett Cairns, Kent St.	82-73-73--228	+	12
60. y-Brian Ottenweller, Michigan	77-72-79--228	+	12
62. Maximo Kopp, Purdue	80-74-75--229	+	13
62. Jonathan Bowers, Northwestern	73-79-77--229	+	13
64. John Hahn, Kent St.	74-79-77--230	+	14
64. Ben Pisani, Minnesota	77-80-73--230	+	14
64. Donald Constable, Texas	77-76-77--230	+	14
64. J. Philippe Paiement, Kent St.	78-74-78--230	+	14
68. y-Coy Breen, Purdue	75-77-79--231	+	15
69. Kent Copeland, N.C. St.	80-79-73--232	+	16
69. David Gersztein, Purdue	78-78-76--232	+	16
69. Erich Johnston, Purdue	78-74-80--232	+	16
72. Nakarintra Batanakul, Purdue	79-78-76--233	+	17
73. Bill Rankin, Michigan	75-79-81--235	+	19
74. Andrew Paulson, Minnesota	82-80-75--237	+	21
74. Michael Green, Georgia	86-75-76--237	+	21
76. Mikael Salminen, Minnesota	82-79-78--239	+	23
77. Brad Revell, N.C. St.	78-82-80--240	+	24
78. Paul Haley, Ga. Tech	80-72-89--241	+	25
78. y-Andy DeKeuster, Northwestern	80-84-77--241	+	25

Posted: 3/3/2008

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