Oct. 19, 1999

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Kentucky junior Wes Furnish finished theUniversity of Louisville Intercollegiate in third place, two strokes off thelead with a two-round total of 144. Furnish, the day-one leader, followed up acareer-best three-under-par 69 in Monday?s opening round with a three-over-par75 in the final round on Tuesday.

The Cats had a two-round team total of 609 (304-305) which placed themseventh among the 18 competing teams for the two-day tournament held atLouisville?s Persimmon Ridge Golf Club. UK had entered the day in seventh.After beginning the day seven strokes behind day-one leader Morehead State,Notre Dame shot a tournament best round of 292 to supplant MSU for thetournament championship in the final round. Stave Ratay led the way for theIrish with a 71 on Tuesday which landed him in second-place for the tournamentwith a 143 (72-71). The individual title went to Eric Mason of Western Kentuckywho vaulted over Ratay and Furnish after an opening-round 73 by carding afinal-round 69. Mason finished the tournament with a two-under-par 142. Rataywas one-under while Furnish finished the tourney at even-par.

Furnish is one of only two UK golfers to shoot under 70 this season asfreshman Andy Dustman also posted a 69 on Oct. 11.

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Persimmon Ridge Golf Club Louisville, Ky. Par 72 (6,850)

Leaderboard1  Notre Dame              301     292     5932  Western Kentucky        300     295     5953  Morehead State          294     308     6023  Ohio University         298     304     6025  Louisville              306     297     6036  Cincinnati              300     305     6057  Kentucky                304     305     609

UK Individuals            304     305      609     3       Wes Furnish        69      75      144T35     John Beckett       76      77      153T45     Andy Dustman       78      77      155T70     Ryan Coyne         81      79      160T70     Ron Layman         84      76      160