Oct. 26, 1999

TAMPA, Fla. — University of Kentucky men?s golf team finished its fall season onMonday with a 10th place finish at the Gary Koch Invitational after posting afinal-round 301 for a 54-hole total of 906. The tournament, held at the OldMemorial Golf Course, was won by the University of North Florida which recordeda two-day total of 874.

UNF?s Erik Labitzke maintained his opening day lead to win thetournament with a five-under-par 211 (70-69-72).

The highlight of the tournament for Kentucky was the 68 fired by 11thplace finisher Andy Dustman in the first round on Monday. The freshmanpaced theCats in the tourney by shooting a final-round 73 and a four-over-par tournamenttotal of 220.

Ron Layman also finished in the top-half of the playing field as histotal of 225 (74-78-73) placed him in a tie for 28th among the 75 competitors.

Dustman is the only UK golfer to post two sub-70 rounds this season ashe also carded a 69 on Oct. 11 at the Xavier Invitational. Wes Furnish is theonly other Cat to break 70 this fall, shooting a 69 on Oct. 18 at theUniversity of Louisville Intercollegiate.

Old Memorial Golf CourseTampa, Fla. Par 72 (7,236)

Leaderboard 1 North Florida 292 294 288 8742 Auburn 297 290 290 8773 Georgia State 294 294 292 8804 Ole Miss 296 298 293 8875 Tennessee 298 286 304 8886 South Florida 291 305 297 8937 Florida 304 292 300 8968 Maryland 303 294 304 9019 Oklahoma 303 306 295 90410 Kentucky 298 307 301 90611 Alabama 301 304 306 91112 Charleston 307 305 303 91513 Florida State 309 301 310 92014 South Alabama 311 304 309 92415 Central Florida 314 321 320 955

UK Individuals 298 307 301 906 T11 Andy Dustman 68 79 73 220T28 Wes Furnish 79 73 73 225T42 Ron Layman 74 78 78 230T54 John Beckett 77 79 77 23364 Ryan Rieckhoff 80 77 80 237