Blue Hose Golf

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE WINS 2005 FOOD LION/SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE MEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

HICKORY, N.C. - Presbyterian College shot a closing round 299 and held off a late Tusculum College charge to win the 2005 Food Lion/South Atlantic Conference Men's Golf Championship held today at the 6,610-yard, par 72 Lake Hickory Country Club at Catawba Springs. PC wins their sixth SAC Men's Golf Championship in program history.

The Blue Hose shot a three-round score of 885, holding off Tusculum and Carson-Newman College who both finished with scores of 889. The Pioneers shot a final round and tournament-low round of 286 to claim second place. Tusculum wins on the scorecard tiebreaker for second place over the Eagles. Catawba College finished fourth with a 898, followed by Newberry College (904), Wingate University (911), Lenoir-Rhyne College (915), and Mars Hill College (956).

Individually, Presbyterian College's Hugh Morrison was named 2005 Food Lion SAC Tournament MVP after shooting final round two-under-par 70 to claim individual honors by two strokes at 215 over Wingate's Lorcan Morris and Tusculum's Chris Wynne who each shot 217. Morris and Wynne joined Morrision on the Food Lion SAC All-Tournament team along with Blair Matthews of Catawba College finished fourth with a final score of 218 followed by Tanner Davis and Clifton Lowery of Carson-Newman and Nick Kinzer of Tusculum College who all tied for fifth with a score of 220.

12. Jimi Brindell 79 68 77 224
13 Ben Karns 74 75 76 225
14. Wes Herlong 73 73 80 226
22 Patrick Townes 78 76 76 230

2005 FOOD LION/SAC TOURNAMENT FINAL STANDINGS
Team	Score
*1. Presbyterian*	*885*
2. Tusculum	889
2. Carson-Newman	889
4. Catawba	898
5. Newberry	904
6. Wingate	911
7. Lenoir-Rhyne	915
8. Mars Hill	956