Men’s Golf Earns Top Seed In Match With Record Performance

Austin Greaser made an ace and shot 4-under-par 66, one of three Tar Heels to shoot in the 60s in the final round, to lead the University of North Carolina to a first-place finish in the team standings after 72 holes of stroke play at the 2023 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship at Grayhawk Golf Course in Scottsdale, Ariz.
 
The Tar Heels will play No. 8 seed Arizona State in the quarterfinals Tuesday morning. The Sun Devils advanced in a two-hole playoff against Stanford.
 
No. 2 Florida plays No. 7 Virginia, No. 3 Illinois plays No. 6 Florida State and No. 4 Pepperdine plays No. 5 Georgia Tech. The four winners meet in the semifinals in the afternoon.
 
Carolina shot 7-under-par 273 today, which equaled the best round of the day by Florida State. It was the second day in a row UNC shot its lowest round ever in an NCAA Championship (275 yesterday in the third round, 278 twice before).
 
The Tar Heels shot 12 under over the final 36 holes to earn the top seed in match play, which begins Tuesday morning. UNC came into the tournament as the No. 2 seed and are the highest-seeded team remaining for match play.
 
Carolina’s four-day total of 1,114 broke the UNC record for lowest 72-hole total in an NCAA Championship by 20 strokes (1,134 at Grayhawk in 2022). The 6-under-par team finish is the second-best by UNC in an NCAA Championship (-9 in 2000).
 
The Tar Heels finished 6 under, four strokes ahead of Florida and Illinois. Pepperdine was fourth at even par, Georgia Tech and Florida State tied for sixth at 6 over, Virginia was seventh at 11 over and Arizona State was tied with Stanford for eighth at 12 over.
 
Florida’s Fred Biondi shot 67 today to win medalist honors at 7 under, one ahead of Georgia Tech’s Ross Steelman.
 
Greaser made a hole-in-one today on the par-3 fifth hole. In addition to his 66, David Ford shot 68, Ryan Burnett 69, Dylan Menante 70 and Peter Fountain 72.
 
Greaser’s 66 equaled the second-lowest round by a Tar Heel in NCAA Championship play and is the lowest since Max Harris shot 66 in the second round in 2000.
 
Menante shot 68-70-67-70 to finish tied for fourth place with a 5-under 275 total. It is the second-straight year a Tar Heel finished in the top five at the NCAA Championship.
 
Menante’s 275 is the second-lowest total by a Tar Heel in an NCAA Championship (Inman shot 271 in 1984). His…