Sept. 17, 2002
TOLEDO, Ohio - Northwestern's men's golf team shot a 300 as a team Tuesday to finish ninth at the Inverness Intercollegiate Invitational. NU finished the 54-hole event, held at the Inverness Club, with a score of 906, 28 strokes behind winner Florida.
Junior Tom Johnson (Weaverville, Calif./Del Campo) followed up his 1-under-par second round with an even-par 71 Tuesday to finish third individually (76-70-71=217) at the first event of the fall season. Two players tied for medalist honors at 215, two strokes ahead of Johnson.
Seniors Scott Harrington (Portland, Ore./Jesuit) and Bjorn Widerstedt (Vasteras, Sweden) also finished in the top half of the 75-player event. Harrington tied for 29th at 14-over-par (75-77-75=227), while Widerstedt came in tied for 37th at 16-over (75-76-78=229).
Other finishers for NU included junior Casey Strunk (Phoenix, Ariz./Thunderbird), who finished tied for 54th at 20-over-par (80-77-76=233) and sophomore Dillon Dougherty (Woodland, Calif./Woodland), who ended up 71st at 27-over-par (81-78-81=240) in his first collegiate event.
The 'Cats are off until Sept. 30, when they host the Windon Memorial Clasic at the Glen View Club in Golf, Ill.
Inverness Intercollegiate Inv. Inverness Club Toledo, OH Dates: 09/16 - 09/17 (Today:09-17-2002) Par: 71 Yardage: 7255
Fin. School Scores 1 Florida, U. of 288 303 287 878 +26 2 Oklahoma State U. 306 294 287 887 +35 3 Kansas State Univ. 304 294 291 889 +37 Michigan State U. 291 299 299 889 +37 5 Toledo, U. of 297 301 293 891 +39 6 Georgia, U. of 300 294 299 893 +41 7 Fresno State Univ. 291 300 305 896 +44 8 Illinois, U. of 307 302 292 901 +49 9 Northwestern 306 300 300 906 +54 10 Kansas, U. of 304 307 298 909 +57 11 Long Beach State 309 302 299 910 +58 12 Kent State 302 295 315 912 +60 13 Kentucky, U. of 312 304 302 918 +66 14 Notre Dame, U. of 305 305 314 924 +72 15 UAB 314 311 317 942 +90
FINAL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Fin. School Scores 1 Florida, U. of 288 303 287 878 T 1 Camilo Villegas 71 73 71 215 T 8 Brett Stegmaier 70 79 71 220 T 12 Jordan Code 71 77 73 221 T 16 Ryan Cochran 76 74 72 222 T 66 Dalton Melnyk 80 81 77 238
2 Oklahoma State U. 306 294 287 887 T 3 Alex Noren 74 69 74 217 T 12 Hunter Mahan 78 73 70 221 21 Par Nilsson 76 77 71 224 T 24 Zack Robinson 78 76 72 226 T 59 Chris Clarke 78 76 82 236
T 3 Kansas State Univ. 304 294 291 889 7 Greg Douglas 74 74 71 219 T 12 Aaron Watkins 74 75 72 221 T 16 A.J. Elgert 79 71 72 222 T 45 Matt VanCleave 77 74 80 231 T 59 Josh Persons 80 80 76 236
T 3 Michigan State U. 291 299 299 889 T 8 Eric Jorgensen 73 73 74 220 T 12 Casey Lubahn 71 75 75 221 T 16 John Koskinen 76 74 72 222 T 37 Andrew Ruthkoski 74 77 78 229 T 64 Ben Fox 73 82 82 237
5 Toledo, U. of 297 301 293 891 T 8 Brad Heaven 72 79 69 220 T 8 David Jones 74 72 74 220 T 45 Sean McTernan 85 75 71 231 T 45 Justin Bertsch 74 78 79 231 T 51 Richard Kilpatrick 77 76 79 232
6 Georgia, U. of 300 294 299 893 6 Kevin Kisner 75 69 74 218 T 16 Matt McQuillan 75 72 75 222 T 34 Richard Scott 75 78 75 228 T 37 Ryan Hybl 75 75 79 229 T 51 Mitch Donald 78 79 75 232
7 Fresno State Univ. 291 300 305 896 T 1 Nick Watney 71 70 74 215 T 22 Chad Spencer 72 76 77 225 T 29 Ryan McDonald 74 78 75 227 T 37 Ryan Carter 74 76 79 229 73 Tony Harmon 84 79 82 245
8 Illinois, U. of 307 302 292 901 T 3 James Lepp 72 77 68 217 T 24 Mike O'Neal 78 75 73 226 T 42 Geoff Lound 78 77 75 230 T 45 Garrett Chaussard 79 73 79 231 T 54 Patrick Nagle 79 78 76 233
9 Northwestern 306 300 300 906 T 3 Tom Johnson 76 70 71 217 T 29 Scott Harrington 75 77 75 227 T 37 Bjorn Widerstedt 75 76 78 229 T 54 Casey Strunk 80 77 76 233 71 Dillon Dougherty 81 78 81 240
10 Kansas, U. of 304 307 298 909 T 24 Chris Marshall 74 74 78 226 T 29 Tyler Hall 77 79 71 227 T 29 Andrew Price 77 76 74 227 T 42 Jason Sigler 76 79 75 230 T 66 Pete Krsnich 80 78 80 238
11 Long Beach State 309 302 299 910 T 24 Ryan Plummer 76 74 76 226 T 34 Tyler Mays 77 75 76 228 T 37 Nick Seymour 81 77 71 229 T 57 Chris Gilley 75 83 76 234 T 59 Robert Sul 82 76 78 236
12 Kent State 302 295 315 912 20 Joe Hurtuk 77 69 77 223 T 29 Peter Laws 76 75 76 227 T 54 Steve Lohmeyer 75 78 80 233 T 59 Ryan Yip 80 73 83 236 T 59 Sean Howell 74 80 82 236
13 Kentucky, U. of 312 304 302 918 T 24 John Holmes 81 71 74 226 T 34 Ryan Coyne 76 78 74 228 T 42 Mark Blakefield 78 80 72 230 T 66 Matt Wells 78 76 84 238 72 Brandon Waldrop 80 79 82 241
14 Notre Dame, U. of 305 305 314 924 T 22 Eric Deutsch 73 73 79 225 T 45 Scott Gustafson 74 80 77 231 T 45 K.C. Wiseman 78 76 77 231 T 64 William McCaughan 80 76 81 237 75 Tom Balderston 82 83 84 249
15 UAB 314 311 317 942 T 51 Chris Cousins 74 79 79 232 T 57 Ryan Thomas 82 75 77 234 T 66 Brad Conner 77 80 81 238 70 Robert Svensson 82 77 80 239 74 Bobby Spiller 81 85 82 248