Oct. 16, 2001

The University of Kentucky men’s golf team slipped to fourth place in the final two rounds of the Gary Koch Invitational on Tuesday, Oct. 16, but still managed to register its best finish of the season in the highly-competitive tournament.

Host and Southeastern Conference power Florida walked away with the title in impressive fashion. The Gators fired a course record in the second round and recorded 62 birdies for the two-day competition. UK attempted to keep pace with Florida by finishing the tournament second in birdies with 51, but the Gators proved to be too much.

Freshman John Holmes continued his stellar freshman campaign with a 3-under par 213 and finish in fifth place. Along with Holmes, senior Brad Coyne and junior Andy Dustman also landed their best finishes of the season.

The Invitational concluded the Cats fall season. The men’s golf team will resume play in the spring when they begin arguably one of the toughest schedules in the nation on Feb. 9 at the Gator Invitational.

Agate:1   Florida, U. of           292  273  278    8432   North Florida, U. of     293  289  287    869    TCU                      296  284  289    8694   Kentucky, U. of          289  290  293    8725   Ohio State Univ.         290  292  291    8736   Mississippi, U. of       297  295  285    877    North Carolina State     294  294  289    8778   Louisiana State U.       299  291  296    8869   Florida State Univ.      306  294  289    88910  Charleston, Coll. of     304  298  289    89111  Rhode Island, U. of      305  297  291    89312  Texas A&M University     308  295  291    89413  Georgia State Univ.      306  306  290    90214  So. Florida, U. of       304  296  305    90515  Central Florida, U.      312  305  298    915

IndividualsT 5 John Holmes 72 70 71 213T 24 Andy Dustman 74 72 75 221T 32 Ryan Coyne 70 75 77 222T 42 Mark Blakefield 78 73 73 224T 42 Philip Schardein 73 77 74 224