Friday, October 03, 2003

DALTON, Ga. (October 3, 2003) - It was a disappointing day for the East Tennessee State men's golf team Friday during first round play of the Carpet Capital Collegiate at the Farm Golf Club, as the Buccaneers finished 24-strokes over par and 23 strokes behind Clemson, the tournament leader.

The Carpet Capital Collegiate, which boasts several of the best college golf teams in the country, is yet another tough stop for the Bucs during a fall and spring schedule that is among the most demanding in the nation on a yearly basis. Clemson finished the day five strokes ahead of second place UNLV, while the Tigers' Matt Hendrix made it a first-day sweep for Clemson, finishing at the top of the leaderboard -one stroke ahead of Augusta State's Tom Hagler, Southern California's Ben Hayes, and Texas' Matthew Rosenfeld.

For the Bucs, a bright spot on the day was the play of freshman Rhys Davies (Bridgend, Wales), who finished tied for 16th at 1-over. As for the rest of the Bucs, junior Cennydd Mills (Cardiff, Wales) finished at 5-over 77, sophomore Chase Baldwin (Plant City, Fla.) finished at 6-over 78, junior Marco Trejos (San Jose, Costa Rica) posted a 12-over 84, and sophomore Noel Kavanagh (Westport, Ireland) ended the day at 13-over 85.

The Bucs will continue with second round play on Saturday and final round play on Sunday. For complete results, visit golfstat.com.

Team Results
1	Clemson	+1	F	+1	289	289
2	UNLV	+6	F	+6	294	294
T3	Florida	+7	F	+7	295	295
T3	Texas	+7	F	+7	295	295
5	Georgia Tech	+8	F	+8	296	296
T6	Georgia	+9	F	+9	297	297
T6	South Carolina	+9	F	+9	297	297
8	Auburn	+10	F	+10	298	298
9	Augusta State	+13	F	+13	301	301
10	Vanderbilt	+14	F	+14	302	302
T11	Tennessee, Univ. of	+15	F	+15	303	303
T11	North Carolina State	+15	F	+15	303	303
T11	Oklahoma, U. of	+15	F	+15	303	303
T14	Wake Forest Univ.	+16	F	+16	304	304
T14	TCU	+16	F	+16	304	304
T16	Duke University	+18	F	+18	306	306
T16	Southern California	+18	F	+18	306	306
18	East Tennessee St.	+24	F	+24	312	312

Individuals
1	Matt Hendrix	Clemson	-3	F	-3	69	69
T2	Tom Hagler	Augusta State	-2	F	-2	70	70
T2	Ben Hayes	Southern California	-2	F	-2	70	70
T2	Matthew Rosenfeld	Texas	-2	F	-2	70	70
T5	Michael Barbosa	Georgia Tech	-1	F	-1	71	71
T5	Jack Ferguson	Clemson	-1	F	-1	71	71
T5	Martin Flores (10)	Oklahoma, U. of	-1	F	-1	71	71
T5	Jason Hartwick	Texas	-1	F	-1	71	71
T5	Martin Rominger (10)	South Carolina	-1	F	-1	71	71

ETSU Results
T16	Rhys Davies (10)	East Tennessee St.	+1	F	+1	73	73
T52	Cennydd Mills (10)	East Tennessee St.	+5	F	+5	77	77
T63	Chase Baldwin (10)	East Tennessee St.	+6	F	+6	78	78
T87	Marco Trejos (10)	East Tennessee St.	+12	F	+12	84	84
T89	Noel Kavanagh (10)	East Tennessee St.	+13	F	+13	85	85