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UNCG goes wire-to-wire to win Dorado Beach Classic

UNCG won the team title by eight shots and Jeff Nelson of Winthrop won the individual title by two shots

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The UNCG men's golf team finished 29-under to win the 2025 Dorado Beach Collegiate at TPC Dorado Beach in Dorado, Puerto Rico, by eight shots.

The winning squad carded rounds of 273-279-283 to secure the wire-to-wire win.

According to UNCG athletics, this win marks the team's third first-place finish this season. UNCG also finished first at the Bryan National Collegiate and the Elon Invitational.

Southern Miss finished in solo second place at 21-under, and Illinois State finished in solo third place at 20-under. UConn finished in solo fourth place at 14-under, and Loyola (Md) and Wofford finished T5 at 13-under to round out the top five.

In the individual competition, Jeff Nelson of Winthrop finished 11-under to win by two shots. He carded rounds of 65-71-69 to secure the wire-to-wire win, the same as UNCG in the team competition.

He recorded three top-15 finishes in 2024.

Ryan Dupuy of Southern Miss and Alex Heard of UConn finished T2 at 9-under, two shots back of Nelson.

Colin Dutton of UNCG, Jack Marcotte of UNCG, Vaclav Tichy of James Madison, and Matthew Javier of Southern Miss all finished T4 at 8-under to round out the top five. 14 golfers finished within six shots of Nelson.

 

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2025 season — official results & points
PosPlayerFromScoresPoints
1Jeff NelsonCO65-71-69=205600
2Alex HeardFL67-71-69=207400
2Ryan DupuyLA69-69-69=207400
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