PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. – UNC Pembroke defeated USC Aiken on
the first playoff hole to claim the team championship at the 2012
Peach Belt Conference Men's Golf Championship at the 7,057-yard,
par-72 Mountain View Golf Course at Callaway Gardens.
Both USC Aiken (295-287-290) and UNC Pembroke (288-291-293)
concluded the three rounds of the PBC Championship with identical
team scores of 872.
The playoff consisted of all five players on each team playing
the playoff hole. The top four scores were then counted.
USC Aiken finished the playoff hole with three pars and a bogey,
while UNC Pembroke had one birdie and three pars.
Three Pacer golfers finished in the top-10 with First-Team
All-Peach Belt Conference performer Matt Atkins
(Owensboro, Ky./Henderson State) leading the way with a
second-place finish. Atkins produced a three-round tally of 2-under
214 (70-75-69) to claim second.
Flagler's Joel Dahlenburg claimed the individual medalist honors
with a 3-under 213 (73-67-73).
Both Gaines Milliner
(Aiken, S.C./Aiken) and Taylor Welborn
(LaGrange, Ga./Darton) concluded the PBC Championship in a tie for
sixth place at 218. Milliner (73-72-73) and Welborn (76-69-73) both
posted 73s in the final round.
JP Solis
(Morelia, Mexico/Lico Morelia) obtained 13th place with
a three-round score of 222 (76-71-75). Hayden Letien
(Sumter, S.C./Sumter) ended things in 39th with a
three-round tally of 231 (77-77-77).
Nationally 18th-ranked USC Aiken will next wait to
see if it gets an invitation to the NCAA Division II
South/Southeast Regionals, which will be contested May 7-9 at Rock
Barn in Conover, N.C. USC Aiken has advanced to regional play in 19
of the last 20 seasons.
USC Aiken under Hall of Fame head coach Michael Carlisle in the
NCAA Division II Tournament has three NCAA Division II National
Championships (2004, 2005, 2006) and three NCAA Division II
runner-up finishes (1995, 1996 and 1999).
In the past eight years, USC Aiken has five NCAA National
Championships, which includes three team titles and two individual
crowns (Jeff Goff, 2008; Dane Burkhart, 2005).
T1 USC Aiken
295 287
290 872
2 Matt Atkins (1)
70 75 69
214
T6 Gaines Milliner (4)
73 72 73
218
T6 Taylor Welborn
(5) 76
69 73 218
T13 J.P. Solis (2)
76
71 75 222
T39 Hayden Letien (3) 77
77 77 231
T1
6 DII UNC Pembroke 2
+8 F +5
288 291 293 872
T1
15 DII USC Aiken 2
+8 F +2
295 287 290 872
3
21 DII Georgia Coll. & State
2
+11 F +3 293
291 291 875
4
30 DII Columbus State 2
+18 F +2 297
295 290 882
5
19 DII Armstrong Atlantic 2
+22 F +4 293
301 292 886
6
20 DII Georgia Southwestern 2
+26 F
+17 296 289 305
890
7
39 DII Flagler College 2
+29 F
+11 300 294 299
893
8
Clayton State 2
+41 F +5 309
303 293 905
9
North Georgia 2
+61 F
+22 304 311 310
925
10
Montevallo 2
+68 F
+28 302 314 316
932
11
Lander 2
+78 F
+37 313 304 325
942
