TicketsMen's Golf To Play In Dayton Invitational
One day tournament to be held Oct. 4
Contact: Shawn Sell
10/1/2004
Justin Wilson and his UC teammates will compete in the Dayton Invitational on Monday. |
SETTING THE SCENE: The University of Cincinnati?s men?s golf team will compete in the Dayton Fall Invitational on Monday, Oct. 4 at the NCR Country Club in Dayton, Ohio. The 18-hole tournament will be held on the club?s South Course and is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m.
PREVIEWING THE TOURNAMENT: The 2004 Dayton Fall Invitational will be held on the South Course of the NCR Country Club in Dayton, Ohio. Only three teams are in the tournament field, as the Bearcats and host Flyers are joined by the squad from Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. NCR?s South Course is annually ranked as one of Golf Digest?s Top 100 courses in America. The course has hosted the 1969 PGA Championship, the 1986 U.S. Women?s Open and will be hosting the 2005 U.S. Senior Open. Tee times for the 18-hole tournament are set for approximately 12:30 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT: Sophomores Justin Meyer and Geoff Newman each shot final round 71?s to lead UC at the Eastern Kentucky Colonel Classic. Newman finished the tournament tied for 21st after matching his career-best round in the finale. Meyer advanced to 47th in the final rundown after securing a new career-best and finishing with a total of 226, just seven strokes back of Newman. The final team standings showed UC in 10th place after carding a final round of 293, just one shot off of the team?s season-best. The Bearcats finished with a 54-hole total of 897, just nine strokes back of Longwood. Eastern Kentucky finished at 22-under par and won the team title with an 842.
CAREER BESTS: A trio of Bearcat golfers have scored new career-best rounds in the early stages of the 2004 season. Sophomore Geoff Newman was the first to accomplish the feat as he opened the season with back-to-back rounds of 71 at the Butler Invitational. He also shot a 71 at the Eastern Kentucky Colonel Classic. EKU was also a good tournament for junior Justin Wilson and sophomore Justin Meyer. Wilson shot UC?s lowest round of the year and a career-best 70 in the second round, while Meyer carded a 71in the final round.