Men's Golf Captures Earl Yestingmeier Invitational

Saturday, September 22

Yorktown, Ind.

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University of Louisville

Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational

October 01, 2001 | Men's Golf

Sept. 23, 2001

Yorktown, Ind. - The University of Louisville men's golf team placed four golfers in the top 11 and captured the team title at the Earl Yestingmeier Invitational. The Cardinals' 54-hole score of 847 was good for a nine-shot victory over Western Kentucky.

Senior Grant Sturgeon fired a final round 74 (+2) to finish the tournament in a fifth place tie with teammate Brett Jones and Dan Witt of host Ball State. Jones opened the final round in a first place tie with fellow Cardinal Mark Anderson but ballooned to a 77 over the final 18 holes to finish fifth with a two-day total of 212 (-4).

Anderson shot a final round 78 to finish with a three-round total of 213 (-3) while freshman Charlie Woo's 74 placed him in a two-way tie for 11th place.

      Final Team Results1.  LOUISVILLE    8472.  Western Kentucky  8563.  Butler        8624.  Akron         8635.  Eastern Kentucky  8656.  Ball State    8687.  Wright State      8728.  Xavier        8749.  Iowa          87610. Detroit Mercy     88111. Bowling Green     886    Cincinnati    88613. Youngstown State  890    IUPUI         89015. Eastern Michigan  89116. Ohio          89517. Northern Illinois 90018. Cleveland State   90519. Notre Dame    908

             Final U of L ResultsTeam           276-272-299=847      1st of 19 teamst-5.    Grant Sturgeon        70-68-74 = 212 (-4)t-5.    Brett Jones     69-66-77 = 212 (-4)t-8.    Mark Anderson       68-67-78 = 213 (-3)t-11.   Charlie Woo     69-71-74 = 214 (-2)t-64.   Matt Bascom      78-73-74 = 225 (+9)