Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Men's Golf to Begin Play at EKU Colonel Classic
09/26/2002 | 12:00:00 | Men's Golf
Sept. 26, 2002
Carbondale, Ill. - Southern Illinois University's men's golf team returns to action this weekend when it competes at the 29th Annual Eastern Kentucky Colonel Classic Friday-Saturday, Sept. 27-28. The tourney, which will be held at the Arlington Golf Course, consists of 36 holes Friday and 18 holes Saturday.
Fourteen teams will participate in this year's event, including Bellarmine, Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Cleveland State, Cumberland, Dayton, DePaul, Longwood, Malone, Murray State, Morehead State, Northern Kentucky, Radford, SIU, UT-Martin, Tennessee Tech, Youngstown State and Wright State.
SIU will look to build on its 12th place finish at the D.A. Weibring Classic a week ago. Senior Tim Hoss currently leads all Saluki golfers with a 72.8 stroke average which includes five rounds in the 70s and one in the 60s.
Host Eastern Kentucky easily outdistanced the field in the 2001 Colonel Classic, winning the tournament by 28 strokes over Morehead State and Ohio University, its nearest competitors.
