CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – All of the teams that qualified for the NCAA Championship were already long gone by the time Western Carolina’s J.T. Poston played his final hole Saturday.
Fitting, because those other teams didn’t matter much to Poston anyway – he was playing the Chapel Hill regional here as an individual.
Poston began the final round at Finley Golf Course with a one-shot lead as he tried to play his way into the NCAA Championship, but a few stumbles midway through his day threatened to spoil his bid. He birdied the sixth hole (his 15th of the day), made a good up-and-down on 7 and dropped a shot on 8, so at 6 under for the tournament he knew he was right around the cut line for the spot that goes to the low individual on a non-qualifying team.