EVANSTON, Ill. - Following a Spring Break spent training and playing on renowned courses like the Monterey Peninsula Country Club's Dunes Course and Cypress Point at Pebble Beach, the Northwestern men's golf team will compete in the 50th playing of The Goodwin, Thursday, March 28 through Saturday March 30 at the newly renovated Stanford Golf Course. The Goodwin is named after former Northwestern and Stanford golf coach, Wally Goodwin.
The highly competitive 26-team field is comprised of No. 4 Oklahoma, No. 7 USC, No. 9 Cal, No. 13 Pepperdine, No. 31 BYU, No. 32 Stanford, No. 34 UNLV, No. 37 Oregon, No. 41 Florida, No. 42 Nevada, No. 44 Northwestern, No. 47 Arizona, No. 53 St. Mary's, No. 58 San Francisco, No. 60 UC San Diego, No. 61 San Jose State, No. 80 Washington, No. 87 Santa Clara, Colorado, McNeese State, Nebraska, SMU, Toledo, George Washington Nova Southeastern and UC Davis.
There will be a double shotgun each round, starting with the morning wave on No. 1 and No. 10 tees at 9:30 a.m. CT and the afternoon group at 2:00 p.m./2:20 p.m. CT. Northwestern will tee off starting at 3:20 p.m. CT on Thursday from the 10th hole, paired with Florida and Nevada.
Last season, Sam Tripplett logged his best 54-hole performance of his Northwestern career, finishing with a 7-under 206 to secure the fourth place individual finish.
Daily results will be available on Golfstat .
ABOUT GOODWIN
Wally Goodwin, who coached the Wildcats from 1981 to 1987, helped lift Northwestern golf to national prominence. Between 1967 to 1983, the 'Cats finished last in the conference every year, except 1976 when the university did not field a team.
His squad garnered two third-place conference finishes (1984 and 1986), led in part by Jim Benepe, who, in 1986, earned All-America honors, tied for eighth at the NCAA Championships, tied for first at the Big Ten Championship, and was selected Northwestern's Male Athlete of the Year.
Goodwin developed personal relationships with alumni and successfully recruited players who brought life back to Northwestern golf. He designed a premier collegiate golf tournament sponsored by United Airlines, the Americana. Hosted in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the event helped to raise money for an improved Northwestern travel schedule.
He also helped to convince local country clubs to allow the team to practice on their exclusive private courses – benefits the Wildcats still reap.
After NU, Goodwin coached at Stanford from 1987-2000, where he won a national title (1994).