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Tar Heels Win Team Title, David Ford Medalist At Williams Cup

Tar Heel junior David Ford made an 8-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole Tuesday to win medalist honors and the University of North Carolina won the Williams Cup presented by STITCH Golf at the Eagle Point Golf Club in Wilmington, N.C., for the third consecutive season.

Ford shot 66-70 in the first two rounds yesterday to lead after both the first and second rounds, but gave up a five-shot lead on the back nine today, making bogeys on four of the last eight holes to shoot 76. North Florida's Nick Gabrelcik, like Ford a former first-team All-America and member of the U.