April 12, 2003
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Northwestern, the highest nationally ranked (#20) team in this year's 18-team Kepler Invitational, is in ninth place after playing two rounds at Ohio State's Scarlet Course, which hosted last year's NCAA national championships.
The Wildcats are playing the tournament without their top golfer, junior Tom Johnson (Sacramento, Calif./Del Campo), who was suspended for one event for a violation of a team rule.
After firing a 1-over 73 in the second round, senior Scott Harrington (Portland, Ore./Jesuit) is in 21st place (78-73=151) at 7-over, which leads the NU contingent. Senior Bjorn Widerstedt (Vasteras, Sweden/Carlforsska Gymnasiet) and junior T.C. Ford (Covington, La./Mandeville) are tied for 30th place at 9-over. Widerstedt, who is coming off sixth- and fourth-place finishes in his last two tournaments, had rounds of 75 and 78, while Ford turned in scores of 79 and 74.
The Buckeyes, ranked 74th in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin index, own a nine-stroke cushion over Indiana and 10-stroke lead over Illinois and Toledo.
The third and final round begins at 8 a.m. EDT Sunday.
Robert Kepler Intercollegiate OSU Scarlet Course Columbus, OH Dates: 04/12 - 04/13 (Today:04-12-2003) Par: 72 Yardage: 7258Fin. School Scores 1 Ohio State Univ. 297 294 591 +15 2 Indiana University 302 298 600 +24 3 Illinois, U. of 299 302 601 +25 Toledo, U. of 307 294 601 +25 5 Miami (Ohio) 303 302 605 +29 6 Purdue University 301 306 607 +31 Kentucky, U. of 306 301 607 +31 8 Kent State 306 303 609 +33 9 Northwestern 306 304 610 +34 10 Michigan State U. 309 302 611 +35 11 Kansas State Univ. 313 303 616 +40 Iowa, U. of 309 307 616 +40 13 Michigan, U. of 308 311 619 +43 14 Ohio University 307 313 620 +44 15 Notre Dame, U. of 307 318 625 +49 Wisconsin, U. of 319 306 625 +49 17 Eastern Michigan U. 314 312 626 +50 18 Marshall University 313 316 629 +53
Robert Kepler Intercollegiate * Individual OSU Scarlet Course Columbus, OH Dates: 04/12 - 04/13 (Today:04-12-2003) Par: 72 Yardage: 7258
Fin. Name School Scores 1 Jeff Overton Indiana 72 71 143 -1 Brad Heaven Toledo 74 69 143 -1
3 Eric Phipps Miami (OH) 76 70 146 +2 Shiv Kapur Purdue 75 71 146 +2 Zach Doran Ohio State 69 77 146 +2
6 Patrick Nagle Illinois 74 73 147 +3
7 Eric Jorgensen Mich. St. 75 73 148 +4 James Lepp Illinois 72 76 148 +4 Scott Anderson Ohio State 77 71 148 +4 Brian Bickle Ohio 76 72 148 +4 *Zack Randol Ohio State 73 75 148 +4
12 Peter Laws Kent State 72 77 149 +5 David Vallina Ohio State 75 74 149 +5 *David Bieterman Ohio State 75 74 149 +5
15 John Holmes Kentucky 80 70 150 +6 Ryan Yip Kent State 78 72 150 +6 Mike Calkin Miami (OH) 76 74 150 +6 Peter Riddell Ohio State 76 74 150 +6 Aldo Jordan Indiana 74 76 150 +6 David Jones Toledo 73 77 150 +6
