Oct. 22, 2004

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The Kansas men's golf team is in 8th place, in a 16-team field, after one round of the Nelson Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif. Kansas opened the three-day tournament with a first round total of 287 at the par-69 Stanford Golf Club.

"This course is playing pretty tough," head coach Ross Randall said. "We didn't play very well today, but hopefully we will get it turned around tomorrow."

Georgia State leads the tournament after a first round 275, 12 strokes better than KU.

Sophomore Tyler Docking leads the Jayhawks after firing an opening round of 68 and is currently tied for fourth. Senior Andrew Price and sophomore Barrett Martens each shot 72 to tie for 35th. Sophomore Gary Woodland shot a 75 and is currently tied for 61st. Senior Kevin Ward shot a 76 and is tied for 73rd.

Kansas will begin second round play at 10:00 a.m. central time on Saturday. For complete results from the tournament, visit www.gostanford.com.

For more information about the Kansas men's golf team log-on to the KU athletics website, www.kuathletics.com.

		Team                Results
	1	Georgia State       275
	2	New Mexico State    277
	T3	UNLV                279
	T3	Notre Dame          279
	5	Missouri            284
	6	Stanford            285
	7	Northern Colorado   286
	8	Kansas              287
	9	Colorado State      289
	T10	Florida Southern    291
	T10	Colorado            291
	T12	Kansas State        292
	T12	West Florida        292
	14	Idaho               293
	15	UC Davis            295
	16	Texas Pan American  304

		Kansas              Results
	T4	Tyler Docking       68
	T35	Andrew Price        72
	T35	Barrett Martens     72
	T61	Gary Woodland       75
	T73	Kevin Ward          76