Oct. 15, 2002
Tampa, Fla. – The UK men’s golf team was on the 11th hole of the third round when tournament officials called the match due to inclement weather. The stoppage of play gave the Cats a second place finish in the Gary Koch/Cleveland Golf Invitational, three strokes behind tournament winner Florida, who won their third consecutive Gary Koch title.
“I’m really disappointed we didn’t get to finish,” UK Coach Brian Craig said. “It was going down to the wire between us, Florida and Arkansas, I wish we could’ve finished.
“I’m very happy with the way the team played and I’m confident we will win our first tournament real soon.”
The second place finish is the best for the Cats so far this year, they finished third in last week’s Adams Cup at Rhode Island.
Three Wildcat golfers were able to finish in the top 20. Senior Ryan Coyne followed up his first-first round 69 with a one-under 71 to land in fifth place, in the individual field, at 4-under par. Sophomores Brandon Waldrop and John Holmes each fired second-round 70s to finish at 3-under and 2-under respectively.
Sophomore Matt Wells finished even, while senior Andy Dustman finished at 4-over par. Freshman Matt Kohn, who was playing as an individual, followed up an opening-round 77 with a 3-under 69 to finish in 38th place at 2-over par.
The Cats’ next tournament will be the Country Club of Louisiana Intercollegiate in Baton Rouge, La., beginning Monday, Oct. 28.
Agate:
1 Florida285 279 564T2 Kentucky 282 285 567 Arkansas 286 281 5674 Ohio State279 292 5715 Tennessee283 289 5726 Vanderbilt286 287 5737 College of Charleston 284 292 576T8 Central Florida 293 286 579 Toledo 289 290 57910 Florida State287 293 580T11 Louisiana State 294 288 582 Ole Miss290 292 58213 North Florida300 295 59514 Rhode Island303 296 59915 South Florida299 302 601
Top 5 PlayersT1 Zach Doran Ohio State 64 71 135 (-9) Brandt Snedeker Vanderbilt 68 67 135 3 Jordan Code Florida 72 66 138 (-6) 4 James Vargas Florida 69 70 139 (-5)T5 Ryan Coyne Kentucky 69 71 140 (-4) Seth Murphy Arkansas 69 71 140 Andrew Dahl Arkansas 72 68 140 Bruce McDonald Charleston 69 71 140 Sonny Nimkhum Central Florida 73 67 140
UK IndividualsT5 Ryan Coyne69 71 140 (-4)T10 Brandon Waldrop71 70 141 (-3)T16 John Holmes72 70 142 (-2)T24 Matt Wells70 74 144 (E)T47 Andy Dustman74 74 148 (+4)