21 Scott Harrington N'western 78 73 151 +7 Matt Kohn Kentucky 77 74 151 +7
23 Kevin Hall Ohio State 77 75 152 +8 Brandon Lunke Notre Dame 75 77 152 +8 Peter Karmis Purdue 73 79 152 +8 Luke Miller Iowa 76 76 152 +8 Garrett Chaussard Illinois 76 76 152 +8 Scott Seibert Indiana 77 75 152 +8 Brian Edwards Ohio 74 78 152 +8
30 Bo Anderson Iowa 76 77 153 +9 Bjorn Widerstedt N'western 75 78 153 +9 Casey Lubahn Mich. St. 78 75 153 +9 Mark Weghorst Miami (OH) 75 78 153 +9 Ryan Coyne Kentucky 76 77 153 +9 T.C. Ford N'western 79 74 153 +9 *Ryan Hurley Ohio State 76 77 153 +9
37 Korey Mahoney E Michigan 78 76 154 +10 Mark McIntosh Michigan 76 78 154 +10 Dustin Cone Purdue 75 79 154 +10 Richard Kilpatrick Toledo 82 72 154 +10 A.J. Elgert Kansas St. 77 77 154 +10 Ryan Tendall Illinois 77 77 154 +10 *Darren Lundgren Ohio State 78 76 154 +10 *Sandeep Syal Ohio State 76 78 154 +10
45 Ben Minyard Marshall 78 77 155 +11 Sean McTernan Toledo 78 77 155 +11 Aaron Watkins Kansas St. 77 78 155 +11 Greg Douglas Kansas St. 82 73 155 +11 Geoff Lound Illinois 78 77 155 +11 Joe Hurtuk Kent State 78 77 155 +11 Josh Persons Kansas St. 79 76 155 +11 Mark Baldwin Notre Dame 75 80 155 +11 Drew Whitten Marshall 74 81 155 +11 Steve Lohmeyer Kent State 78 77 155 +11 Bryson Young N'western 75 80 155 +11 Luke Epp Purdue 78 77 155 +11 Andrew Ruthkoski Mich. St. 75 80 155 +11
58 Brad Pemberton E Michigan 78 78 156 +12 Kevin Tassistro Wisconsin 76 80 156 +12 Dylan Esterling Wisconsin 83 73 156 +12 Heath Peters Indiana 80 76 156 +12 Aaron Krueger Iowa 80 76 156 +12 Ryan Swelin Miami (OH) 76 80 156 +12 Ryan Stewart Marshall 79 77 156 +12 Mike Tapper Iowa 77 79 156 +12 Mark Blakefield Kentucky 76 80 156 +12
67 David Nichols Michigan 73 84 157 +13 Casey Strunk N'western 78 79 157 +13 Tyler McDannold E Michigan 79 78 157 +13 Robert Tighe Michigan 82 75 157 +13 Matt VanCleave Kansas St. 80 77 157 +13
72 Aaron Bickle Ohio 78 80 158 +14 Justin Bertsch Toledo 82 76 158 +14 Ben Davidson Indiana 79 79 158 +14 Scott Carlton Michigan 79 79 158 +14 Ben Fox Mich. St. 84 74 158 +14 Brian Brodell Wisconsin 81 77 158 +14
78 Joel Rechlicz Wisconsin 80 79 159 +15 B Svechota-Kingsbury Michigan 80 79 159 +15 Wes Hansen Wisconsin 82 77 159 +15 Erik Feldick Iowa 81 78 159 +15 K.C. Wiseman Notre Dame 79 80 159 +15
83 Scott Gustafson Notre Dame 79 81 160 +16 Brandon Waldrop Kentucky 77 83 160 +16 Nic Watson E Michigan 80 80 160 +16
86 Gavin Ferlic Notre Dame 78 83 161 +17 Scott Vallina Kent State 80 81 161 +17
88 Jeff Chadwell Ohio 79 83 162 +18 Ryan Masuda Purdue 83 79 162 +18
90 John Koskinen Mich. St. 81 82 163 +19 Matt Hiatt E Michigan 79 84 163 +19 Thomas Feldman Miami (OH) 79 84 163 +19
93 Steve Ross Marshall 83 81 164 +20
94 Brad Tweel Marshall 82 83 165 +21
95 Jon Johasky Ohio 86 88 174 +30