Championship Central | Final Results
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. – For the first time in three years the Sun Belt Conference men's golf championship individual title race did not come down to sudden death as Coastal Carolina's Morgan Deneen claimed hold of 54-hole stroke play event.
Deneen carded a final round four-under 67 to post a three-day total of 203 (-10) at the Raven Golf Club in Sandestin. The 203 was the lowest all-time by a Sun Belt men's golfer. Deneen carded rounds of 73, 63 and 67 en route to the senior's first title.
Deneen joined the Chanticleer golf team in August as a walk-on and claimed the title in his first Sun Belt Conference championship. He and the rest of his Chanticleer teammates will now head to Wednesday's match play where they will face off against South Alabama. UTA and Georgia Southern will square off in the other semifinal matchup on Wednesday.
The top four teams after 54-holes of stroke play advanced to match play semifinals.
Coastal Carolina finished stroke play as the leader of the team standings. The Chanticleers carded a final round 276, as they would finish eight-under for the tournament. The Mavericks and Eagles finished tied for second in the standings at +19 while South Alabama was fourth at +22.
Since both the Mavericks and Jaguars finished tied in the team standings, a non-sudden death tiebreaker was used to determine the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds for match play. That tiebreaker was the cumulative total of the non-counting scores for both teams. UTA's total was +17 while Georgia Southern's total was +21, giving the Mavericks the No. 2 seed.
Coastal Carolina and South Alabama will tee off beginning at 7:15 a.m. (CT) while UTA and Georgia Southern will tee off beginning at 7:55 a.m. (CT). Everyone will be going off the No. 1 tee.
Men's Team Stroke Play Results
1. Coastal Carolina, -7; T2. UT Arlington, +19; T2. Georgia Southern, +19; 4. South Alabama, +22; 5. ULM, +26; 6. Troy, +30; 7. Louisiana, +31; T8. Arkansas State, +32; T8. Appalachian State, +32; 10. Georgia State, +34; 11. Texas State, +39; 12. Little Rock, +41
Men’s Individual Stroke Play Results
1. Morgan Deneen, Coastal Carolina, -10; 2. Tripp Summerlin, Appalachian State, -3; T3. States Fort, Coastal Carolina, -1; T3. Rasmus Karlsson, South Alabama, -1; T3. Jake Storey, Georgia Southern, -1; T6. Tanner Napier, Arkansas State, +1; T6. Aaron Guanlao, UT Arlington, +1; T6. Joao Girao, ULM, +1; T9. Max Catherine, ULM, +2; T9. Paul Gonzalez, UT Arlington, +2; T9. Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern, +2; T9. Thadd Obecny II, Coastal Carolina, +2; T9. Alvaro Carol Estrems, Texas State, +2
Match Play Semifinals
No. 1 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 4 South Alabama - hole No. 1 - 7:15 a.m. (CT)
7:15 - Thadd Obecny II (CCU) vs. Jason Mendel (USA)
7:23 - Luis Ruiz (CCU) vs. Peter Staalbo (USA)
7:31 - Daniel Overas (CCU) vs. Yannick Schuetz (USA)
7:39 - States Fort (CCU) vs. Brooks Rabren (USA)
7:47 - Morgan Deneen (CCU) vs. Rasmus Karlsson (USA)
No. 2 UTA vs. No. 3 Georgia Southern - hole No. 1, 7:55 a.m. (CT)
7:55 - Jake Greenspoon (UTA) vs. Archer Price (GS)
8:03 - Tanner Gore (UTA) vs. Jake Storey (GS)
8:11 - Nick Thornton (UTA) vs. Jacob Bayer (GS)
8:19 - Paul Gonzalez (UTA) vs. Luukas Alakulppi (GS)
8:27 - Aaron Guanlao (UTA) vs. Steven Fisk (GS)