Oct. 9, 2002

Newport, R.I. – The UK men’s golf team notched their best finish of the fall season with a third place finish at the Adams Cup of Newport golf tournament in Newport, R.I.

The Wildcats finished with a three-day total of 879, leaving them six strokes behind tournament winner Michigan State. Texas A&M finished second and Georgia tied with UK for third.

Leading the way for the Cats was sophomore John Holmes who notched his first top-10 finish of the year. After an opening-round 76, which left him in a tie for 37th, Holmes fired two under-par rounds (69, 71) to vault himself to an eighth-place finish. Senior Andy Dustman was unable to make his opening-round 69 hold up and a second round score of 80 sent him to a 16th-place finish with a 3-over par 219. Tournament host Rhode Island finished in a tie for ninth.

The Cats next tournament will be the Gary Koch/Cleveland Golf Invitational in Tampa, Fla. The tournament will be played on Oct. 15-16.

Agate:

1 Michigan State296 295 282 8732 Texas A&M301 289 286 876T3 Kentucky296 294 289 879 Georgia294 296 289 8795 Virginia Tech293 295 292 8806 East Tennessee300 301 280 8817 Louisville297 301 285 8838 Georgia State298 300 286 884T9 Rhode Island300 303 288 891 Ole Miss305 301 285 89111 East Carolina306 296 291 89312 Virginia303 304 295 90213 Yale309 305 295 90914 South Florida307 307 296 91015 Furman312 306 295 91316 Connecticut318 307 300 92517 Marshall315 315 309 939

Top 5 Individuals1 Kasper Jorgenson (GSU) 68 74 68 2102 Ty Harris (GSU) 74 70 69 213T3 Brett Jones (UL) 74 72 68 214 Marc Trejos (ETSU) 75 71 68 214 Jonathan Hill (ECU) 71 72 71 214

UK IndividualsT8 John Holmes76 69 71 216T16 Andy Dustman69 80 70 219T27 Ryan Coyne75 76 72 223T50 Brandon Waldrop76 73 80 229T62 Tyler Wilson80 76 76 232

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