EVANS, Ga. -- Coastal Carolina posted a final round of one-over 289 Sunday to claim a five-shot victory in the 2006 Administaff Augusta State Invitational presented by McCalla Raymer, LLC, at Champions Retreat Golf Club.

USC Aiken Scott Brown fired a four-under 68 to earn medalist honors by a single stroke over Coastal Carolina’s Dustin Johnson. Birdies on the par-four 16th and par-three 17th gave Brown a three-shot lead in the clubhouse and proved to be the difference. Johnson stood at one-over on his round after back-to-back bogeys on the 10th and 11th, then rallied with birdies on four of his last seven holes for a three-under 69.

“This is the biggest win of my collegiate career,” said Brown, a two-time All-American from North Augusta, S.C. “Today showed the importance of the short game. Sometimes you’ve just got to get the ball in the hole. I made some good putts and got a lot of shots in the fairway. To win this kind of tournament, you’ve got to get some breaks along the way. This weekend they just went my way.”

The 24th-ranked Chanticleers, who picked up their second win of the season and third straight top-two finish, bested runnerup USC Aiken by five shots. The Pacers tallied the low round of the day, a four-under 284, and were the only team to break par in the final round on the par-72, 7,142-yard layout. Clemson, Minnesota and No. 5 UCLA, the highest-ranked team in the field, rounded out the top five. Host Augusta State, which began the day in seventh place, improved one spot to finish sixth, four shots back of the Bruins.

“This is a special group,” said fifth-year Chanticleer head coach Allen Terrell. “They work hard and prepare hard. We played pretty well all March and so far in the month of April. We had great bounce backs all week. We made some doubles and triples (bogeys), but so did everybody else on such a demanding course.”

UCLA’s Erik Flores, Coastal’s Joachim Fourquet and North Carolina State’s Stephen Lewton tied for third at three-under 213. UCLA’s Daniel Im took sixth alone at two-under 214 and six players tied for seventh at one-under 215, including USC Aiken’s Dane Burkhart.

Sophomore Jamie Miller booked a final-round of two-under 70 to pace the Jaguars with a tie for seventh at one-under 215. Fellow sophomore Mike Keast just missed a top-20 finish, tying for 22nd at two-over 218 after a final round of one-over 73. Juniors Wallace Booth and Major Manning tied for 33rd at five-over 221 and sophomore Keith Guest finished a shot back at six-over 222 and in a tie for 37th.

ASU sophomore Roger Furrer closed with a two-over 74 and led four Jaguars playing as individuals with a tie for 58th at 10-over 226. Sophomore Mark Poulsen tied for 73rd, freshman Janne Kaske tied for 75th and redshirt freshman Matt Dale was 81st.

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Administaff Augusta State Invitational
presented by McCalla Raymer, LLC
Champions Retreat Golf Club -- Evans, Ga.
Par 72 -- 7,142 yards
April 1-2, 2006
 

Augusta State Individual Results

t7.        Jamie Miller      72-73-70=215    -1
t22.       Mike Keast        76-69-73=218    +2
t33.       Wallace Booth     75-72-74=221    +5
t33.       Major Manning     74-72-75=221    +5
t37.       Keith Guest       72-74-76=222    +6
t58.       Roger Furrer*     75-77-74=226    +10
t73.       Mark Poulsen*     80-77-78=235    +19
t75.       Janne Kaske*      75-77-84=236    +20
83.        Matt Dale*        81-80-78=239    +23 

TEAM RESULTS

1.         Coastal Carolina       282-283-289=854           -10
2.         USC Aiken              286-289-284=859           -5
3.         Clemson                284-289-291=864           E
4.         Minnesota              283-288-295=866           +2
5.         UCLA                   292-286-289=867           +3
6.         AUGUSTA STATE          293-286-292=871           +7
7.         North Carolina State   293-290-290=873           +9
8.         Washington             297-289-289=875           +11
9.         Mississippi            291-287-302=880           +16
10.        East Tennessee State   295-295-292=882           +18
11.        Notre Dame             299-293-297=889           +25
           Virginia Tech          298-286-305=889           +25
13.        Tennessee              293-300-302=895           +31
14.        Georgia Southern       296-300-300=896           +32
15.        Louisiana State        301-301-306=908           +44 

Top 25 Individual Results

1.         Scott Brown, USC Aiken                   70-69-68=209    -9
2.         Dustin Johnson, Coastal Carolina         69-70-69=208    -8
3.         Erik Flores, UCLA                        72-69-72=213    -3
           Joachim Fourquet, Coastal Carolina       71-69-73=213    -3
           Stephen Lewton, North Carolina State     75-69-69=213    -3
6.         Daniel Im, UCLA                          72-71-71=214    -2
7.         Victor Almstrom, Minnesota               71-71-73=215    -1
           Dane Burkhart, USC Aiken                 69-73-73=215    -1
           Vince Hatfield, Clemson                  72-73-70=215    -1
           Jamie Miller, Augusta State              72-73-70=215    -1
           Josh Person, Minnesota                   68-73-74=215    -1
           Jerry Richardson, North Carolina State   69-74-72=215    -1
13.        Kevin Chappell,  UCLA                    71-73-72=216    E
           Moises Cobo, Coastal Carolina            70-75-71=216    E
           Roberto Diaz, USC Aiken                  74-72-70 =216   E
           Tanner Ervin, Clemson                    71-71-74 =216   E
           Cole Isban, Notre Dame                   74-67-75=216    E
           Stephen Poole, Clemson                   72-71-73=216    E
19.        Rhys Davies, East Tennessee State        73-73-71=217    +1
           Brian Duncan, Clemson                    69-74-74=217    +1
           Alex Prugh, Washington                   74-70-73=217    +1
22.        Mike Keast, Augusta State                76-69-73=218    +2
           Erik Olson, Washington                   72-72-74=218    +2
           Niall Turner, Minnesota                  75-71-72=218    +2
25.        Larry Blatt, Mississippi                 71-72-76=219    +3
           Zack Byrd, Coastal Carolina              74-69-76=219    +3
           Kyle Ellis, Mississippi                  72-73-74=219    +3
           Luke Hopkins*, Clemson                   72-73-74=219    +3
           Josh Sandman, Notre Dame                 74-71-74=219    +3
           Drew Weaver, Virginia Tech               78-69-72=219    +3

* -- denotes competed as individual