Martin Ureta

Weight:
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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Santiago, Chile
High School:
Saddlebrook Prep Academy

General Info: Should contend for the top spot in the starting lineup ... has won two collegiate titles ... 2006 PING All-America third team and 2005 PING All-America Honorable Mention ... two-time All-ACC selection (2006 and 2005) ... named to 2006 PING All-South Region team ... majoring in Management and Society.

Fall 2006: A starter in all four of Carolina's tournaments ... tied for third place at the International Collegiate at St. Andrews in Scotland and finished 10th at the Coca-Cola Duke Golf Classic ... one of 28 participants in the 32nd annual Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic, the second consective year he played in the prestigious event, where he tied for seventh place, the same as last fall.

2005-06: A PING third-team All-America and All-ACC selection ... a starter in each of Carolina's 13 tournaments ... carded eight top-20 finishes ... captured the individual title at the Adams Cup of Newport, his second collegiate win ... tied for medalist honors at the Linger Longer Invitational at the end of regulation play, but lost the title to Charlotte's Trevor Murphy in a two-hole playoff ... finished in third place at the Seminole Intercollegiate where he fired a six-under-par 66 in the second round, his low round of the year ... tied for sixth place at the Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational and tied for 12th at the ACC Championship ... in the fall, he tied for seventh place at the VCU/Mattaponi Springs Shootout, tied for 12th at the Coca-Cola Duke Golf Classic and tied for 16th at the Bank of Tennessee at The Ridges Intercollegiate ... one of 32 players selected to play in the 31st annual Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic where he tied for seventh place ... 71.69 stroke average for the year, the lowest stroke average on the Tar Heel team ... awarded the Andy Hacskaylo Low Stroke Average Award.

2004-05: PING All-America Honorable Mention and All-ACC selection ... led the team with the lowest stroke average per round in the fall and spring ... played in more events than any Tar Heel with 13 appearances ... posted four top-10 finishes in the fall and two in the spring ... captured his first collegiate championship, the Duke Fall Classic ... was the runner-up at the Franklin Street Partners Invitational ... placed third at the Isleworth Collegiate and Seminole Intercollegiate ... tied for eighth place at the NCAA East Regional in Kingston Springs, Tenn. ... the only Tar Heel to qualify for the NCAA Championship in Owings Mills, Md. ... awarded the Andy Hacskaylo Low Stroke Average Award.

2003-04: Played in the final tournament of the fall campaign ... tied for 11th place at the Duke Golf Classic ... played in all nine of Carolina's spring events ... carded two top-20 finishes ... tied for fourth place at the Andrea Brotto Cavalier Classic and tied for eighth place at the Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational.

Amateur: 2005 U.S. Amateur Public Links runner-up ... qualified for the 2005 U.S. Amateur ... tied for 12th at the 2005 Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament for Champions ... 2004 North and South Amateur champion ... 2003 AJGA First-Team All-America ... member of Canon Cup (East Team) ... runner-up at Hargray Invitational ... finished sixth at Rolex Tournament of Champions ... played in 2003 U.S. Amateur in Oakmont, Pa. after being the medalist at the U.S. Amateur Qualifier in Wisconsin.

Prep: Three-year golf letterman at Saddlebrook Prep in Tampa, Fla. ... 2002 Florida State Champion ... two-time Florida Regional Champion, 2000 and 2001 ... 2000 Florida District Champion ... honor student.