WILL PEARSON
Memphis returned to the NCAA postseason for the second-consecutive season, this time qualifying as the seventh seed in the Bowling Green Regional. Jonathan Fly led the squad with a program-best finish of third, while Jack Belote turned in a solid finish of 19th.
TOURNAMENT 12 - MAY 17-19, 2012 NCAA Bowling Green Regional The Club at Olde Stone Bowling Green, Ky. Par 72 • 7,248 Yards
Team
1. Chattanooga 2. Texas A&M 3. UCLA
4. Virginia Tech 5. Memphis
GRANT MILNER
Memphis Individuals Jonathan Fly Jack Belote Will Pearson Steve Lee
Grant Milner
+10 +12
Pos. T3
T19 T26 T39 T57
294 295 284 297 295
281 278 287 286 287
73 71 69 76 74
Memphis was on the outside looking in halfway through the final round, as Arkansas made an early push. The Razorbacks started on the back nine, which was the statistically easier side for the tournament, and moved to as low as 6-under-par as a team on the day to get to +12 and take a one-shot lead on Memphis, which started on the more difficult front nine.
RECAP
To Par Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Total -5 -4 -1
284 287 292 291 294
70 75 76 73 76
859 860 863 874 876
Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Total 68 74 77 76 83
211 220 222 225 233
When Steve Lee and Jack Belote each registered birdies on Nos. 13 and 14, respectively, the Tigers jumped four shots, as the Razorbacks dropped a shot in the same stretch. Memphis was then in fiſth place at 11-over-par with all players through 13 holes, while Arkansas fell back to +15. The Tigers never fell lower than fiſth the remainder of the final round and advanced to the NCAA Championships.
2012 Tigers Men's Golf Yearbook Page 49 University of Memphis
