Sunday, April 04, 2004

AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 4, 2004) - The East Tennessee State men's golf team struggled in final round play at the Cleveland Golf/Augusta State Invitational Sunday, finishing 18th out of the extremely strong field gathered at the Forest Hills Golf Club.

Minnesota took home the top team honors at 3-under-par, beating second-place UCLA by five strokes. On the individual leaderboard, Clemson's Matt Hendrix finished in first-place thanks to a playoff-hole victory over Duke's Nathan Smith.

For ETSU, juniors Jeremy Hobson (Thonotosassa, Fla.) and Cennydd Mills (Cardiff, Wales) put together the best individual performances, finishing tied for 44th at 8-over. Freshman Rhys Davies (Bridgend, Wales) ended the day tied for 52nd, while sophomores Andrew Paduch (Johnson City, Tenn.) and Noel Kavanagh (Westport, Ireland) finished tied for 76th and 82nd, respectively.

The Bucs will return to play at The Intercollegiate in Chapel Hill, N.C., April 9-10.

Cleveland Golf/ASU Invitational
Forest Hills Golf Club
Augusta, Ga.; Dates: April 3-4

Team Results
1 Minnesota	283-291-287=861 -3
T2 UCLA	282-285-299=866 +2
T2 Duke	286-288-292=866 +2
4 Augusta State	296-282-293=871 +7
5 Georgia	288-291-295=874 +10
6 Clemson	292-290-294=876 +12
7 Wake Forest	288-287-302=877 +13
T8 N.C. State	291-286-305=882 +18
T8 South Carolina	293-294-295=882 +18
T8 Texas	303-286-293=882 +22
11 Alabama	302-287-297=886 +26
12 North Carolina	295-292-302=889 +29
13 North Florida	291-294-305=890 +26
T14 Ga. Southern	295-295-302=892 +28
T14 Toledo	295-302-295=892 +28
T14 Notre Dame	298-300-294=892 +28
17 Virginia Tech	302-293-298=893 +29
18 ETSU	292-303-307=902 +38
Individual Results
* T1 Matt Hendrix, Clemson	72-68-67=207 -6
T1 Nathan Smith, Duke	68-70-69=207 -6
3 Bill Haas, Wake Forest	67-71-70=208 -4
4 Steve Conway, UCLA	70-68-71=209 -3
5 Bronson LaCassie, Minn.	70-72-69=211 -1
* -- won playoff
ETSU Results
T44 Jeremy Hobson	70-78-76=224 +8
T44 Cennydd Mills	71-75-78=224 +8
T52 Rhys Davies	74-73-78=225 +9
T76 Andrew Paduch	77-79-75=231 +15
T82 Noel Kavanagh	78-77-79=234 +18