Men's Golf Ties for Seventh Place at U.S. Collegiate

The Northwestern men's golf team posted a 6-under par score of 282 on Sunday afternoon to finish in a tie for seventh at the Compaq U.S. Collegiate Championships at the Eldorado Golf Club in Los Cabos, Mexico. NU, ranked third in the nation, posted scores of 295-293-282=870.

Individually, junior Luke Donald finished in second place shooting rounds of 69-68-67=204 to finish 12-under-par for the tournament. His current stroke average of 69.91 is ahead of his collegiate record mark of 70.21, which he set last year. Senior Jess Daley set a new course record, along with beating his own school record 64, firing a 10-under par, 62, to finish in third. He shot rounds of 71-72-62=205 to finish the weekend 11-under-par. In final rounds this season, Daley has shot in the 60's on five out of eight occasions. His Sunday stroke average is 70.0.

TEAM SCORES
Georgia Tech -- 288-275-275-838 (-26)
Clemson -- 293-278-281=852 (-12)
Oklahoma State -- 286-285-284=855 (-9)
Houston -- 291-280-290=861 (-3)
Georgia -- 288-282-292=862 (-2)
Florida -- 271-293-303=867 (+3)
NORTHWESTRN -- 295-293-282=870 (+6)
Arizona -- 287-291-292=870 (+6)
UNLV -- 284-305-285=874 (+10)
Arizona State -- 303-298-289=890 (+26)
TCU -- 298-310-295=902 (+39)
Kent -- 305-297-301=903 (+39)

INDIVIDUAL
1 Edward Loar (Ok. St.) -- 69-65-69=203 (-13)
2 LUKE DONALD (NU) -- 69-68-67=204 (-12)
3 JESS DALEY (NU) -- 71-72-62=205 (-11)
4 Lucas Glover (Clemson) -- 72-70-66=208 (-8)
5 Troy Matteson (Ga. Tech) -- 75-64-70=209 (-7)
T-44 JOSH HABIG (NU) -- 77-74-76=227 (+11)
55 DAVID SHAFFER (NU) -- 78-79-78=235 (+19)
59 SCOTT HARRINGTON (NU) -- 84-80-77=241 (+25)