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 For the second consecutive week, Matt Cook shot 209, tying his own school record, and won individual medalist honors. |
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Sept. 25, 2005
Sunset Beach, S.C. - Western Carolina set two team records, but could not hold off host and tournament champion Elon at the annual Sea Trail Intercollegiate Sunday afternoon at Sea Trail Resort. However, Catamount sophomore Matt Cook won his second tournament in a seven-day span, tying his own 54-hole school record by carding a 209 (72-68-69) and giving the Murphy, N.C., native seven top 10 finishes with three titles and one loss in a playoff in eight career events played. Cook beat out three others, each of whom turned in 54-hole scores of 211.
The Catamounts, who fired a school-record 281 in the second round, turned in a 289 in round three to post a 54-hole score of 862, which shatters the previous school record by nine strokes. Western's 281 in round two came on the strength of all five golfers shooting under par in a single round for the first time in school history. Cook led the way with his 68, followed by 71's by Blake Wray, Tripp Morrow, Matt Dowdy and Bill Forcier.
On Sunday, Elon had three players shoot in the 60's to erase a three-stroke deficit to the Cats through 36 holes to card a 275 in round three and finish with an 851 to win their own event. Western was followed by Pfeiffer (864), Wofford (874) and Radford (874).
Individually, not only did Cook tie his own school record with his 209, but Wray turned in 215 for 54 holes, which is his second-best career effort and the sixth-best 54-hole total in school history. Morrow's 219 stands as his second-best, 54-hole score and the 12th-best in WCU history. Also, with Morrow shooting 219, he lowers his career scoring average back below 75 (74.93), which is currently the best in WCU history. While Dowdy just missed the cutoff for making the WCU 54-hole top 17 list with his 222, he now has the career minimum 25 rounds played to enter the WCU individual career stroke average list at fifth (76.28).
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Elon/Sea Trail Men's Intercollegiate Sept. 24-25, 2005 Sea Trail Resort -- Sunset Beach, S.C.
Pl Team Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Total 1. Elon 284 292 275 851 2. Western Carolina 292 281 289 862 3. Pfefifer 291 287 286 864 4. Wofford 287 294 293 874 Radford 294 292 288 874 6. Murray State 291 288 297 876 7. Bethune-Cookman 296 285 298 879 8. Princeton 287 297 297 881 9. Kennesaw State 289 298 296 883 10. Columbia 290 301 296 887 Longwood 291 293 303 887 12. Penn 300 295 296 891 13. George Mason 305 294 293 892 Delaware 301 294 297 892 15. Gardner-Webb 300 293 303 896 16. High Point 301 299 297 897 17. Stetson 301 302 297 900 Appalachian State 299 297 304 900 19. Wingate 308 300 314 922 20. South Carolina State 300 312 313 925
INDIVIDUAL SCORES Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Total Finish Matt Cook, WCU 72 68 69 209 1st Bennett Smith, Elon 72 70 69 211 2nd-t Stefan Strandlund, Beth-Cook 72 69 70 211 2nd-t Neil O'Briain, Wofford 69 73 69 211 2nd-t
WCU INDIVIDUAL SCORES Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Total Finish Matt Cook 72 68 69 209 1st Blake Wray 73 71 71 215 13th-t Tripp Morrow 73 71 73 219 24th-t Matt Dowdy 74 71 77 222 40th-t Bill Forcier 78 71 74 223 45th-t
