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 Matt Cook fired rounds of 71 and 68 and is just two strokes off the lead. |
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Sept. 19, 2005
Florence, S.C. - The Western Carolina men's golf team played 36 holes in its first event of the 2005-06 season on Monday and stands in 10th place in the 14-team field at Francis Marion's Raines Development Group Intercollegiate, played at the Country Club of South Carolina. Sophomore Matt Cook turned in round of 71 and 68 to fire a 139 and sits two strokes off the individual lead.
Facing a tough field, Western's 589 through 36 holes is the program's eighth-best score all-time. Also, Cook's 139 stands as the fifth-best score by a Catamount through 36 holes all-time, while his 68 in round two is a career-low while at Western.
Two-time defending NCAA Division II champion South Carolina-Aiken, who has won its last six events entered, carded an 18-under par 558 through two rounds to hold an 11-stroke lead over host team Francis Marion. USC-Aiken had its top four golfers all place among the top 10 and all four shot below par in each of their two rounds. South Carolina, Elon and Kennesaw State are tied for third at 573, followed by Davidson, Charleston Southern, Old Dominion and Western.
Sophomore Bill Forcier was Western's second-best finisher through 36 holes, carding a 150 to tie for 51st. Fellow sophomore Matt Dowdy was two strokes behind Forcier and is tied for 56th, followed by Blake Wray (154, 64th) and Tripp Morrow (155, 65th-t).
The 54-hole event will conclude with 18 holes on Tuesday, beginning with tee times at 8 a.m.
Raines Development Group Inter
The CC of S. Carolina Florence, SC
Dates: 09/19 - 09/20 (Today:09-19-2005)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7062
Fin. School Scores
1 South Carolina-Aiken 282 276 558 -18
2 Francis Marion U. 288 281 569 -7
3 South Carolina 290 283 573 -3
Elon University 282 291 573 -3
Kennesaw St. Univ. 283 290 573 -3
6 Davidson College 290 290 580 +4
7 Jacksonville Univ. 292 291 583 +7
8 Charleston Southern 296 289 585 +9
Old Dominion Univ. 296 289 585 +9
10 Western Carolina U. 297 292 589 +13
11 Liberty University 290 301 591 +15
12 Georgia Coll & St. U 300 298 598 +22
13 Wm. & Mary, Coll. of 291 308 599 +23
14 Gardner-Webb U. 313 287 600 +24
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Western Carolina Individual Scores
T 2 Matt Cook 71 68 139
T 51 Bill Forcier 75 75 150
T 56 Matt Dowdy 77 75 152
64 Blake Wray 80 74 154
T 65 Tripp Morrow 74 81 155
