SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It was a quick turnaround for the eight teams who advanced into the 2023 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship match play.
Come early Tuesday morning, they returned to Grayhawk Golf Club and began quarterfinal matches. And the headline was four Atlantic Coast Conference teams making match play, with North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Florida State and Virginia trying to battle for conference supremacy. And all of them were in different matches.
However, there was no shortage of excitement Tuesday morning, with numerous matches coming down to the wire.
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Here’s a look at recaps of the quarterfinals as well as semifinal matchups.
Quarterfinal results
Florida 3, Virginia 2
NCAA individual champion Fred Biondi’s match was the first to end, with him falling to Bryan Lee, 6 and 5. However, it was Yuxin Lin winning the final two holes to clinch the match for Florida and propel the Gators into the semifinals. Lin was 3 down after 11 holes but won three of the next five to clinch the match.
Florida State 3, Illinois 2
Speaking of ACC teams, Florida State, the sixth seed, knocked off No. 3 Illinois, 3-2, with freshman Luke Clanton beating individual runner-up Jackson Buchanan 1 up for the clinching point. Fellow freshman Cole Anderson also won his match, 1 up, winning the final hole to clinch another point. Seniors Tommy Kuhl and Adrien Dumont de Chassart earned the two points for Illinois.
North Carolina 4, Arizona State 1
Michael Mjaaseth needed one more roll. His ball came to rest less than an inch short of the cup on the par-4 18th hole, him needed a birdie to try to extend the match against North Carolina. However, Arizona State fell short against the top-seeded Tar Heels, losing 4-1 as David Ford beat Mjaaseth to get the clinching point. He drove the par-4 17th green and made birdie to go 1 up, which proved enough to move on.
Georgia Tech 3, Pepperdine 2
Hiroshi Tai, a freshman from Singapore, buried a birdie putt on the 19th hole to win his match against Roberto Nieves and send Georgia Tech into the semifinals to face ACC foe North Carolina. Ross Steelman, who held the 18-, 36- and 54-hole leads in stroke play, dominated to a 5-and-4 victory, and Bartley Forrester got the other point, winning 2 and 1.
Semifinal matchups
No. 2 Florida vs. No. 6 Florida State
Matthew Kress vs. Frederik Kjettrup (3:45 p.m. ET, 1st tee)
Fred Biondi vs. Cole Anderson (3:55 p.m. ET, 1st tee)
John DuBois vs. Luke Clanton (4:05 p.m. ET, 1st tee)
Yuxin Lin vs. Jack Bigham (4:15 p.m. ET, 1st tee)
Ricky Castillo vs. Brett Roberts (4:25 p.m ET, 1st tee)
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 5 Georgia Tech
Dylan Menante vs. Christo Lamprecht (4:35 p.m. ET, 1st tee)
Ryan Burnett vs. Bartley Forrester (4:45 p.m. ET, 1st tee)
Austin Greaser vs. Connor Howe (4:55 p.m. ET, 1st tee)
David Ford vs. Hiroshi Tai (5:05 p.m. ET, 1st tee)
Peter Fountain vs. Ross Steelman (5:15 p.m. ET, 1st tee)
