Virginia State Wins 2010 CIAA Golf Championship
Virginia State Wins 2010 CIAA Golf Championship
April 16, 2010
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| 2010 CIAA Golf Champions Virginia State University |
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| All-Conference Golfers |
FORT LEE, VA – Virginia State University took home the
2010 CIAA Team Golf Championship Friday after firing a final-round
307 to defeat Fayetteville State by nine strokes while Corey Garvey
of Chowan University came home with the individual title.
Virginia State entered the second round with a three-shot lead over
the Broncos after shooing an opening round 306. Fayetteville
State’s opening-round 309 was followed by a 313 for total 622
and second place.
Garvey shot a 76 in the opening round and followed that with a 71
on Friday, one of only two sub-par rounds for the tournament for a
147, three shots over par and a one-stroke victory. Garvey
narrowly defeated Livingstone’s Kenneth Bethea (74-74) and
teammate Cliff Forbes (77-71) who both finished four shots over
par.
There were some nervous moments for
Garvey after he posted his low-round of 71. The last person
that could best his score was Bethea. Bethea came to the 18th
hole needing a par to win or a bogey to force a playoff.
Bethea's tee shot went slightly into the woods. He blasted
the ball out into a bunker next to the green. His bunker shot
went over the green. Bethea chipped the ball onto the green,
setting up a shot to send the tournament to a playoff. His
putt was too quick, scooting past the hole which gave the
individual title to Garvey.
The Chowan Hawks finished in third place with a tournament score of
642 (329-313) followed by St. Augustine’s with a 664
(339-225) and Virginia Union with a 675 (330-345).
Elizabeth City State shot a two-round total of 677 (333-344) for a
sixth-place finish followed by Livingstone (719, 368-351), Johnson
C. Smith (778, 389-389) and St. Paul’s (909, 460-449).
The 2010 All-CIAA Golf team, which consists of the top six golfers
by score included: Corey Garvey (Chowan), Kenneth Bethea
(Livingstone), Cliff Forbes (Chowan), Brian Wood (Virginia State),
Derek Johnson (St. Augustine’s) and Jeremy Ringled
(Fayetteville State).
