Sept. 18, 2001

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. - Freshman Bradley Farmer shot a 36-hole total of 148 in his first collegiate event to finish 11th and Samford University's men's golf team placed eighth at the Gulf Coast Collegiate Classic at The Bridges golf course.

Farmer (148) paired a 76 on Tuesday with his opening round of 72 to lead the Bulldogs and finish 12 strokes behind the leader, New Orleans' Kevin Maxwell (136). Sophomore Andy McRae finished 23rd with a two-round total of 152, and seniors Russell Kelly (154) and Mike Clements (157) finished 26th and 37th, respectively. Stephen Twelkemeier (166) rounded out the Bulldog roster at 57th. McRae was the only Bulldog to improve his score in the second round.

As a team the Bulldogs slipped four spots from Monday's finish to eighth for the tournament. Samford (611) finished ahead of Lipscomb (616), Tennessee-Martin (628), Birmingham-Southern (634) and Jackson State (637). Louisiana Tech won the team title with a 583, followed by Chattanooga (594), New Orleans (596), North Alabama (597), Centenary (598), host Nicholls State (604), and Tennessee State (608) ahead of the Bulldogs.

Individual Results

11) Bradley Farmer (72-76=148)

23) Andy McRae (77-75=152)

26) Russell Kelly (74-80=154)

37) Mike Clements (76-81=157)

57) Stephen Twelkemeier (82-84=166)

Team Results

Louisiana Tech 293-290=583

Chattanooga 294-300=594

New Orleans 296-300=596

North Alabama 300-297=597

Centenary 301-297=598

Nicholls State 300-304=604

Samford 299-312=611

Lipscomb 306-310=616

Tennessee-Martin 320-308=628

Birmingham-Southern 327-307=634

Jackson State 322-315=637