Scottsdale, Ariz. – Ross Steelman extended his lead in the medal race to four shots with a 2-under-par 68, and Georgia Tech rode three subpar rounds to post a 4-under-par 276 Sunday and settle into fifth place after 54 holes at the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship.
Steelman remains atop the individual leaderboard at 9-under-par 201 and has a four-stroke lead on the field heading into Monday’s final round of medal play, looking to become Georgia Tech’s second NCAA golf champion and fourth national collegiate champion in program history. His closest pursuers are North Carolina’s Dylan Menante and Ohio State’s Neal Shipley at 5-under-par 205, with Stanford’s Barclay Brown, Florida’s Fred Biondi and Illinois’ Adrien Dumont De Chassart tied for fourth place another stroke back at 206 (-4).
Troy Matteson captured the 2002 title at the Ohio State University Scarlet Course as a member of one of the four Yellow Jacket teams to finish runner-up at the NCAA Championship. Watts Gunn (1927) and Charlie Yates (1934) also won national collegiate titles when the championship was conducted at match play prior to the NCAA taking sponsorship.
Tech slipped to fifth place Sunday despite posting its best team round in 10 NCAA Championship trips around Grayhawk Golf Club. The Yellow Jackets, at 2-over-par 842, are eight strokes behind leader Illinois (834, -6), but also eight shots ahead of sixth place Stanford (850, +10) and 11 ahead of eighth place, shared by Florida State and Vanderbilt at 13-over-par 853.
The top eight teams on the leaderboard after Monday’s final round of stroke play will advance to the match play portion of the championship, and the individual champion will be crowned at the conclusion of the round. Tech has advanced to match play four times at the NCAA Championship, and is looking to do so this week for the first time since 2014 at Hutchinson, Kan.
“Obviously we just want to keep playing well, get in that top eight and make match play,” said Steelman. “From there, it’s just go out and play more golf. You’ve just got to play against who you’re standing in front of. Individually, I just want to play as boring a round as possible. A lot of fairways and a lot of greens. Pars are going to be my friend. I just want to go out and have fun again. It’s going to be my last round of medal play in college golf, so just have fun with it.”
Round 4 begins at 10 a.m. local time (1 p.m. Eastern time) Monday. Tech tees off at…
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