April 28, 2010
GREENSBORO, Ga. -
Maryland head coach Ralph Friedgen and former Terp and NFL quarterback Stan Gelbaugh finished tied for sixth in the 2010 Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge Charity Golf Tournament.
The duo shot a 1-over-par 72 Tuesday in the one-day event which features a college head football coach and a celebrity alum paired together in a scramble.
Friedgen and Gelbaugh earned $17,500 for charity.
Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher and former `Noles defensive back Terrell Buckley combined to shoot a 7-under-par to win the tournament which was held at Reynolds Plantation resort outside Atlanta.
Buckley holed a 15-foot, right-breaking putt for birdie on 18 to move to 7-under and hold off a charging Georgia Tech team down the stretch. The Yellow Jackets finished one back at 6-under-par, and two-time defending champion South Carolina finished third at 5 under.
The Seminole team took home $120,000 in scholarship donations for FSU in their winning effort. In total, the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge contributed $400,000 in scholarship money to the 12 universities that competed. Over the last four years, the event has combined to give more than $1.8 million in scholarship and charitable donations.
"We really had a spectacular day on the golf course today and this incredible group of coaches and celebrities represented their universities in a first-class way," said Gary Stokan, Chick-fil-A Bowl president and CEO. "But the privilege was all ours in being able to give so much back to these great schools and great competitors."
The final standings and scholarship winnings were as follows:
School/Team Players Score Winnings
Florida State (Jimbo Fisher/Terrell Buckley) -7 $120,000
Georgia Tech (Paul Johnson/Jon Barry) -6 $60,000
South Carolina (Steve Spurrier/Sterling Sharpe) -5 $50,000
North Carolina (Butch Davis/Natrone Means) -4 $40,000
N.C. State (Sidney Lowe/Monte Towe) -2 $30,000
Alabama (Nick Saban/Steve Sloan) +1 $17,500
Maryland (Ralph Friedgen/Stan Gelbaugh) +1 $17,500
Vanderbilt (Bobby Johnson/Will Perdue) +1 $17,500
Wake Forest (Jim Grobe/Billy Packer) +1 $17,500
Ole Miss (Houston Nutt/Wesley Walls) +2 $10,000
Clemson (Dabo Swinney/Dwight Clark) +3 $10,000
Virginia Tech (Frank Beamer/Brad Clontz) +4 $10,000
In addition to the $400,000 scholarship purse, an additional $135,000 was donated to Chick-fil-A's WinShape Homes, a long-term foster care program. The Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge is a significant contributor to the Chick-fil-A Bowl's overall annual charitable and scholarship donations. The Chick-fil-A Bowl leads all bowls in the country in charitable giving, including gifts of more than $5.8 million since 2002.
The tournament was taped by ESPN for broadcast in the fall. The date of the broadcast will be announced this summer.
For more information on the event, visit www.Chick-fil-ABowlChallenge.com.
About the Chick-fil-A Bowl
The Chick-fil-A Bowl is the ninth-oldest bowl game in the country and hosts the longest-running rivalry series between the ACC and SEC. Now in its 43rd year, the Chick-fil-A Bowl has established itself as one of the nation's elite bowl games with a string of 13 consecutive sellouts and has earned a reputation as one of the most competitive bowls in the nation. Ten of the last 18 games have been decided by a touchdown or less. The Chick-fil-A Bowl has disbursed more than $97 million in team payouts during its 42-year history and has increased team payout every year since 1996. The Bowl also leads all other bowl games in charitable and scholarship contributions, giving more than $1.2 million to organizations in need in 2009 alone. Other events under the Chick-fil-A Bowl brand include the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge head coach and celebrity golf event each April and the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game season-opening game over Labor Day weekend which will host two projected pre-season top 25 teams, LSU and North Carolina, to open the 2010 season Sept. 4.
