NEWS RELEASE - 09/04/03

Golf Team Places in Top Half of Invitational

 

CHAMPAIGN - Rock Valley won the Parkland Invitational men's golf tournament here Thursday with a team score of 300 on the Savoy course.  Lincoln College finished with 314 for a team score, good enough for a seventh place finish.  A total of 16 teams were entered in the tournament.  

Medallist for Coach B. J. McCullum was John Donovan with a round of 74, good for sixth place in the individual standings.  Jason Fitzpatrick came in with a round of 77 while Todd VanArsdale finished a 79.   Sam Fitzpatrick shot an 84 and Shane Thompson rounded out the scoring for the Lynx with a 90.

Lincoln College will play in the John A. Logan tourney Saturday and Sunday in Marion.

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Lincoln College was founded in 1865 as Lincoln University, the only institution of higher education named for Abraham Lincoln during his lifetime. It is a selective, two-year, private, liberal arts college located in Lincoln, Illinois. Lincoln College is designed to prepare a student for university study through a structured, supportive approach to learning. Approximately 89% of Lincoln College graduates transfer immediately to a four-year school where they succeed as well as or better than the native student. Student-teacher ratio at Lincoln College is 13:1 and the average class size is 16 students.