Ooltewah, TN - The University of Florida men’s golf team concluded
the 2009-10 season after tying for 11th place after 54 holes at the NCAA
Championships at The Honors Course on Thursday. The Gators, who carded a
final round score of 293 (+5), finished the week with a total team score
of 869 (+5). UF failed to advance to the match play portion of the event
by placing outside of the top eight.

“The finish is very disappointing,” said head coach Buddy Alexander.
“The guys battled back at the end but it’s definitely disappointing
not to advance to match play. I think we would’ve been extremely tough
to beat in match play. Mostly I feel bad for the seniors. We worked hard
and I thought we would get it done. To come this far and not advance is
devastating.”

Redshirt junior Andres Echavarria (Medellin, Colombia) and freshman
Phillip Choi (Orlando, Fla.) carded identical final round scores of 73
(+1) on Thursday. The duo finished tied for 34th with a total score of
even-par 216. Choi tallied four bogeys and three birdies on the day.

Seniors Tyson Alexander (Gainesville, Fla.) and Tim McKenney
(Scottsdale, Ariz.) both capped their impressive collegiate careers on
Thursday. Alexander, who was tied for 40th after day two, dropped to a
tie for 64th after carding his highest score of the week, a three-over
75. He finished with a final score of 220 (73-73-75, +4). McKenney fell
to a tie for 72nd after carding a four-over 76. He scored a five-over
221 (72-73-76) in his final collegiate tournament.

Junior Bank Vongvanij (Bradenton, Fla.) climbed to a tie for 86th on the
leaderboard after tying for 101ST after day two. Vongvanij had his best
round of the day and the lowest among UF teammates, carding an even-par
72. He carded a total score of 222 (73-77-72, +6).

Oklahoma State, FSU, Georgia Tech, Washington, Oregon, Augusta State,
Texas Tech and Stanford all advanced to the match play portion. Scott
Langley of Illinois won the NCAA individual title with a 206 (70-68-68,
-10).

Team Results After Round 3
Place Team Score
1 Oklahoma State 283-284-283=850 (-14)
2 Florida State 283-279-292=854 (-10)
3 Georgia Tech 290-282-286=858 (-6)
4 Washington 289-288-283=860 (-4)
5 Oregon 284-294-283=861 (-3)
6 Augusta State 287-288-288=863 (-1)
7 Texas Tech 302-285-280=867 (+3)
T8 Stanford 292-288-288=868 (+4)
T8 San Diego 294-282-292=868 (+4)
T8 Arizona State 286-292-290=868 (+4)
T11 FLORIDA 287-289-293=869 (+5)
T11 Virginia 300-280-289=869 (+5)
13 Texas A&M 285-304-282=871 (+7)
14 UNF 292-293-287=872 (+8)
15 Southern Cal 295-290-289=874 (+10)
T16 Clemson 286-291-298=875 (+11)
T16 UCLA 294-286-295=875 (+11)
T16 Oregon State 295-293-287=875 (+11)
19 Illinois 304-285-287=876 (+12)
20 Kent State 292-293-292=877 (+13)
T21 Texas 290-296-293=879 (+15)
T21 UNLV 294-292-293=879 (+15)
23 California 293-294-293=880 (+16)
24 LSU 303-290-290=883 (+19)
T25 Baylor 294-295-295=884 (+20)
T25 Tennessee 297-292-295=884 (+20)
T27 Duke 296-297-296=889 (+25)
T27 TCU 302-296-291=889 (+25)
29 Georgia Southern 297-299-309=905 (+41)
30 Penn State 301-298-299=898 (+34)

Individual Results After Round 3
Place Team Score
1 Scott Langley (Illinois) 70-68-68=206 (-10)
T2 Alex Ching (San Diego) 69-66-73=208 (-8)
T2 Peter Uihlein (Oklahoma State) 69-68-71=208 (-8)
4 Diego Velasquez (Oregon St.) 71-72-66=209 (-7)
5 Henrik Norlander (Augusta State) 68-69-73=210 (-6)
T6 John Hahn (Kent State) 72-70-69=211 (-5)
T6 Drew Kittleson (Florida State) 70-70-71=211 (-5)
T6 John Peterson (LSU) 73-68-70=211 (-5)
T9 5 PLAYERS 212 (-4)

Florida Results After Round 3
Place Team Score
T34 Phillip Choi 69-74-73=216 (E)
T34 Andres Echavarria 73-70-73=216 (E)
T64 Tyson Alexander 73-72-75=220 (+4)
T72 Tim McKenney 72-73-76=221 (+5)
T86 Bank Vongvanij 73-7