March 7, 2002
Rock Hill, S.C. - Western Carolina fired rounds of 315 and 301 for a 36-hole total of 616 to place sixth in the 19-team field at the Winthrop Invitational at Waterford Golf Course, Mar. 4-5.
The event was the first for the WCU men's golf team for the 2002 Spring season. Host school Winthrop carded a two-day score of 585, after a 285 on the second day, to win the event.
Clay Kilgore led Western, finishing tied for fifth with a score of 74-72=146, while senior Greg Lewis placed 24th (tied) with a two-day total of 153.
Western Carolina will return to action Mar. 11-12 at The Citadel Invitational, held at Pine Forest Country Club. The Catamounts are coming off a successful Fall campaign. This team has four of the top 15 single-season scores in school history to date. Lewis leads the way with season scoring average of 73.82. That total is currently the best season scoring average in school history.
Winthrop Waterford Invitational Waterford Golf Course Rock Hill, SC Mar. 4-5, 2001 TEAM RESULTS 1. Winthrop 300-285=585 2. Elon 301-294=595 3. Campbell 303-296=599 4. Stetson 309-298=607 5. George Mason 310-301=611 6.Western Carolina 315-301=616 7. Bethune-Cookman 319-300=619 High Point 310-309=619 9. Queens College 314-306=620 10. Army 311-311=622 11. DePaul 313-312=625 12. Davidson 315-316=631 13. Appalachian State 320-317=637 14. American 320-318=638 15. Connecticut 326-315=641 16. Mercer 337-308=645 17. St. Bonnaventure 330-321=651 18. Radford 343-310=653 The Citadel 334-319=653
Western Carolina Results Clay Kilgore 74-72=146 5th-t Greg Lewis 78-75=153 24th-t Andrew Paduch 82-76=158 42nd-t Lee Cline 81-78=159 48th-t Chase Kress 85-81=166 71st-t
