Sept. 12, 1999

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Kentucky men?s golf team stands in 13th place out of a fieldof 17 after scoring a team total of 600 strokes through Saturday?s first tworounds of play at the Hawkeye Intercollegiate in Iowa City, Iowa. KentUniversity is the current team leader after scoring a 571.

Sophomore Philip Schardein paced the Cats by shooting a 147 (75-72) onSaturday. Senior Ron Layman was the only other UK golfer to break 150 as heposted a 149 (76-73). The overall leader is Northern Illinois? Tim Countrymanwho recorded a 138 (69-69).

The tournament will conclude tomorrow with a final round of 18 holes as theWildcats look to improve their position in the team?s first outing of the1999-2000 season.

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Place                           301     299     600T 24    Philip Schardein        75      72      147T 39    Ron Layman              76      73      149T 48    John Beckett            73      77      150T 66    Ryan Rieckhoff          77      77      154T 66    Andy Dustman            77      77      154