Oct. 15, 2002
FAIRFAX, Calif. -- Led by Tom Johnson's (Weaverville, Calif./Del Campo) second-place finish, Northwestern's 13th-ranked men's golf team made a strong run for its second-straight tournament title at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational. The Wildcats came up three strokes short, however, and finished in a second-place tie at 8-under (281-274-289=844) with eighth-ranked UCLA. The inaugural tournament was hosted by the University of California.
Northwestern, which turned in the best team score for the final two rounds, won its own Windon Memorial Classic title earlier this month. Fresno State won the Alister MacKenzie Invitational with an 11-under 841.
Johnson, who has moved up to the No. 3 ranking in this week's Golfweek/Sagarin index, fired a career-best 65 in the second round to move into title contention. The Wildcats were one of the few teams who were able to finish their second round on Monday. Johnson, finishing three strokes off the lead, shot a 1-over 72 on Tuesday to finish 8-under.
Scott Harrington (Portland, Ore./Jesuit) placed ninth, shooting a 3-under 210 (70-68-72) for the three rounds, while classmate Bjorn Widerstedt (Vasteras, Sweden) bounced back from a 4-over 75 in the first round to finish 19th with a 2-over 215 (75-72-68). Harrington and Widerstedt are ranked 55th and 88th, respectively, in the latest Golfweek index.
Sophomore Dillon Dougherty (Woodland, Calif./Woodland) and junior T.C. Ford (Covington, La./Mandeville) finished a respective 43rd and 49th.
Northwestern returns to northern California next weekend (Oct. 25-27), taking part in the The Nelson, a prestigious tournament hosted by Stanford. That event will close out the Wildcats' fall schedule.
FINAL RESULTS Alister MacKenzie Invitational Meadow Club Fairfax, CA Dates: 10/14 - 10/15 (Today:10-15-2002) Par: 71 Yardage: 6585Fin. School Scores 1 Fresno State Univ. 275 277 289 841 -11 2 UCLA 274 278 292 844 -8 Northwestern 281 274 289 844 -8 4 California, U. of 276 286 290 852 E 5 Oregon, U. of 282 286 291 859 +7 6 Washington, U. of 288 274 300 862 +10 7 Colorado, U. of 278 289 298 865 +13 8 San Francisco, U. of 273 291 304 868 +16 Oregon State U. 285 281 302 868 +16 Nevada, Univ. of 287 285 296 868 +16 11 UC-Irvine 272 296 303 871 +19 12 San Jose State Univ. 296 280 300 876 +24 13 Washington State U. 297 280 301 878 +26 14 Pacific, U. of the 287 302 296 885 +33 15 Long Beach State 298 284 308 890 +38 16 UC-Santa Barbara 293 298 310 901 +49 Stanford University 295 296 310 901 +49
FINAL RESULTS Alister MacKenzie Invitational * Individual Meadow Club Fairfax, CA Dates: 10/14 - 10/15 (Today:10-15-2002) Par: 71 Yardage: 6585
Fin. Name School Scores 1 Nick Watney Fresno St. 67 67 68 202 -11
2 Tom Johnson N'western 68 65 72 205 -8 John Ellis Oregon 65 68 72 205 -8 Roy Moon UCLA 68 68 69 205 -8
5 Chad Spencer Fresno St. 68 69 70 207 -6 Stephen Carroll Colorado 68 71 68 207 -6
7 Michael Wilson California 70 68 70 208 -5
8 Sean Deacon Oregon St. 68 68 73 209 -4
9 Scott Harrington N'western 70 68 72 210 -3 Brock Mackenzie Washington 70 67 73 210 -3 Ryan McDonald Fresno St. 66 69 75 210 -3
