April 30, 2000
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern men's golf team posted the best team round of the day with a 1-over par score of 289. NU's final round pushed them from fourth to second to finish the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing, Mich. NU, ranked fifth in the nation, posted scores of 299-289-289=877 to finish seven strokes behind team champion Kent (288-285-297=870).
Individually, senior Jess Daley won his second tournament in a row finishing 5-under-par, two strokes ahead of Jim Salinetti of Rhode Island. Daley shot rounds of 72-69-70=211, his final round 70 was the best individual round of the day. Daley's second career title follows his win at the Kepler Intercollegiate in Columbus, Ohio two weeks ago.
Senior Daniel Riskam finished in a tie for 11th with rounds of 74-74-73=221. Junior Luke Donald finished 15th with rounds of 75-74-73=222. Senior Josh Habig finished 31st shooting rounds of 78-72-76=226 while sophomore Chris Thayer finished 42nd firing rounds of 78-77-73=228.
TEAM SCORES
Kent -- 288-285-297=870 (+6)
Northwestern -- 299-289-289=877 (+13)
Rhode Island -- 290-297-298=885 (+21)
Michigan State -- 294-286-305=885 (+21)
Ohio State -- 297-299-296=892 (+28)
Xavier -- 290-300-308=898 (+34)
Michigan -- 303-293-303=899 (+35)
Louisville -- 296-295-308=899 (+35)
Indiana -- 311-302-292=905 (+41)
Eastern Michigan -- 298-305-304=907 (+43)
Iowa -- 303-304-302=909 (+45)
Miami (OH) -- 312-291-308=911 (+47)
Wisconsin -- 304-298-310=912 (+48)
Marshall -- 303-308-304=915 (+51)
Illinois -- 316-306-304=926 (+62)
Western Kentucky -- 312-306-309=927 (+63)
Iowa State -- 310-313-309=932 (+68)
Akron -- 312-309-311=932 (+68)
INDIVIDUAL
1-JESS DALEY (NU) 72-69-70=211 (-5)
2-Jim Salinetti (RI) 68-73-72=213 (-3)
3-Ben Curtis (Kent) 71-73-71=215 (-1)
4-Dennis Riedel (MSU) 69-71-76=216 (E)
5-Jon Mills (Kent) 71-72-74=217 (+1)
T-11 DANIEL RISKAM (NU) 74-74-73=221 (+5)
T-15 LUKE DONALD (NU) 75-74-73=222 (+6)
31-JOSH HABIG (NU) 78-72-76=226 (+10)
T-42 CHRIS THAYER (NU) 78-77-73=228 (+12)