Matt Hill Shatters North Carolina Golf Records

The 20-year-old from Forest, Ontario, a member of Canada's RCGA National Men's Team, posted a (68-68-70) 10-under par score of 206 to share medalist honours with David May of Clemson College.

Georgia Tech claimed its second ACC Men's Golf Championship in three years and fifth in last 10 with a three-stroke victory over Clemson, despite having to continue playing through a mild drizzle and 10 to 15 mile-per-hour wind gusts. The NCS Wolfpack tied for fourth place.

"I figured the scores would be lower," said Hill, the 2007 Ontario Junior Boys champion. "Thank goodness the weather held off. I had some good par puts today and think that this will definitely motivate us for next year. I absolutely love this course and can't wait to be back here next year."

Hill has brought home medalist honors in four of the last five tournaments for North Carolina dating back to early March.

His first victory came at last year's Hootie at Bulls Bay. Hill also claimed top honors at the Hawks Invitational this past fall and in back-to-back tournaments in March, first at the General Hackler Tournament then the Schenkel E-Z-Go. Most recently, Hill won the Pack's River Landing Intercollegiate.

The only golfer in Wolfpack history to win five tournaments in one school year, Hill's six career titles top the previous record held by PGA TOUR member Tim Clark.

Hill has taken his game to a new level since going to North Carolina State and becoming part of the RCGA development teams where he receives top instruction --and financial support. The financial support gives Hill and advantage over U. S.-born college players because when the college season ends, the RCGA picks up the costs for all events they place on his schedule. That doesn't happen to most U. S. players. Once the college season ends, Hill will concentrate on the big amateur tournaments, the Canadian, U. S. and British amateurs among them. He's also planning to play in the Ontario Amateur, the Porter Cup in Lewiston, N. Y., which attracts the top U. S. college players.

Hill agrees with his coach that his patience and making the right choices under pressure have served him well against the very best U. S. college players.

"I've worked at every aspect of my game to make it better," he says. "One of the big things is I feel I'm a lot smarter under pressure. I'm thinking better. My short game has got even better."