Feb. 8, 2003

Gainesville, Fla. – The University of Kentucky men’s golf team found itself in a tie for seventh place on Saturday after the first two rounds of the Gator Invitational at Florida’s University Golf Course in Gainesville.

Leading the way for the Cats is sophomore John Holmes who began the day with an opening-round 68(-2) and finished the second round with a one-over par 71, to stand in second place among the individual finishers. Holmes finished with a two-round total of 139 just two strokes behind Augusta State’s Oliver Wilson. Freshman Matt Kohn finished in a tie for 13th with a two-round 143. The Cats total-team score of 585 leaves them 14 strokes behind leader Augusta State. Tournament host Florida is in second, in the 15-team field, with a 577. Defending champion LSU is in sixth with a 582.

The third and final round of the tournament will be played on Sunday, Feb. 9.

Agate:

Teams

1. Agusta State280 290571
2. Florida296 281577
3. Georgia Southern288 291579
4. Purdue283 297580
5. Georgia State304 277581
6 Louisiana State294 288582
7 Charleston293 292585
7 Kentucky298 287585
9 Vanderbilt291 301592
9 Florida State299 293292
11 Alabama-Birmingham305 288593
12 Alabama301 296597
13 North Florida299 306605
14 Ohio State303 312615
14 South Florida315 300615

Top Five Players

1. Oliver WilsonAugusta St67 70 137
2. John HolmesKentucky68 71 139
3. John HumphriesLSU70 70 140
Ty HarrisGeorgia St.74 76 140
5. Heath WestLSU71 70 141

3 others tied at 141

UK Players

2 John Holmes68 71 139
T13 Matt Kohn72 71 143
T39 Brandon Waldrop77 73 150
T58 Ryan Coyne81 72 153
T66 Matt Wells82 74 156