12 Peter Tomasulo California 68 70 74 212 -1 Ron Won Stanford 67 69 76 212 -1 Robert Frye USF 65 70 77 212 -1 Mike Sica Oregon 71 71 70 212 -1
16 Isaac Weintraub San Jose S 73 67 73 213 E
17 Travis Johnson UCLA 72 66 76 214 +1 Tom Samereaux USF 66 72 76 214 +1
19 Spencer Levin UCLA 68 75 72 215 +2 Bjorn Widerstedt N'western 75 72 68 215 +2 Corey Prugh Washington 75 69 71 215 +2 *Eric West California 72 70 73 215 +2
23 Ryan Camp Wash. St. 74 70 72 216 +3 Ivan Holmes Nevada 76 68 72 216 +3 Steve Conway UCLA 66 75 75 216 +3 Ryan Armstrong UC-Irvine 68 74 74 216 +3 Daren Grieg Oregon St. 70 72 74 216 +3 Mike Lavery UC-Irvine 64 75 77 216 +3
29 Tyler Pitt USF 70 74 73 217 +4 John Robertson Washington 68 70 79 217 +4
31 Bryant Reyes San Jose S 76 69 73 218 +5 Ian Hagen Nevada 69 73 76 218 +5 Ben Scribner Pacific 69 73 76 218 +5 J.R. Ruda California 72 70 76 218 +5 Jason Ferrin Nevada 71 72 75 218 +5 *Lance Torrey California 72 72 74 218 +5
37 Edward McGlasson Colorado 69 76 74 219 +6 Vinnie Poncino UC-Irvine 71 73 75 219 +6 John Merrick UCLA 74 69 76 219 +6
40 Jeff Coburn UC-Irvine 69 74 77 220 +7 Jeff Hood California 66 79 75 220 +7 Bobby Powers San Jose S 73 71 76 220 +7
43 Jeff Hanson Colorado 68 73 80 221 +8 Michael Jurgensen Oregon St. 70 70 81 221 +8 Andrew Bostrom Pacific 75 74 72 221 +8 Ryan Ressa Wash. St. 74 71 76 221 +8 Jimmy White Oregon 72 73 76 221 +8 Dillon Dougherty N'western 69 75 77 221 +8
49 Chris Gilley Long Beach 74 71 77 222 +9 Conner Robbins Washington 75 68 79 222 +9 Kenny Coakley Oregon St. 77 71 74 222 +9 Nick Seymour Long Beach 77 70 75 222 +9 Ryan Carter Fresno St. 74 72 76 222 +9 Brian Edick Pacific 75 75 72 222 +9 T.C. Ford N'western 74 69 79 222 +9 Derek O'Neill Colorado 73 71 78 222 +9
57 Dustin White Wash. St. 76 68 79 223 +10 Sprague Kolp Nevada 78 72 73 223 +10 Isaac Woods Wash. St. 77 72 74 223 +10 Erik Olson Washington 76 70 77 223 +10
61 Matt Hansen Pacific 68 80 76 224 +11
62 Jeff Di Tuilio UC-SaBarba 73 76 76 225 +12 Chris Carnahan Oregon 74 74 77 225 +12 Justin St. Clair Oregon 74 78 73 225 +12 James Logeman Long Beach 72 73 80 225 +12 Chris Ancheta California 76 78 71 225 +12
67 Kristofer Baptist USF 72 75 79 226 +13 Torey Edwards Long Beach 79 71 76 226 +13
69 Jeff Linklater UC-SaBarba 75 73 79 227 +14 Ryan Plummer Long Beach 75 72 80 227 +14 Scott Linklater UC-SaBarba 71 77 79 227 +14 Chad Carlson Wash. St. 73 71 83 227 +14
73 Kyle Gentry Stanford 75 77 76 228 +15
74 Duncan Street San Jose S 78 73 78 229 +16 Jeff Greenfield UC-SaBarba 74 76 79 229 +16 Zach Christ San Jose S 74 74 81 229 +16
77 Nick Telliard UC-SaBarba 81 73 76 230 +17 Mike Chiurco USF 75 77 78 230 +17
79 Josh Green Nevada 71 78 82 231 +18
80 Del de Windt Stanford 78 78 76 232 +19
81 Jay Choe UC-Irvine 78 78 77 233 +20
82 Ryan Anderson Colorado 82 74 78 234 +21
83 George McKean Fresno St. 78 78 79 235 +22
84 Brian Kelley Oregon St. 79 74 84 237 +24
85 Miles Kirkpatrick Pacific 76 81 81 238 +25
86 Scott MacDonald Stanford 79 79 82 240 +27
DQ Jim Seki Stanford 75 72 DQ