Deacons Back In The Swing At The Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate
Wake Forest is coming off a runner-up finish in its last event

Oct. 11, 2012

Tournament:
Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate

Course:
 Blackthorn Club at The Ridges, Johnson City, Tenn.

Dates:
October 12-14, 2012

Live Scoring:
Golfstat

Field (Golfstat Rank):
Army (236), Coastal Carolina (37), ETSU (97), Furman (184), Memphis (62), Missouri (12), Penn State (143), Pepperdine (165), Tennessee (31), UNC-Wilmington (72), Virginia (87), Virginia Tech (39), Wake Forest (21)

Wake Forest Lineup:
1. John Varol
2. Evan Beck
3. Thomas Birdsey
4. Davis Womble
5. Charlie Harrison
Ind. Grayson Murray
Ind. Beau Cutts

Wake Forest Tournament History:

  • The Deacons are making their 15th straight appearance at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate.
  • In the last 14 years, a Wake Forest individual has finished in the top-5 eight times, including back-to-back victories by Bill Haas in 2002 and 2003.
  • As a team, the Deacons won the event in 2002 with three top-10 finishers, but have only finished in the top-5 six times in 14 tries.
  • Last year, Wake made a run in the final round but finished 3rd overall.

    Wake Forest Notes:

  • The Deacons finished second their last time out at the Golfweek Conference Challenge.
  • Senior Evan Beck is coming off the lowest round of his career with a 6-under 66 in the final round of the Golfweek Conference Challenge.
  • Beck is making his fourth appearance at the BOT, finishing T20 as a freshman, T12 as a sophomore and T6 last year after rounds of 75-71-72
  • Junior Thomas Birdsey led the team at the season-opening Carpet Capital, finishing tied for 14th at even-par.
  • Junior Beau Cutts shot a pair of 71s in the first and second rounds of the Carpet Capital last week, equaling his career-low round.
  • Freshman Davis Womble carded a 3-under 69 in the second round of the Golfweek Conference Challenge.
     

     

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