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 Junior Matt Cook shot two-under, 70, on Friday to lead WCU at the Furman Intercollegiate. |
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March 23, 2007
Furman Intercollegiate Round 1 Results
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Greenville, S.C. - Western Carolina junior Matt Cook carded a two-under, 70, on Friday in the first round of the 38th-Annual Furman Intercollegiate at the 6,825-yard Furman University Golf Club. The Murphy, N.C., native is in the clubhouse tied for sixth. Without its second-leading scorer, sophomore transfer Andres Cuenca, the Catamounts stand 19th after shooting 304 as a team in the first round.
Elon paced the field through 18 holes of the 54-hole event with a one-under 287 Friday morning. Justin Newton fired a four-under 68 to lead the Phoenix to a one stroke advantage over East Carolina and Charleston Southern while securing a first place tie in the individual standings with Andre Thorsen of East Carolina and Stuart Carrihill of Charleston Southern.
Also for WCU, freshman Ricky Stout shot a three-over, 75, to stand tied for 43rd after the first round, with his classmate, Michael Chapin, the only other Catamount to eclipse the 80-stroke barrier with a first round 79 to stand tied for 89th.
Second round action tees off at 8:00 am Saturday morning with teams beginning plat at No. 1 and No. 10.
School Scores 1 Elon University 287 T 2 East Carolina Univ. 288 T 2 Charleston Southern 288 4 Jacksonville Univ. 291 5 Old Dominion Univ. 293 6 Rhode Island 294 T 7 UNC Greensboro 296 T 7 Winthrop University 296 9 Virginia Tech 297 10 Iowa 299 T11 Marshall University 300 T11 Furman University 300 T11 Maryland 300 T14 UNC Wilmington 301 T14 Samford University 301 T14 Francis Marion 301 T14 Davidson College 301 18 Wofford College 303 19 Western Carolina 304 20 Appalachian State 307
19 Western Carolina 304 T 6 Matt Cook 33-37 70 T43 Ricky Stout 37-38 75 T89 Michael Chapin 38-41 79 T99 Patrick Lamb 38-42 80 111 Tripp Morrow 46-41 87
