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  Chan Song

Chan Song

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Orlando, Fla.

High School:
Bradenton Academy

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 153

Birthdate:
02/17/1983

Experience:
3 letters

Two-time honorable mention All-America and an All-Atlantic Coast Conference performer ... Workhorse competitor has played in all but one tournament (40 of 41) in his Georgia Tech career ... Has 18 top-20 finishes and six top-10s in his career, but no tournament wins ... His highest finish has been a tie for fifth at the Carpet Capital Collegiate his freshman year and again last spring at the Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate in Hawaii ... Enters his senior year with the eighth-best career stroke average in Tech history (73.07) ... Ranked No. 23 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index after the fall season ... Has made the ACC Academic Honor Roll all three years at Tech ... Spent much of the summer caddying for his sisters Aree and Naree Song.

2004-05: Played in all five fall events, after competing only in U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur qualifying last summer ... Finished in the top-10 twice, at the Western Refining Collegiate All-America Classic in El Paso and the Jerry Pate National, and had four top-20 finishes overall ... Went 1-under 212 at the Western Refining, eight shots off the lead of his teammate, Nicholas Thompson, and tied for 10th place ... Tied for eighth at the Jerry Pate, posting a 6-under 207 score ... Tied for 12th at the Golfweek Preview (4-over 214) and tied for 20th at the Isleworth Collegiate (5-over 221) ... Went 2-2 in the Hooters Match Play Collegiate, in which the Jackets advanced to the finals ... Third on the team in stroke average at 72.07 for the fall, and counted for the team in 11 of 12 rounds ... Matched or broke par in seven rounds, tying for the team best, and matched a career low of 67 in the final round of the Jerry Pate.

2003-04: All-Atlantic Coast Conference ... Honorable mention All-American and an All-American Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America ... Only Tech player to participate in every (13) tournament Tech played ... Stroke average of 72.64 was his career best, ranked third on the team and 9th-best in the ACC ... Averaged 72.56 for the spring in 24 rounds, fourth on the team ... His 15 rounds under par tied for the team lead and was fifth-most among ACC players ... Averaged 72.00 in the final round of tournaments, including six subpar rounds and four in the 60's ... Had five top-20 finishes (one top-10), with his best a tie for fifth at the Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate (7-under-par 209) ... Tied for 24th at the NCAA Championship at The Homestead Resort (7-over-par 287), his best performance in three championship appearances, including a second-round 69 ... Tied for 11th at the ACC Championship (3-under-par 213) ... Also tied for 11th at the Southern Highlands Collegiate in Las Vegas (4-under-par 212) ... Counted for the team in 28 of 35 rounds played ... Ranked No. 85 in the nation in the final Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index, jumping 15 positions following his NCAA Championship performance.

2002-03: Competed in all but one tornament in 2003 ... Ranked third on the team with a 74.36 stroke average on the season ... Top finish of the year came at the NCAA East Regional, as he tied for 12th with a career-best 54-hole score of 70-71-70--211 ... In just his second tournament of 2003, tied for 20th at the Jerry Pate Intercollegiate ... Finished that tourney with an even-par score of 75-67--142 as the event was shortened to 36 holes ... Tied for 25th at the Augusta State Invitational with a 54-hole score of 4-under-par 74-68-70--212 ... Recorded seven sub-par rounds on the year and counted 28 of his 33 rounds (.849) towards the team score in 2003.

2001-02: Earned honorable-mention GCAA All-America honors ... One of the top freshman in the nation in 2002, competing in all 11 tournaments for the Yellow Jackets ... Named the ACC Rookie of the Year for 2002, joining Matt Kuchar and Bryce Molder as the only three players in school history to be so honored ... Made his impact early, tying for fifth at the Carpet Capital Collegiate in his second tournament with a 2-under-par scoreof 69-75-70--214 ... Has a total of three top-10 finishes on the year and seven Top-20 placements as well ... Tied for ninth place at the Waikoloa Intercollegiate with a score of 71-73-73--217 ... Recorded his best round of the year at the Las Vegas Collegiate, the second-round 66 followed an opening-round 80, which led him to a tie for 10th place at even-par, 80-66-70--216 ... The 66 in Las Vegas, is the second-best score by a Tech player during the 2002 season ... Ranked fourth on the team with a 72.77 stroke average, which was the best by a freshman since Bryce Molder's 70.95 in 1998.

Previous NCAA experience: Tied for 13th at the 2002 East Regional in Roswell, Ga. (4-over-par 220) ... Tied for 12th at the 2003 East Regional in Auburn, Ala. (5-under-par 211) ... Tied for 86th at the 2002 NCAA Championship in Columbus, Ohio (10-over-par 294) ... Tied for 67th at the 2003 NCAA Championship in Stillwater, Okla. (25-over-par 313) ... Tied for 41st at the 2004 East Regional in New Haven, Conn. (10-over-par 220) ... Tied for 24th place at the 2004 NCAA Championship at Hot Springs, Va. (7-over-par 287).

