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Four Men’s Golfers Earn All-America Honors

Four Men's Golfers Earn All-America Honors


First ACC Team with Four GCAA All-Americas in a Season Since 1976
 
CHAPEL HILL – David Ford, Ryan Burnett, Austin Greaser and Dylan Menante were named to the 2023 Golf Coaches Association All-America team, the first time in University of North Carolina men’s golf history, and the first time in 47 seasons four ACC players from one school, made the All-America team (first, second or third teams).
 
Ford is a first-team All-America, while Burnett, Greaser and Menante made the third team. The Tar Heels are one of eight programs this season with multiple players on the first, second or third teams, but the only one with four honorees.
 
The last time an ACC team had four first-, second- or third-team All-Americas was in 1975 and 1976, when Wake Forest accomplished the feat.
 
Carolina tied for third in the 2023 NCAA Championships, beating the 30-team field through four rounds of stroke play, and defeating Arizona State in the quarterfinals in match play before Georgia Tech beat the Tar Heels, 3-2, in the semifinals.
 
UNC concluded the season No. 2 in Golfstat’s final national poll. In addition to finishing first in stroke play for the second NCAA Championship in a row, the Tar Heels won five tournaments, most since 1985-86, and set single-season school records for average score per round (280.08) and average score to par per round (-4.46).
 
Ford, a sophomore from Peachtree Corners, Ga., set the UNC single-season record for cumulative score to par (-46) and established the second-lowest scoring average by a Tar Heel in a season (69.89). The ACC Player of the Year won the Stephens Cup, finished second three times and had eight top 10s in 12 tournaments and was 2-0 in match play in the NCAA Championship. Ford is Carolina’s career leader in stroke average (70.22), average score to par per round (-1.00) and cumulative score to par (-74). He was a GCAA honorable mention All-America last season.
 
Burnett, a fifth-year senior from Lafayette, Calif., was an honorable mention GCAA All-America last year. He concluded his collegiate career third in UNC history in stroke average (71.33). He won two tournaments this season – The Calusa Cup in Naples, Fla., and the NCAA Salem (S.C.) Regional. His 2022-23 scoring average (70.62) is the sixth lowest in UNC history. His sophomore average of 70.21 is third best.
 
Greaser, a senior…

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