NCAA Chapel Hill Regional
Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. (UNC Finley Golf Club)
Course info: Par 70, 7,084 Yards
VCU finish: 8^TH (-9)
Top Ram: Tim Chan and Ugo Malcor T21st (-2)
 
The short story: VCU recorded the lowest single-round total in school history, including a final-round 64 by freshman Grayson Wood --  just the fourth 64 ever by a Ram -- on the final day of the NCAA Regionals Wednesday in Chapel Hill. The Rams placed eighth overall at 9-under. The top five teams in the region advanced to the NCAA Championships.
 
FIRST TEE

• VCU's quintet combined to shoot 267 at UNC's Par 70 Finley Golf Club, shattering the previous low mark of 270, set on a Par 72 layout at the Palisades Collegiate Classic in 2009. The Rams shot 13-under for Wednesday's round, the third-lowest, relative to par, in program history
• Overall, VCU finished 9-under (280-284-267) on the way to eighth, the highest regional finish by the Rams since 2002, when the Black and Gold placed fifth and advanced to the NCAA Championships
• Wood, the Atlantic 10 Conference Golfer and Rookie of the Year, fired seven birdies Wednesday on the way to a final-round 64. He joins Ted Brown (2002), Mark Jargren (2009) and Adrian Vagberg (2021) as Rams to card 64
• A-10 Medalist Ugo Malcor (69-69-70) capped a 21^st-place finish with a final-round 70 to pace VCU. Junior Tim Chan shot 66 Wednesday and also tied for 21^st at 2-under
• Wood, senior Mattias Varjun and freshman Veikka Viskari all tied for 34^th for the Black and Gold at 2-over
• Clemson (-25), East Tennessee State (-24), North Carolina (-20), Georgia Tech (-17) and Baylor (-15) placed 1-5, respectively, to advance to the NCAA Championships

VCU SCORES

8	VCU	280	284	267	831
T21	Ugo Malcor (4)	69	69	70	208
T21	Tim Chan (5)	72	70	66	208
T34	Mattias Varjun (1)	68	73	71	212
T34	Grayson Wood (2)	71	77	64	212
T34	Veikka Viskari (3)	73	72	67	212

INSIDE THE SCORECARD

• Varjun carded 40 pars, nearly a quarter of VCU's total of 166, which was third-most in the field
• Wood led the Rams with 14 birdies, including seven on Wednesday alone
• VCU's 267 Wednesday was six strokes better than any team in the field
• Including Wednesday, four of the six lowest scoring team rounds in school history, relative to par, have occurred since the arrival of Head Coach Andy Walker in 2021
• VCU's total of 831 is the third-fewest strokes by the Rams in a 54-hole tournament

NEXT UP
VCU's 2023-24 season is complete.