Swinney and Fuller Tie for Third at 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge

GREENSBORO, GA – The Miami Hurricanes team of Al Golden and Gino Torretta held off a back-nine charge from South Carolina to win the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge by one stroke.

Miami’s 11-under-par round was one better than the Steve Spurrier and Sterling Sharpe duo and just good enough to earn the victory in the 14-team field and take home the first-place scholarship prize of $125,000.

Team Miami finished the front nine with five straight birdies to make the turn at -8, one shot ahead of two-time-defending champion Georgia Tech and two shots clear of South Carolina.

The Hurricanes and Yellow Jackets played stroke-for-stroke on the back nine until Miami pulled ahead with birdies on 16 and 17. The Gamecocks went birdie-eagle-birdie over the final three holes to make a run at Miami, but fell just short when Al Golden holed a five-foot putt for par on 18.

The Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge is the country’s premier head coach and celebrity charity golf event featuring NCAA head coaches and former athletes and celebrities from the same school competing against their rivals for a share of a $520,000 scholarship purse.

In addition to the $520,000 scholarship purse, another $144,000 was generated for charitable organizations including Chick-fil-A’s WinShape Homes foster care program. Over the last seven years, the event has contributed a total of $3.8 million in scholarship and charity, helping make the Chick-fil-A Bowl college football’s most charitable bowl game.

Final official results from the 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge including scholarship winnings:

Place – Team, Score, Winnings:1 – Miami (Al Golden, Gino Torretta), -11, $125,0002 – South Carolina (Steve Spurrier, Sterling Sharpe), -10, $65,0003(T) – Georgia Tech (Paul Johnson, Jon Barry), -9, $50,0003(T) – Clemson (Dabo Swinney, Steve Fuller), -9, $50,0005 – Virginia Tech (Frank Beamer, Dell Curry), -8, $35,0006 – Alabama (Nick Saban, Mark Ingram), -7, $25,0007 – Wake Forest (Jim Grobe, Riley Skinner), -6, $25,0008(T) – Auburn (Guss Malzahn, Bo Jackson), -5, $21,6678(T) – Miss. State (Dan Mullen, Fred McCrary), -5, $21,6678(T) – Ole Miss (Hugh Freeze, Sean Tuohy), -5, $21,66711 – Ohio State (Urban Meyer, Jeff Logan), -4, $20,00012 – North Carolina (Larry Fedora, Roy Williams), -2, $15,00013 – NC State (Dave Doeren, Tom Gugliotta), -1, $15,00014 – Syracuse (Scott Shafer, Jim Boeheim), +2, $10,000

Skills Competitions (From Monday):Long Drive (Coach Div.) Dave Doeren, NC State 292 yards $5,000Long Drive (Celeb. Div.) Jon Barry, Georgia Tech 319 yards $5,000 (3rd straight win)Closest to the Pin (Coach Div.) Dabo Swinney, Clemson 9’5″ $5,000Closest to the Pin (Celeb Div.) Sean Tuohy, Ole Miss 3’2″ $5,000