Virginia Tech golfer Drew Weaver made a strong charge on the final nine holes on Tuesday afternoon, including birdies on three of the final four holes, and is in a playoff for the final two spots in match play. The tournament is being played at the 2008 U.S. Amateur Championship at the 7,030-yard, par 70 No. 4 Course at the Pinehurst Resort and Country Club in Pinehurst, N.C.

Weaver finished in a group of 26 players tied for 63^rd place. The top 64 scores advance to match play on Wednesday. The 26 players will playoff for the final two berths in the match play at No. 4 beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The 26 competitors in the playoff is the second most in Amateur history, eclipsed only by the 31 players in 1988

A rising senior from High Point, N.C., Weaver entered the final round of stroke play at four-over-par 74 and made the turn at three-over-par, before his strong finish. Weaver birdied the 10^th hole to get it back to plus-two, but then double-bogeyed the 501 yard par 4 13^th hole. He then finished his round with birdies on holes 15, 16 and 17, before finishing with a par on the 18^th hole.

Play continues Wednesday with the beginning of match play for the low 64 scorers. The championship runs through the end of the week, with the 36-hole final match scheduled for Sunday.

Virginia Tech golfer Drew Weaver shot an opening round four-over-par 74 and is tied for 135^th place at the 2008 U.S. Amateur Championship at the 7,281-yard, par 70 No.2 Course at the Pinehurst Resort and Country Club in Pinehurst, N.C., on Monday morning.

Weaver, a rising senior from High Point, N.C., was three over par after his first nine holes, despite at birdie on his first hole. He double-bogeyed the third hole, his 12^th hole of the day, to fall to five over for the round, but birdied the fifth hole to get back to plus-four.

He will tee off at 1:05 p.m., in Tuesday afternoon's second round from the first tee on the No. 4 Course. The top 64 advance following the conclusion of stroke play on Tuesday. Weaver has advanced out of stroke play in each of the past two years.

Former Virginia Tech golfer Brendon de Jonge shot a final round one-under-par 69 and earned his first-ever victory on the Nationwide Tour at the Xerox Classic at the 6,720-yard, par 70 Irondequoit Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., on Sunday afternoon.

De Jonge, Tech's all-time leader in stroke average, shot a four-day total of 13-under-par 267, a new tournament record. De Jonge entered the event 13^th on the Nationwide Tour's money list and the win moves him to second on the list. The top 25 earn PGA Tour cards for next year. De Jonge played on the PGA Tour in 2007. This was de Jonge's 99^th tournament on the Nationwide Tour.

A teammate of PGA Tour player Johnson Wagner at Virginia Tech, de Jonge completed his eligibilty in 2003. With de Jonge and Wagner, Tech finished eighth nationally in 2001 and 20^th in 2002 and de Jonge received All-America honors in 2002 and 2003..

Virginia Tech golfer Drew Weaver recorded his best finish ever in a PGA Tour event and narrowly missed the cut at the 2008 Wyndham Championship on Friday afternoon at the 7,117-yard, par 70 Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.

Weaver, a rising senior from High Point, N.C., fired his second consecutive one-under-par 69 and finished with a two-round total of two-under-par 138. He tied for 79^th place overall and missed the cut by one stroke.

This is Weaver's fourth appearance as an amateur at a professional event of this year and it marks the first time he has finished under par for such a tournament. He was invited into the field on a sponsor's exemption.

Weaver teed off Friday afternoon on the first tee and parred his first 13 holes before bogeying the par-four 14^th hole. He got back to even for the round with a birdie on far-four 17^th and then finished with a birdie on the par-four 18^th.

There is no rest for the weary, as Weaver is scheduled to tee off on Monday morning at 7:50 a.m., at the 2008 U.S. Amateur Championship on the historic No. 2 Course at the Pinehurst Resort and Country Club in Pinehurst, N.C. Both Sedgefield Country Club and No. 2 at Pinehurst were designed by famed golf course architect Donald Ross.

Virginia Tech golfer Drew Weaver opened with a one-under-par 69 in the first round of the 2008 Wyndham Championship on Thursday at the 7,117-yard, par 70 Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C,

Weaver teed off in the morning from the 10^th tee and made the turn at one-over-par, but shot a two-under-par 33 on the front side, his second nine of the day. Weaver, a rising senior from nearby High Point, N.C., had four birdies and three bogeys on Thursday. He is currently tied for 76^th place.

On Friday afternoon, Weaver will tee off from the first tee at 1:50 p.m. He is grouped with Bob Heintz and Tommy Gainey. Heintz shot a seven-under-par 63 and is tied for the first round lead with Martin Laird.