Men's Golf 4/17/2006 12:00:00 AM Southern Conference

GSU And WCU's Cook On Top At 2006 SoCon Men's Golf Championship After Second Round

HOLLYWOOD, SC ? Western Carolina’s Matt Cook (70-72) ended the second day of the 2006 Southern Conference Men’s Golf Championship at the par 72 The Links at Stono Ferry as the only golfer among the 50-person field to conclude the day below par. Cook’s two-under par two-day total of 142 bests a throng of five golfers tied for second place at 144.

Georgia Southern’s Drew Bowen is among those two strokes behind Cook, improving on his first round output of 76 by eight strokes to finish with the low round of the day at four-under 68.

Bowen’s performance helped to lead the Eagles to overall first place as a team after the second day of the championship. The Eagles’ two-day cumulative total of 581 (292-289) places them three strokes ahead of second place College of Charleston (584).

The third and final round of the 2006 Men’s Golf Championship will commence at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, April 18.

The entire 2006 Men’s Golf Championship can be followed through Golfstat at www.golfstatresults.com or

http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/index.cfm?tournament_id=707.

2006 SoCon Men’s Golf Championship (Second Round)

1	Georgia Southern	+5	F	+1	292	289	581
2	Charleston, Coll. of	+8	F	+9	287	297	584
3	N. Car.- Greensboro	+12	F	+8	292	296	588
4	Tennessee-Chattanoog	+13	F	+14	287	302	589
5	Elon College	+16	F	+1	303	289	592
6	Davidson College	+26	F	+9	305	297	602
T7	Furman University	+28	F	+10	306	298	604
T7	Wofford College	+28	F	+13	303	301	604
9	Western Carolina U.	+31	F	+22	297	310	607
10	Appalachian State U.	+43	F	+26	305	314	619

2006 SoCon Men’s Golf Championship Top 10 (Second Round)

1	T4	Matt Cook	Western Carolina U.	-2	F	E	70	72	142
T2	T26	Drew Bowen	Georgia Southern	E	F	-4	76	68	144
T2	T1	Scott Larkin	Charleston, Coll. of	E	F	+3	69	75	144
T2	T19	Louis Rittberger (10)	Elon College	E	F	-3	75	69	144
T2	T9	Nathan Stamey	N. Car.- Greensboro	E	F	-1	73	71	144
T2	T6	Gordon Strother	Tennessee-Chattanoog	E	F	+1	71	73	144
T7	T15	Bryan Jones	Georgia Southern	+1	F	-1	74	71	145
T7	T1	Ryan LeFerve	Georgia Southern	+1	F	+4	69	76	145
T9	T19	Tucker Ervin	Charleston, Coll. of	+3	F	E	75	72	147
T9	8	Jonathan Hodge	Tennessee-Chattanoog	+3	F	+3	72	75	147
T9	T15	Lance Johnson (10)	Elon College	+3	F	+1	74	73	147
T9	T1	Bryce Ledford	Tennessee-Chattanoog	+3	F	+6	69	78	147
T9	T4	Gari Maton	Charleston, Coll. of	+3	F	+5	70	77	147
T9	T9	Burton Wood	N. Car.- Greensboro	+3	F	+2	73	74	147

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GSU And WCU's Cook On Top At 2006 SoCon Men's Golf Championship After Second Round