Men's Golf Preps For Desert Test As 5 Seed

PREVIEWING THE 2022 NCAA MEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

Site
Grayhawk Golf Course, Scottsdale, Ariz. (par 70)

Dates of Competition
Stroke Play
Round 1 – Friday, May 27 (2:52 p.m. Eastern, 11:52 a.m. local)
Round 2 – Saturday, May 28 (9:32 a.m. Eastern, 6:32 a.m. local)
Round 3 – Sunday, May 29

30 teams cut to 15
Round 4 – Monday, May 30

15 teams cut to eight for match play
Quarterfinals and Semifinals – Tuesday, May 31

Championship – Wednesday, June 1

TV
Golf Channel (round 4 and match play)

Seed
Carolina is the No. 5 seed in the 30-team field.

Pairings
The Tar Heels are paired with No. 4 Arizona State and No. 6 Pepperdine in the first two rounds.

UNC Lineup
Ryan Gerard, fifth-year senior, Raleigh, N.C. (third NCAA Championship: played one round in 2019, T34 in 2021, 2022)
Austin Greaser, junior, Vandalia, Ohio (second NCAA Championship: T71 in 2021, 2022)
David Ford, freshman, Peachtree Corners, Ga. (first NCAA Championship)
Ryan Burnett, senior, Lafayette, Calif. (third NCAA Championship: T30 in 2019, T34 in 2021, 2022)
Peter Fountain, sophomore, Raleigh, N.C. (second NCAA Championship: T13 in 2021, 2022)

Rankings (Golfstat/Golfweek)
UNC (5/7)
Ryan Gerard (26/21)
David Ford (38/42)
Austin Greaser (53/43)
Ryan Burnett (141/171)
Peter Fountain (178/151)

Carolina in the NCAA Championships
Appearances: 47^th time in the championship round
Last Year: Tied fifth (eighth in stroke play to advance to match play; lost in quarterfinals, 3-1-1, to No. 1 seed Arizona State)
Best Finish: 2^nd in 1953, 1991
Best Individual Finish: champion, Harvie Ward in 1949 and John Inman in 1984

2022 NCAA Regional Results
• UNC was second in New Haven, Conn., in the Yale Regional, shooting 19-under-par 821.
• Austin Greaser was the individual champion at 10-under 200, one stroke ahead of Ryan Gerard, who tied for second at 9-under 201.
• Greaser is the first Tar Heel to win an NCAA men's regional.
• Greaser, Gerard, David Ford, Ryan Burnett and Peter Fountain set the UNC record for strokes in an NCAA regional (821), which also equaled the third-fewest strokes in any 54-hole tournament in UNC history.

Individual Stroke Average Leaders
• Current Tar Heels hold the top four spots in UNC career stroke average and six of the 10-best single-season scoring averages in school history.
• Sophomore Peter Fountain played his 20th college tournament in the NCAA Yale Regional to qualify for the No. 1 spot in career scoring at 70.89.
• Austin Greaser is second in career average (71.38), Ryan Burnett is third (71.60) and Ryan Gerard is fourth (71.84).
• Fountain's 69.68 as a freshman a year ago is the lowest in UNC single-season history.
• Gerard's 70.15 heading into the 2022 NCAA Championship is No. 2 in UNC single-season history. His 71.08 in 2019-20 is seventh-best. He is one of only two players (with Ben Griffin) to have two of the 10-best single-season averages in UNC history.
• Burnett's 70.21 in 2019-20 is third, Ford's 70.58 this year is fourth-best all-time and second-lowest by a Tar Heel freshman, and Greaser's 70.70 heading into Scottsdale is No. 5 on the list.

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Players Mentioned

Ryan Burnett

David Ford

Peter Fountain

Ryan Gerard

Austin Greaser