April 21, 2000
KILLEN, Ala. – The Georgia men’s golf team shot a two-under-par 286 Friday to take the first round lead in the Southeastern Conference Men s Golf Championships, held at the Turtle Point Yacht and Country Club.
The participating teams will play an 18-hole round on Saturday and will finish the championship with an 18-hole round on Sunday.
Auburn is four shots behind the Bulldogs, with a 290. Mississippi State is in third place, with a 297, followed by LSU and Tennessee tied in fourth at 301 and Ole Miss is sixth at 304.
Alabama is seventh at 305, followed by Arkansas and Vanderbilt tied at 306, Florida is 10th at 307, South Carolina 11th at 308 and Kentucky rounds out the field at 316.
Individually, four golfers are tied for the lead, shooting a two-under-par 70. The list includes Alex Rocha of Mississippi State, Brandt Snedeker of Vanderbilt, John Humphries of LSU and Michael Morrison of Georgia.
Auburn s Roland Thatcher is alone in fifth place with a one-under-par 70.
Georgia took the first round lead by having four of its five golfers shoot par-or-better. Following Morrison at 70, was the trio of Nick Cassini, Erik Compton and Bryant Odom, who each shot 72. No other team in the field had four of its five golfers at par-or-better. In the SEC Championship, only the top four of the five scores count towards the team total.
The teams will tee-off again Saturday, starting at 8 a.m. CT at Turtle Point Yacht and Country Club.
TEAM SCORES
| 1. Georgia 286 |
| 2. Auburn 290 |
| 3. Mississippi State 297 |
| 4. LSU 301 |
| Tennessee 301 |
| 6. Ole Miss 304 |
| 7. Alabama 305 |
| 8. Arkansas 306 |
| Vanderbilt 306 |
| 10. Florida 307 |
| 11. South Carolina 308 |
| 12. Kentucky 316 |
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
| 1. Alex Rocha, | Mississippi State | 38-32 = 70 |
| Brandt Snedeker, | Vanderbilt | 36-34 = 70 |
| John Humphries, | LSU | 37-33 = 70 |
| Michael Morrison, | Georgia | 36-34 = 70 |
| 5. Roland Thatcher, | Auburn | 35-36 = 71 |
| 6. Nick Cassini, | Georgia | 38-34 = 72 |
| Jason Dufner, | Auburn | 37-35 = 72 |
| Erik Compton, | Georgia | 38-34 = 72 |
| Bryant Odom, | Georgia | 36-36 = 72 |
| Jon Rusk, | Auburn | 36-36 = 72 |
| 11. John-Gordon Beckett, | Kentucky | 37-36 = 73 |
| Austin Hynson, | Alabama | 38-35 = 7 |
| Jon Bartlett, | Ole Miss | 36-37 = 73 |
| 14. Camilo Benedetti, | Florida | 39-35 = 74 |
| Michael Maness, | South Carolina | 37-37 = 74 |
| Andrew Pratt, | Tennessee | 38-36 = 74 |
| 17. Derrick Centers, | Tennessee | 35-40 = 75 |
| Ben Smith, | Mississippi State | 40-35 = 75 |
| Ryan Blagg, | Arkansas | 37-38 = 75 |
| Scott Weatherly, | Auburn | 37-38 = 75 |
| Codie Mudd, | Mississippi State | 36-39 = 75 |
| 22. Jeremy Wilkinson, | LSU | 36-40 = 76 |
| Andrew Black, | Tennessee | 37-39 = 76 |
| Chris Malloy, | Ole Miss | 40-36 = 76 |
| John Bloomfield, | South Carolina | 37-39 = 76 |
| Ian Parnaby, | Tennessee | 40-36 = 76 |
| Beau Galyean, | Arkansas | 41-35 = 76 |
| 28. Alan Morgan, | SU | 41-36 = 77 |
| Andrew Medley, | Ole Miss | 37-40 = 77 |
| Craig Lile, | Arkansas | 42-35 = 77 |
| Jan Are Larsen, | Alabama | 41-36 = 77 |
| Bubba Dickerson, | Florida | 38-39 = 77 |
| Wesley Pate, | Alabama | 40-37 = 77 |
| Kevin Haefner, | Auburn | 37-40 = 77 |
| Ben Banks, | Florida | 37-40 = 77 |
| Michael Trailov, | Mississippi State | 41-36 = 77 |
| Ryan Grant, | Vanderbilt | 39-38 = 77 |
| 38. Kyle Thompson, | South Carolina | 40-38 = 78 |
| Ned Michaels, | Vanderbilt | 38-40 = 78 |
| Nicholas Balanis, | Alabama | 39-39 = 78 |
| Jason Humphries, | LSU | 38-40 = 78 |
| Phil Caravia, | Ole Miss | 40-38 = 78 |
| Craig Taylor, | LSU | 38-40 = 78 |
| Ed McSpadden, | Arkansas | 41-37 = 78 |
| 45. Freeman Fite, | Alabama | 38-40 = 78 |
| Ron Layman, | Kentucky | 39-40 = 79 |
| Nick Gilliam, | Florida | 40-39 = 79 |
| Taylor Walsh, | Florida | 37-42 = 79 |
| 49. Eric Ecker, | South Carolina | 39-41 = 80 |
| John Mueller, | Mississippi State | 43-37 = 80 |
| Jay Houk, | Arkansas | 37-43 = 80 |
| 52. Troy Muller, | Ole Miss | 42-39 = 81 |
| Nick Manthey, | Vanderbilt | 42-39 = 81 |
| Andy Dustman, | Kentucky | 39-42 = 81 |
| John Pitt, | Vanderbilt | 42-39 = 81 |
| 56. Bubba Watson, | Georgia | 41-41 = 82 |
| Andy Brimer, | Tennessee | 42-40 = 82 |
| 58. Wes Furnish, | Kentucky | 41-42 = 83 |
| Pat Kelly, | Kentucky | 43-40 = 83 |
| 60. Scott Feaster, | South Carolina | 43-41 = 84 |
