Sept. 26, 2004
Sunset Beach, N.C. - The Western Carolina men's golf team carded a two-day total of 605 (302-303) to place 10th in the 22-team field of the annual Elon/Sea Trail Intercollegiate, played on the Rees Jones Course in Sunset Beach, N.C., this weekend.
Western Carolina was led by its underclassmen as Matt Dowdy (Jamestown, N.C.) and sophomore Tripp Morrow (Forest City, N.C.) carded rounds of 150 and 151, respectively. Dowdy, playing in his first collegiate event, ended the two days tied for 28th, while Morrow tied for 34th. Juniors Blake Wray (154/48th-t), Chase Kress (155/56th-t) and Keith Tyburski (156/65th-t) rounded out the Catamounts scoring.
On the strength of a 288 on day one, Rutgers won the two-day event with a score of 579. The Scarlet Knights were followed by George Mason (580), Samford (581), Jacksonville (591) and host team Elon (597).
The Western Carolina men's golf team will take next weekend off before returning to action Oct. 7-10 at Winthrop's Mission Inn Intercollegiate, played in Orlando's Mission Inn Resort.
Elon/Sea Trail Intercollegiate Sept. 25-26, 2004 Sea Trail Resort -- Rees Jones Course -- Sunset Beach, N.C. Pl Team Rd1 Rd2 Final 1. Rutgers 288 291 579 2. George Mason 293 287 580 3. Samford 293 288 581 4. Jacksonville Univ. 293 298 591 5. Elon 298 299 597 6. Drexel 300 298 598 7. Princeton 304 295 599 Liberty 297 302 599 9. Gardner-Webb 299 302 601 10. Western Carolina 302 303 605 11. Pfeiffer 306 306 612 12. Florida Atlantic 309 304 613 13. Appalachian State 303 312 615 14. Columbia 307 313 620 15. Lenoir-Rhyne 313 308 621 16. High Point 315 311 626 17. Radford 311 318 629 The Citadel 299 330 629 19. Wagner 315 319 634 20. Stetson 317 324 641 21. Mount St. Mary's 317 329 646 22. South Carolina State 326 324 650
WCU INDIVIDUAL SCORES Rd1 Rd2 Final Matt Dowdy 73 77 150/28th-t Tripp Morrow 78 73 151/34th-t Blake Wray 74 80 154/48th-t Chase Kress 81 74 155/56th-t Keith Tyburski 77 79 156/65th-t
