Michigan
Johnny Owens Invitational
Matthews Leads Michigan to Sixth-Place Tie at Kentucky
3/30/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The University of Michigan men's golf team climbed five spots on the leader board Saturday (March 30) to finish tied for sixth with a three-round total of 879 at the University of Kentucky's Johnny Owens Invitational. Senior captain Andy Matthews (Ada, Mich./Forest Hills Central HS) paced the Wolverines with a tie for seventh (74-70-70/214).
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Matthews, who shot one-under-par 70s in the final two rounds, tied a season-best score for a three-round tournament with his 214 on the University Club of Kentucky Golf Course. Matthews' other three-round total of 214 (72-75-67) came in U-M's fall opener at the Badger Classic (Sept. 8-9) in Madison, Wis.
Michigan also received a strong performance from senior Andrew Chapman (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc HS), who in the second round carded a career-best, four-under-par 67. Chapman's career-best 67 was one stroke off the tournament low round turned in by Marshall's Burke Spensky, who shot a third-round 66. Chapman finished tied for 12th with a 54-hole score of 217 (79-67-71).
In addition to Matthews and Chapman, the Wolverines had two other golfers finish in the top 50. Sophomore David Nichols (Rochester, Mich./Adams HS) was consistent all three rounds as he tied for 41st with a pair of rounds at 74 followed by a final-round 75 for a 223 total. Redshirt sophomore Scott Carlton (Brighton, Mich./Brighton HS) tied for 49th with rounds of 75-74-76 for a total of 225.
The Wolverines will continue their spring season as they head eastward for the Marshall Invitational on Friday and Saturday (April 5-6) in Huntington, W.Va. The 54-hole tournament will be held at the Guyan Country Club. The Maize and Blue finished tied for fifth at the 2001 Marshall Invitational.
Team Standings
1. Purdue 294-285-278 = 857 2. Kentucky 284-296-283 = 863 3. Eastern Kentucky 290-290-286 = 866 4. Xavier 290-287-295 = 872 Ball State 298-290-284 = 872 6. MICHIGAN 302-285-292 = 879 Western Kentucky 297-294-288 = 879 8. Louisville 301-294-289 = 884 9. Miami (Ohio) 293-304-289 = 886 10. Morehead State 295-303-289 = 887 11. Ohio 306-290-292 = 888 12. Marshall 310-301-280 = 891 13. Akron 302-298-292 = 892 14. Wisconsin 300-295-298 = 893 Notre Dame 306-295-292 = 893 16. Murray State 309-299-291 = 899 17. Wright State 317-300-301 = 918 18. Youngstown State 306-319-298 = 923
Top Individuals
1. John Holmes, Kentucky 68-71-68 = 207 2. Nicholas Atzinger, Morehead 70-69-70 = 209 3. Shiv Kapur, Purdue 75-67-70 = 212 4. Lee Williams, Purdue 71-74-68 = 213 Sam Covitz, Eastern Kentucky 73-68-72 = 213 Brad Morris, Eastern Kentucky 72-72-69 = 213 7. ANDY MATTHEWS, U-M 74-70-70 = 214 Miles Maillet, Xavier 71-70-73 = 214 Andy Dustman, Kentucky 67-76-71 = 214 Grant Sturgeon, Louisville 71-73-70 = 214
Other Michigan Scores
T16. Andrew Chapman 79-67-71 = 217 T41. David Nichols 74-74-75 = 223 T49. Scott Carlton 75-74-76 = 225 T87. Chris Kellogg 83-77-78 = 238
N O T E S
Michigan's 285 in the second round matches its second-best 18-hole total of the season, tying a mark set two other times -- a three-under-par 285 Sept. 8 at the Badger Invitational and a one-over 285 Oct. 8 at the Xavier Invitational). U-M's season-low 284 (even par) came Oct. 8 in the second round of the Xavier Invitational.
Andrew Chapman's career-best 67 in the second round ties the lowest round by a Wolverine in 2001-02. Andy Matthews carded a five-under-par 67 on Sept. 9 in the final round of the season-opening Badger Invitational.
Contact: Tom Wywrot (734) 763-4423
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