Feb. 7, 1998
GAINSVILLE, Fla.-The University of Kentucky men’s golf team stands 11th place after day one of competition at the Barnett Bank Gator Invitational Saturday.
petition at therAfter two rounds, the Wildcats are led by sophomore Wes Furnish and junior Chris Mueller who are both tied for 28th place with a 146. Furnish fired a 71 in the first round. Florida South’s Jeff Klauk is in first place with a 135.
This is the spring season opener for the Wildcats. The Gator Invitational field includes SEC rivals: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana State, Mississippi, South Carolina, as well as, Alabama-Birmingham, Augusta, Central Florida, South Florida, North Florida, Ohio State, Florida Southern and South Alabama.
The tournament takes place at the 6,300 yards par 70 University of Florida golf course concludes Sunday.
AGATETeam results1 Augusta State 282 279 561 +12 Florida 284 281 565 +53 Florida Southern 296 272 568 +84 South Carolina 290 281 571 +115 Georgia 292 282 574 +146 South Alabama 291 286 577 +177 Ohio State 294 287 581 +218 Alabama-Birmingham 296 286 582 +229 North Florida 296 289 585 +2510 Louisiana State 297 289 586 +2611 Kentucky 293 295 588 +28Individual results1 Jeff Klauk, Fl. South 70 65 135 -52 Chris Roake, Augusta St 67 70 137 -3T3 Wayne Raath, Fl. South 70 68 138 -2 T 3 Ryan Armour, Ohio State 69 69 138 -2 T 5 Steve Scott, Florida 69 70 139 -1T5 D.J. Nelson, So Alabama 71 68 139 -1 T5 Eric Ecker, S Carolina 70 69 139 -1 8 Robert Duck, Augusta St 73 67 140 E9 David Miller, Georgia 73 68 141 +1T10 Freddie Cortina, So Alabama 71 71 142 +2 T10 Simon Lacey, Florida 71 71 142 +2T12 Craig Matthew, Ohio State 75 68 143 +3 T12 Jake Kransteuber, S Carolina73 70 143 +3 T12 Adam Manuel, LSU 72 71 143 +3T12 Michael Morrison, Georgia 71 72 143 +3UK result'sT28. Wes Furnish 71-75-146, T28. Chris Mueller 72-74-146, T39. Ron Layman 76-72-148,T54. Mike Cassity 76-74-150.
