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 Matt Cook was tabbed SoCon Men's Golfer of the Month of October. |
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Nov. 9, 2006
Cullowhee, N.C. - For the second consecutive month, Western Carolina junior Matt Cook (Murphy, N.C.) was named the Southern Conference Men's Golfer of the Month after setting two Catamount records en route to winning his only two events played in October.
After winning both events he entered, Cook climbed to become the top-rated men's golfer in the NCAA Division I, according to Golfstat.com. First, he shot a school-record 132 over 36 holes, thanks to rounds of 65 and 67, to win the Liberty/Frank Landrey Invitational. His play at Liberty additionally led Western to a team title as the Catamounts carded a school-record score of 571 over two rounds. Fifteen days later, he shot a WCU 54-hole, school-record 206, thanks to rounds of 68-70-68. For the two events in the month, he was 22 strokes under par over five rounds.
For the season, Cook has a stroke average of 69.33 over 12 rounds. He has only shot over par once in those 12 rounds, carding a one-over 73 in his first 18 holes of the fall season. After that, he was 33 strokes under par over his last 11 rounds.
The Catamounts have completed their fall portion of the schedule and will return to action Feb. 19-20, playing in the Presbyterian Intercollegiate.
