LAKELAND, Fla., - The Florida Gulf Coast University men’s golf team finished in third place at the Matlock Collegiate Classic.

Nova Southeastern won the event with a combined score of 865 while Matthew Galloway won the individual title with a 212 score.  Barry finished second while FGCU shot an 875 to finish 10 strokes behind.

Steven Taylor (Canton, Ill.) who was the co-leader finished in third with a 214.  Robert Taylor (Inverness, Fla.) finished in a tie for 12th place with a 219.  Kyle Henderson (Clermont, Fla.) and Kyle Hammond (Windmere, Fla.) are the other Eagles who scored in the event at 221 and 223.

The Eagles will be back in action March 5-6 when they compete in the 2007 Panther Invitational hosted by Florida Tech.


  3   Florida Gulf Coast U     294  284  297    875
        3    Steven Taylor            71   71   72    214
     T 12    Robert Taylor            72   72   75    219
     T 20    Kyle Henderson           76   70   75    221
     T 27    Kyle Hammond             77   71   75    223
     T 43    Alister Munro            75   78   76    229