Amateur 2004: Won the U.S. Amateur sectional qualifying event at Buffalo, N.Y. (6-under 138) ... Shot 67 and finished second May 17 in Griffin, Ga., to advance out of local qualifying for the 2004 U.S. Open ... 2003: Tied with four other players for 17th place at The Players Amateur ... Finished with an even-par score of 69-77-71-71--288 in that event ... Was an alternate for the U.S. Amateur after tying for second place at the sectional qualifier held at the Country Club at Heathrow in Heathrow, Fla., finished with a 36-hole score of 144 ... 2002: Recorded a pair of top-15 finishes in the summer, beginning with a tie for fifth place at the Players Amateur ... Recorded a 54-hole score of 70-73-67-68--278 (-6) in the event ... Fired a 9-under-par score of 68-67-73-71--279 at the Dogwood Amateur ... 2001: Won a playoff to qualify for his second U.S. Amateur at East Lake ... Tied for 13th at the Rice Planters Amateur with a 1-under-par score of 74-74-69-70--287 ... Was 12th at the Dogwood Invitational, with a 9-under-par score of 69-70-68-72--279 ... Member of the East Canon Cup team for the third time ... 2000: First-team Polo Golf Junior All-American ... Recorded three national junior victories during the year, inlcluding the AJGA Thurderbird International Junior with a score of 69-68-71--208 ... Won the AJGA Justin Leonard/Deloitte & Touche Jr. Team Championship ... Teamed with fellow Tech freshman Mike Barbosa in the event to earn the win ... Was the medalist at the AJGA PING Myrtle Beach Junior Classic with his score of 65-70-68--203 ... Member of the East Canon Cup team ... Qualified for the U.S. Amateur at Baltusrol ... 1999: First-team Polo Golf Junior All-American ... Won three junior tournaments on the year including the Pizza Hut Southern Junior with a score of 208 ... Later won the AJGA Ashworth Junior Classic at Windsor Parke with a score of 71-69-68--208 ... Final win came at the Maxfli PGA Junior Championship with a score of 73-67-72-70--282 ... Canon Cup East Team member.

Personal: Full name is Chan Song Wongluekiet ... Born February 17, 1983 ... Parents are In Jong Song and Vanee Wongluekiet ... Sister Aree is playing on the LPGA Tour, and sister Naree is playing on the LPGA Futures Tour ... Majoring in management.

Collegiate Tournament Results

2003-04
T-18Bank of Tennessee at the Ridges (+2)71-71-76 -- 218
T-47PING/Golfweek Preview Invitational (+10)78-72 -- 150
T-30Carpet Capital Collegiate (+3)77-71-71 -- 219
36Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (+3)71-73-72 -- 216
T-16Gary Koch/Cleveland Golf Intercollegiate (E)70-77-69 -- 216
T-5Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate (-7)69-71-69 -- 209
T-57Puerto Rico Classic (+10)82-75-69 -- 226
T-11Southern Highlands Collegiate (-4)68-73-71 -- 212
T-45Western Intercollegiate (+13)70-75-78 -- 223
T-41Atlanta Intercollegiate (+8)78-71-75 -- 224
T-11ACC Championship (-3)74-72-67 -- 213
T-41NCAA East Regional (+10)72-72-76 -- 220
T-24NCAA Championship (+7)70-69-77-71 -- 287
2002-03
T53PING/Golfweek Preview Invitational78-79-78--235
T20Jerry Pate Intercollegiate75-67--142
T37Nelson Invitational74-71-75--220
T48Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate70-73-74--217
T41Puerto Rico Classic76-72-77--225
T64Toyota Collegiate Championship76-75-75--226
T58Morris Williams Intercollegiate79-70-75--224
T25Cleveland Golf/Augusta State Invitational74-68-70--212
T29ACC Championship79-77-73--229
T12NCAA East Regional70-71-70--211
T67NCAA Championship77-82-76-78--313
2001-02
T37PING/Golfweek Preview Invitational75-72-72--219
T5Carpet Capital Collegiate69-75-70--214
T25Jerry Pate Intercollegiate75-69-76--220
T16Long Cove Invitational72-72-74--218
T9Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate71-73-73--217
T11Puerto Rico Classic72-68-74--214
T10Las Vegas Collegiate80-66-70--216
T24PING/U.S. Collegiate Championship73-78-71--222
T20ACC Championship71-71-74--216
T13NCAA East Regional76-70-74--220
T86NCAA Championship70-73-76-75--294

Career Statistics
YearTrnT10T20Rnds/CntStrkAvg.LoHiPar60s
2001-02 113734/25247472.776680124
2002-03 110233/28245474.36677972
2003-04 131539/32283372.646782197
Total 35414106/85776173.2266823813

Low Round: 66, Callaway Golf/Las Vegas Collegiate (2nd round), 2002
Low Tournament: 209, Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate, 2004
Best Finish: T5, Carpet Capital Collegiate, 2002; Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate, 2004

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