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PINEHURST, N.C. (theACC.com) – Wake Forest junior Michael Brennan nailed down a hard-fought individual ACC Men’s Golf Championship on Sunday, and the field was set for the match play competition that will decide the team title.
Brennan birdied the third playoff hole, slipping past Georgia Tech’s Hiroshi Tai after the players battled to a tie at the conclusion of 54 holes of stroke play competition.
Georgia Tech, which entered the day holding a two-shot lead through 36 holes, pulled away during Sunday’s closing stroke-play round with a blistering 13-under team score to finish 16 shots ahead of second-place Wake Forest. Virginia and Duke tied for third place at 4-under, with Virginia earning the tie-breaker.
The team semifinals Sunday afternoon began shortly after 3:30 p.m. following the completion of stroke play, using a split-tee format. Top-seed Georgia Tech versus Duke match began on the first hole, while No. 2 Wake Forest and No. 3 Virginia opened on hole No. 10.
The championship match play round featuring Sunday’s winners is slated to begin Monday at 9 a.m.
After building a three-shot lead through two rounds, Brennan shot even par 72 on Sunday. Tai rallied in dramatic fashion, capping a 4-under 68 with an eagle on No. 18 (while Brennan made birdie) to leave both players at 9-under and force a sudden-death playoff.
Brennan added his name to an elite group of Wake Forest alumni by posting the sixth individual win of his career. Only three other Demon Deacons have more than five titles as collegians: Bill Haas (10), Gary Hallberg (9) and Curtis Strange (8).
A junior from Leesville, Virginia, Brennan finished tied for third in last year’s ACC Men’s Golf Championship at Panama City, Florida.
Brennan is the 23rd Wake Forest individual champion and the first since Webb Simpson in 2008. The Deacons’ 23 individual champions are the most in ACC history, as are Wake Forest’s 19 total conference titles as a team. Georgia Tech, which placed second the Deacons in last year’s event, owns 18 all-time ACC titles.
Tai, a freshman from Singapore, was a two-time medalist during fall competition and placed ninth at the Watersound Invitational for his highest finish of…
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