April 27, 2003

Full Results

Sea Island, Ga. –

The University of Kentucky men’s golf team finished in ninth place at the SEC Men’s Golf Tournament, being played at the par-70 Sea Side Golf Course, on Sunday. The Cats shot a third-round 289 to finish with a 59-over par 899 for the weekend. Kentucky finished eighth in last year’s tournament, which was held at the same venue. Florida won the tournament with a 16-over 856, while defending champion Auburn finished six strokes behind in second place with an 862. Georgia finished third with an 866, Tennessee was fourth with an 870 and South Carolina rounded out the top five with an 875.

Mark Blakefield finished in 28th place with a three day 222, 12-over par, to lead Kentucky. John Holmes was one stroke behind in 29th with a 13-over 223. Brandon Waldrop finished in 43rd with a 228, while Matt Kohn with a 230 and Ryan Coyne with a 239, finished 46th and 55th respectively.

Florida’s Brett Stegmaier fired a final-round 64 to overcome Georgia’s Kevin Kisner, who had led for the first two days, and win individual honors with a three-day, 7-under par 203 for the tournament. Kisner finished second at six-under. Auburn’s Will Claxton finished in third at even par and Tennessee’s Andrew Pratt finished fourth at one-over. Three other players finished tied for fifth at 4-over par.

This was Kentucky’s final tournament before selections are made for the NCAA regional championships, which will begin on Thursday, May 15.

Agate:
Teams
1 Florida 292 293 271 856 (+16)
2 Auburn 291 293 278 862 (+22)
3 Georgia 288 289 289 866 (+26)
4 Tennessee 289 288 293 870 (+30)
5 South Carolina 298 285 292 875 (+35)
6 Alabama 293 292 294 879 (+39)
7 Arkansas 299 291 291 881 (+41)
8 Ole Miss 304 290 296 890 (+50)
9 Kentucky 303 307 289 899 (+59)
10 Vanderbilt 302 310 290 902 (+62)
11 Mississippi State 313 303 298 914 (+74)
12 Louisiana State 315 309 293 917 (+77)

Top-five Players
1 Brett StegmaierFlorida 67 72 64 203 (-7)
2 Kevin KisnerGeorgia 67 69 68 204 (-6)
3 Will ClaxtonAuburn 68 74 68 210 (E)
4 Andrew PrattTennessee 72 69 70 211 (+1)
T5 Andrew DahlArkansas 71 70 73 214 (+4)
T5 David DenhamGeorgia 69 72 73 214 (+4)
T5 John HumphriesLSU 71 74 69 214 (+4)

Kentucky Players28 Mark Blakefield75 74 73 222 (+12)T29 John Holmes79 76 68 223 (+13)T43 Brandon Waldrop 72 79 77 228 (+18)T46 Matt Kohn77 82 71 230 (+20)T55 Ryan Coyne80 78 81 239 (+29)

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