University of Minnesota Athletics
GOLDEN GOPHERS FINISH 13TH IN TOP FIELD AT NCAA PREVIEW
9/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Senior returning All-American Martin LeMesurier led Minnesota's final standing by carding a one-under par 71 in Monday's rain-hampered round. LeMesurier shot a four-over par 76 on Tuesday morning to finish the event with a six-over par total of 222. Freshman Wilhelm Schauman posted a pair of one-over par scores of 73, sandwiched around a second-round 81, in his first collegiate event.
Northwestern ran away with the team portion of the event, claiming the title with a eight-stroke win over first-day leader Clemson. Arizona State finished third, with Georgia Tech placing fourth.
The Wildcats also claimed the top two individual finishers in the tournament. Defending NCAA individual champion Luke Donald was the medalist with a three-day total of eight-under par total of 208. Donald's teammate Jess Daley was just one stroke back at seven- under par 207. Donald and Matt Jones of Arizona State shared the best score of the final day with five-under par totals of 67.
The tournament featured 18 teams, all of which are ranked in the Golfweek preseason top 25. To qualify for the event, a team must finish in the top 15 in the nation at the previous year's NCAA Championships, be one of two wild-card selections, or be the host school. The Golden Gophers placed 11th at the 1999 NCAA Championships.
The Golden Gophers will be back in action on Oct. 4-5 at the Windon Memorial in suburban Chicago, Ill. Minnesota is the defending team titleholder in that event.
Ping/Golfweek NCAA Preview Grand National (Lake Course) Opeilika, Alabama Par: 72 Yardage: 6,978 Final Team Standings Team Score 1 Northwestern 285 281 282 848 -16 2 Clemson University 279 284 293 856 -8 3 Arizona State U. 289 292 282 863 -1 4 Georgia Tech 290 291 283 864 E 5 Georgia, U. of 285 290 293 868 +4 Oklahoma State U. 289 298 281 868 +4 7 Houston, Univ. of 292 297 288 877 +13 8 South Carolina 300 292 289 881 +17 9 Auburn University 295 295 296 886 +22 New Mexico, U. of 293 296 297 886 +22 11 UNLV 299 302 286 887 12 Texas, Univ. of 300 302 294 896 13 Florida, U. of 313 298 291 902 Minnesota, Univ. of 299 307 296 902 15 UCLA 298 299 306 903 16 North Carolina, U of 306 299 303 908 17 East Tennessee St. 303 307 300 910 18 Nebraska, U. of 320 307 307 934 Ping/Golfweek NCAA Preview Grand National (Lake Course) Opeilika, Alabama Par: 72 Yardage: 6,978 Final Individual Standings - Top 10 Player School - Scores 1 Luke Donald N'western 68 73 67 208 -8 2 Jess Daley N'western 71 69 69 209 -7 3 Lucas Glover Clemson 71 67 72 210 -6 4 Matt Jones Arizona St 70 74 67 211 -5 5 Bubba Watson Georgia 67 75 71 213 -3 6 Charles Howell Okla. St. 72 74 68 214 -2 Brandon Di TullioUCLA 70 70 74 214 -2 Nick Cassini Georgia 73 70 71 214 -2 John Engler Clemson 69 72 73 214 -2 Anders Hultman Okla. St. 73 68 73 214 -2 D.J. Trahan Clemson 68 72 74 214 -2 Golden Gopher Scores Place - Player Score T 41 Martin LeMesurier 76 71 75 - 222 (+6) T 53 James McLean 74 77 74 - 225 (+9) T 59 Wilhelm Schauman 73 81 73 - 227 (+11) T 72 Dave Gunderson 77 80 74 - 231 (+15) T 78 Joe Affrunti 76 79 79 - 234 (+18)
