Feb. 11, 2003
CYPRESS, Texas -- At the Rice Intercollegiate, senior Scott Harrington (Portland, Ore./Jesuit) sank an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win his first college tournament Tuesday afternoon and help 14th-ranked Northwestern claim its second tournament title of the year. The tournament was played at the par-72, 7,075-yard BlackHorse North Course Golf Club.
Harrington, who carried a two-stroke lead into the final round, birdied the par-4 17 to remain two strokes in front of Missouri's Chris Happ, his final-round playing partner. Happ, however, eagled the par-5 18 to tie Harrington. Harrington came back to drain the birdie putt for the win.
"It was a thrilling finish for Scott and the team," said head coach Pat Goss. "He had a great tournament." Harrington's previous best finish was a second-place showing at last year's Big Ten Championships.
The Wildcats won the tournament title by 18 strokes, posting a 6-over 294 in the final round. North Texas and Missouri finished second and third, respectively.
Tom Johnson (Sacramento, Calif./Del Campo) placed third with an even-par 216 (70-74-72). Bjorn Widerstedt (Vasteras, Sweden/Carlforsska Gymnasiet) and Casey Strunk (Phoenix, Ariz./Thunderbird) placed 12th and 15th, respectively. Dillon Dougherty (Woodland, Calif./Woodland) fired a 1-over 73 on Tuesday to move into 31st place.
Bryson Young (Reno, Nev./Galena), playing in his first collegiate tournament for the 'Cats, was competing as an individual-only and finished ninth at 4-over (72-71-77).
"We played an excellent second round," said Goss. "We took advantage of the perfect weather conditions and that catapulted us into a comfortable lead.
"Our guys made some progress this winter, but still have plenty of work to do as the tournaments and golf courses get tougher in the coming weeks. This is a good start to our spring."
Northwestern is next in action Feb. 23-25 at the NCAA Puerto Rico Classic in Rio Mar, P.R.
FINAL RESULTS Rice Intercollegiate BlackHorse North G.C. Cypress, TX Dates: 02/10 - 02/11 (Today:02-11-2003) Par: 72 Yardage: 7075
Fin. School Scores 1 Northwestern 291 280 294 865 +1 2 North Texas, U. of 294 296 293 883 +19 3 Missouri, U. of 297 287 310 894 +30 4 Coastal Carolina 304 294 299 897 +33 5 San Diego, U. of 311 292 295 898 +34 6 Kansas State Univ. 308 297 299 904 +40 Mississippi St. U. 300 300 304 904 +40 8 Texas-Arlington 297 298 310 905 +41 9 Virginia, U. of 314 297 297 908 +44 10 Rice University 297 296 316 909 +45 11 Texas-San Antonio 312 305 302 919 +55 12 Louisiana-LaFayette 309 304 308 921 +57 13 Tennessee, Univ. of 313 309 308 930 +66
FINAL RESULTS Rice Intercollegiate * Individual BlackHorse North G.C. Cypress, TX Dates: 02/10 - 02/11 (Today:02-11-2003) Par: 72 Yardage: 7075
Fin. Name School Scores 1 Scott Harrington N'western 68 68 73 209 -7
2 Chris Happ Missouri 70 68 72 210 -6
3 Tom Johnson N'western 70 74 72 216 E
4 Alvero Velasco Coast. Car 74 72 72 218 +2 Brandon Knaub Missouri 74 71 73 218 +2 Brad Tilley Virginia 78 73 67 218 +2
7 Zach Atkinson N. Texas 72 73 74 219 +3 Scott Philips Rice 74 71 74 219 +3
9 * Bryson Young N'western 72 71 77 220 +4
10 Brandon Mullen Texas-Arl. 75 71 75 221 +5 Thomas Kulcak N. Texas 72 72 77 221 +5
12 Anthony Estorga Texas-Arl. 75 72 76 223 +7 Joe Deraney Miss. St. 72 72 79 223 +7 Bjorn Widerstedt N'western 76 70 77 223 +7
15 David Isaacson San Diego 77 73 74 224 +8 Rafael Vera Coast. Car 74 74 76 224 +8 Freddy Espericueta N. Texas 78 74 72 224 +8 Casey Strunk N'western 80 68 76 224 +8
19 Berry Henson San Diego 76 74 75 225 +9 Theo Sliman LA-LaFayet 77 75 73 225 +9 *Parker LaBarge Rice 74 77 74 225 +9
22 Aaron Watkins Kansas St. 77 76 73 226 +10 Christian Smith Coast. Car 81 72 73 226 +10 Ben Kern Kansas St. 79 73 74 226 +10
25 Chris Robinson Tennessee 77 80 70 227 +11 Josh Persons Kansas St. 78 73 76 227 +11 Jordan Krantz Texas-Arl. 70 80 77 227 +11 Preston Lancaster San Diego 81 74 72 227 +11 Eamonn McLoughlin Virginia 80 74 73 227 +11 Marc Noel LA-LaFayet 77 72 78 227 +11
31 Ryan Cromwell UTSA 76 79 73 228 +12 Codie Mudd Miss. St. 78 74 76 228 +12 Tobias Winberg LA-LaFayet 76 74 78 228 +12 Greg Douglas Kansas St. 74 77 77 228 +12 Lloyd Campbell Tennessee 77 72 79 228 +12 Jimmy Harris San Diego 78 71 79 228 +12 Dillon Dougherty N'western 77 78 73 228 +12 *Matt VanCleave Kansas St. 77 77 74 228 +12
39 Matthew Mills Coast. Car 75 76 78 229 +13 Brad Besler N. Texas 72 77 80 229 +13 Jay Giannetto Miss. St. 77 80 72 229 +13 David Jenkins Missouri 74 72 83 229 +13 David Kelvin Rice 73 73 83 229 +13
44 Justin Goodhue Virginia 76 75 79 230 +14
45 Mike Mezei UTSA 78 77 76 231 +15 *Bradley Lane Rice 76 76 79 231 +15
47 Ryan Morgan Rice 74 78 80 232 +16 Jonathan James Kansas St. 81 75 76 232 +16 Kellen Maurer Miss. St. 73 74 85 232 +16 *Frank Buttacavoli Rice 78 77 77 232 +16
51 Mark Hepler San Diego 80 79 74 233 +17 Jeremy Luce Virginia 80 75 78 233 +17
53 *Craig Trahan LA-LaFayet 79 75 80 234 +18
54 Duffy Pugh UTSA 79 83 73 235 +19 John Elizondo UTSA 79 76 80 235 +19 Garry Antunes Texas-Arl. 77 75 83 235 +19
57 Matt Toohey Rice 79 74 83 236 +20 Eddie Rowe Rice 76 81 79 236 +20 *Winn Smith Rice 80 84 72 236 +20
60 Brandon Skeen Tennessee 82 82 73 237 +21
61 Luke Healy UTSA 85 73 80 238 +22 Michael Radek Missouri 79 77 82 238 +22 Clint Cromwell Tennessee 77 75 86 238 +22
64 Brett Ashmore LA-LaFayet 79 83 79 241 +25
65 Thomas Lee Virginia 81 77 85 243 +27 Tyrone Mordt Texas-Arl. 80 81 82 243 +27
67 Cory Ewert Missouri 85 76 85 246 +30 Matt Smith LA-LaFayet 82 83 81 246 +30
69 Tim Satow Miss. St. 88 82 77 247 +31
70 Jay Sylvan Coast. Car 87 82 79 248 +32
71 *Craig Horrocks Miss. St. 83 91 82 256 +40
DQ Brad Gibson N. Texas DQ 79 70