University of Minnesota Athletics

LEMESURIER FINISHES EIGHTH IN PUERTO RICO CLASSIC

2/29/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

University of Minnesota senior All-American Martin LeMesurier shot a final round 74 on Tuesday morning to finish in a tie for eighth place individually out of 75 golfers in the Puerto Rico Classic at the Rio Mar Country Club in Rio Mar, Puerto Rico. The 15-team tournament was hosted by Purdue University.

LeMesurier, who posted two consecutive rounds of two-under par 70 to begin the event, finished seven shots behind medalist and defending NCAA Champion Luke Donald of Northwestern.

Georgia Tech captured the team title by four strokes over Northwestern. Minnesota finished in 15th place as a team, 48 strokes behind the Yellowjackets.

The Golden Gophers will be back in action on March 10-11 at the Golf Digest Invitational in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Puerto Rico Classic Rio Mar Country Club Rio Mar, Puerto Rico Par: 72 Yardage: 6,945 Final Team Results Team Score Georgia Tech 284-282-287--853 Northwestern 289-288-280--857 North Carolina State 286-284-289--859 Clemson 284-287-290--861 Georgia 294-289-283--866 Duke 286-286-295--867 Wake Forest 287-286-301--874 North Carolina 289-290-298--877 Kent 293-289-296--878 Colorado 297-287-300--884 East Tennessee State 294-299-296--889 Purdue 290-299-303--892 Virginia 301-292-303--896 Florida State 296-297-307--900 Minnesota 300-300-301--901

Puerto Rico Classic Rio Mar Country Club Rio Mar, Puerto Rico Par: 72 Yardage: 6,945 Final Individual Results - Top 10 Player School - Scores 1. Luke Donald Northwestern 70-69-68--207 2. Bubba Watson Georgia 71-71-68--210 3. Jess Daley Northwestern 72-71-68--211 4. Nick Cassini Georgia 71-71-70--212 Matt Kuchar Georgia Tech 73-68-71--212 Buck Williams Wake Forest 71-70-71--212 7. Ben Curtis Kent 71-75-67--213 8. Bryce Molder Georgia Tech 67-70-77--214 Martin LeMesurier Minnesota 70-70-74--214 Leif Olson Duke 71-69-74--214 D.J. Trahan Clemson 68-76-70--214 Kris Mikkelsen Georgia Tech 72-73-69--214

Other Golden Gopher Scores Place - Player Score T 24 -- James McLean 78-71-70--219 T 72 -- Bryan Santee 79-79-82--240 T 70 -- Wilhelm Schauman80-80-75--235 Dave Gunderson 73-WD (injury)

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