Nov. 7, 2000
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern men's golf team is in fourth place after the first two rounds of The Prestige at Desert Willow in Palm Desert, Calif. NU shot rounds of 291-281=572 to put them eight strokes behind tournament leader Stanford (282-282=564). Desert Willow is a par-72, 7,056 yard course.
Individually, senior Luke Donald and freshman Tom Johnson are in fourth place after both shot 3-under par, two-round totals of 141. 2000 Big Ten champion Donald shot rounds of 72-69, while Johnson -- playing in just his third collegiate tournament -- shot rounds of 73-68. Both golfers trail Alex Rodger of Pepperdine, who ended the first day one 8-under-par, with rounds of 72-64.
Sophomore Scott Harrington fired a two round total of 148, while senior David Shaffer finished the day with 150. Sophomore Chris Thayer shot a 151 while TC Ford, playing in his first collegiate tournament, finished with a 155.
TEAM SCORES
Stanford -- 282-282=564
Pepperdine -- 287-279=566
UC-Irvine -- 288-279=567
NORTHWESTERN -- 291-281=572
Washington -- 287-288=575
Colorado -- 294-283=577
Vanderbilt -- 294-284=578
Oregon -- 292-288=580
UC-Santa Barbara -- 304-278=582
Pacific -- 295-289=584
UC Davis -- 292-297=589
UCLA -- 300-291=591
Rice -- 304-296=600
Yale -- 305-302=607
UC-San Diego -- 308-305=613
NORTHWESTERN SCORES
t-4 Luke Donald -- 72-69=141
t-4 Tom Johnson -- 73-68=141
t-36 Scott Harrington -- 73-75=148
t-52 David Shaffer -- 73-77=150
t-62 Chris Thayer -- 80-71=151
t-77 TC Ford -- 82-73=155