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 Freshman Tripp Morrow finished 10th at the SoCon Championships. |
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April 20, 2004
Jonesborough, Tenn. - The Western Carolina men's golf team carded a three-day total of 927 to finish 11th at the 2004 Southern Conference Championships, played at The Ridges Golf and Country Club April 18-20. However, Catamount freshman Tripp Morrow fired rounds of 75-74-74 for a three-round total of 223 to tie for 10th individually.
The 223 by Morrow ties him with WCU Hall of Fame inductee Brett Miller as the seventh-lowest score by a Catamount at the SoCon Championships. Also, Morrow becomes just the 11th Catamount to finish among the top 10 at the championships.
Furman turned in the low round of the day (289) to win the title with a total of 880, while Paladin Matt Davidson fired a five-under 67 to claim medalist honors with his three- day score of 212. Rounding out the SoCon leaderboard was Rhys Davies (ETSU) with a 214, Matt Brock (Chattanooga) with a 218, Aron Price (Ga. Southern) and Rob Langley (Furman) with a 219 and four others tying for sixth with a 223 -one stroke better than Morrow's 223.
Western Carolina sophomore Blake Wray was the team's second-highest finisher, placing 37th (tied) with a 231. Junior Chase Kress came in with a 236 (50th-tied), sophomore Keith Tyburski carded a 237 (52nd-tied) with senior Tim Eckberg was 59th-tied with a 248.
Morrow ends the 2002-04 season with a season stroke average of 75.00, which is the third-best season total in school history. Also, through 25 career rounds which is the minimum number to be listed on the WCU all-time list, Morrow's 75.00 career stroke average is currently first. Eckberg ends 2003-04 with a season stroke average of 75.85, 10th-best on the WCU list, while Wray had a season stroke average of 75.88 to rank 11th. Eckberg wrapped up his two-year career at WCU with a stroke average of 76.46, which is currently seventh on the school's all-time list, just behind Kress' three-year stroke average of 76.38 (sixth). Wray currently has a 76.74 career stroke average, which is ninth on the school's all-time list.
Final SoCon Men's Golf Championships Results in PDF Format
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FINAL RESULTS Southern Conference Championships The Ridges Golf and CC Jonesborough, Tenn. Dates: 04/18 - 04/20 Par: 72 Yardage: 7147
Fin. Teams RD1 RD2 RD3 TOTAL 1 Furman 285 306 289 880 2 Georgia Southern 297 294 303 894 UNC Greensboro 299 298 297 894 4 East Tennessee State 303 302 291 896 5 Chattanooga 298 303 298 899 6 Wofford 300 309 291 900 Davidson 297 300 303 900 8 Appalachian State 294 309 309 912 9 Coll. of Charleston 300 313 302 915 10 Elon 306 304 307 917 11 Western Carolina 307 311 309 927 12 The Citadel 309 318 310 937
Fin. Top 20 Players School RD1 RD2 RD3 Tot. 1 Matt Davidson Furman 70 75 67 212 2 Rhys Davies E Tenn. St 71 73 70 214 3 Matt Brock Chattanoog 74 71 73 218 4 Aron Price Ga. South 73 72 74 219 Rob Langley Furman 72 74 73 219 6 John Assey Charleston 73 77 72 222 Matt Riddick Appal. St. 70 75 77 222 Jake Lowder NC Greensb 74 77 71 222 Shane Birckbichler Furman 69 77 76 222 10 Tripp Morrow W Carolina 75 74 74 223 Nick Baker NC Greensb 79 73 71 223 Mitchell Brock Chattanoog 74 74 75 223
WCU Individual Scores RD1 RD2 RD3 Total T 10 Tripp Morrow 75 74 74 223 T 37 Blake Wray 76 79 76 231 T 50 Chase Kress 79 78 79 236 T 52 Keith Tyburski 77 80 80 237 T 59 Tim Eckberg 82 83 83 248
