2011 NCGC - Following the road to Vegas

2011 NCGC Local Qualifier Report:
   
NC State University

Brooke Baker/Caleb Ridings - Student Division - 1st Place

Brooke Baker and Caleb Ridings led the field by carding a seven -under par score of 65 to win the Student Division at the 2011 National Collegiate Golf Championship (NCGC) local qualifier tournament held at Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh, N.C. on Saturday.

As first-time NCGC participants, Baker and Ridings, students at NC State University, were ecstatic with the win and earning the opportunity to travel to and compete in the upcoming 2011 NCGC tournament hosted by the Collegiate Golf Alliance (CGA) at Paiute Golf Club in Las Vegas, N.V.

Video: Baker/Ridings talk about their winning round of play

Robert Wayland/Rob Wayland - Open Division - 1st Place

Fellow NC State students, identical twins Nick and Anthony Capra finished a stroke behind at -6 (66) in second place and representatives from the University of Richmond, Navid Abbaei and Carlos Furlotti, claimed third place finishing at -5 (67).

In the Open Division, all three competing teams were father-son tandems who all finished within a stroke of one another in claiming a spot in the division’s final placements. Robert Wayland and father Rob took first place with a score of 76 (+4) followed by Jeffrey Loken and father Jeff carding a 77 (+5) and Brandon Loughren and father Bill earning third place finishing with a score of 78 (+6).