Alabama's Lars Brovold Wins UNC Tournament
10/5/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
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Brovold was in seventh place after shooting 71 in Friday's first round. His two-under-par 70 in Saturday's second round moved him up to second, and he shot 72, even par, to tie for the win in Sunday's final round. Bray shot 70-74-69/213 on his home course to tie with Brovold. The pair finished three under for the weekend.
While this marks Brovold's first win, his Alabama career has included seven top 10 finishes, including four last season. He's had two second-place finishes, the latest when he tied for second amongst a strong national field at last year's UNLV Toyota Collegiate Championships where he finished seven under par.
North Carolina, 11 over par for the weekend, won the team tournament championship (288-298-289/875) on the par 72 UNC Finley Golf Course. Georgia Southern was second (879), Kentucky third (894), Alabama fourth (291-306-300/897), Georgia State fifth (901), UNC Wilmington sixth (905), Michigan seventh (915), East Carolina eighth (917), and Virginia ninth (929).
Alabama's Clint Provost finished 14th. He shot 74-75-74/222. Austin Hynson finished T-30th (76-78-79/233), Stewart Whitt T-37th (79-82-75/237) and Max Alverio finished T-41st (70-85-85/240).
"I'm happy for Lars. He's worked extremely hard and has been close before. I know this has been a goal of his, so it was nice to see him accomplish it," said Alabama Head Men's Golf Coach Jay Seawell. "It was nice to see his face when he was told he'd won, and, for someone who has worked really hard, it was great to see something good happen to him."
Brovold and Alabama will need that extra confidence a tournament win no doubt brings. The Crimson Tide's next event is its own Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, one of the toughest tournaments a team will face short of the NCAA Championships. The field of 12 includes several top 10 teams. It will be held Monday, October 13 and Tuesday, October 14 at Birmingham's Old Overton Club.
"We've got to find a fourth scorer between now and the Pate," said Seawell. "Our fourth scores have been way too high to count. It's been a struggle with our fourth and fifth scores (though you're only counting the fourth). I thought we did some nice things today. Clint and Lars really battled. They started out slow but had enough guts to fight it out and get a
decent score."
