Oct. 14, 2008
Final Prestige at PGA WEST Results (PDF Format) 
LA QUINTA, Calif. -- Northwestern finished in an eighth-place tie with No. 17 Michigan State at The Prestige at PGA WEST, shooting a final-round 6-over 294 on the Greg Norman Course Tuesday to end up with a 36-over 900 (308-298-294) for the tournament.
The Spartans made a big rally on the final day, shooting a 5-under 283 to catch up with the 'Cats. The Big Ten schools finished three strokes behind No. 21 California and four strokes in back of No. 25 Pepperdine. TCU won the event with a 3-under 861 after carding a blazing team score of 10-under 278 in the final round.
Northwestern defeated No. 30 Colorado (11th) and No. 28 Michigan (12th) for the second consecutive tournament after also besting those schools at its own Windon Memorial one week ago.
Junior David Lipsky (La Canada, Calif./La Canada) roared his way into the top-10 with a final round 3-under par 69, recording seven birdies, two bogies and a double. Lipsky's 2-over 218 (74-75-69) was good for an eighth-place tie, while his Tuesday total was the fourth round of his collegiate career in the 60's.
Lipsky now has three-career top-10 finishes, including a win at last spring's Notre Dame Invitational.
Senior Andy DeKeuster (Franksville, Wis./Racine Lutheran) was well on his way to his second top-20 finish in as many weeks, but a bogey-double finish left him at 2-over 74 in the final round and at 10-over 226 (75-77-74) for the tournament, good for 27th position. DeKeuster made three birdies over a four-hole stretch to enter the final two holes of the event at 1-under par during Tuesday's round.
Sophomore Ravi Patel (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) put together his second-straight solid round of the tournament Tuesday, carding three birdies, three bogies and a double to end up at 2-over 74 in the final round. Patel finished 35th in the individual standings at 12-over 228 (80-74-74).
Freshman Eric Chun (Ansung City, South Korea/International Christian School) had NU's second-best round of the tournament with a 1-over 73 in Monday's second 18 holes, but turned in a final round 5-over 77 to finish 49th overall with a 14-over 230 (80-73-77.
Josh Dupont (Poway, Calif./Cathedral Classic) ended up in 80th place with a 21-over 237 (79-76-82).
Northwestern returns to action Nov. 3-5 at the CordeValle Classic in San Martin, Calif., its final tournament of the fall season.