University of Minnesota Athletics
GOLDEN GOPHERS SURVIVE NCAA CUT; TIED FOR 13TH
6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
The Golden Gophers survived the halfway point cutdown for the third consecutive season, which slices the 30-team field in half for the final two rounds of the event. Minnesota finished seventh in the 1998 NCAA Championships and 11th in last season's event held at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn.
Minnesota assured themselves of a top 15 finish, which marks the first time in 56 years (1942-1944) that the program has posted three straight top 15 finishes in the nation. The Golden Gophers were sixth in 1942, fourth in 1943, and second in 1944.
Freshman Ben Meyers of Frankston, Victoria, Australia led the Golden Gophers on Thursday with a one-under par score of 71. Meyers is in a tie for 28th place individually with a two-day total of even-par 144.
Freshman Wilhelm Schauman rebounded from an opening day score of 81 to post an even-par round of 72, while 1998 NCAA Champion James McLean continued his steady play with an even-par score of 72.
Oklahoma State leads the team portion of the event with a two-day score of 19-under par. Texas is one shot behind at 18-under par, with Georgia Tech in third at 14-under par. Charles Howell of Oklahoma State and David Gossett of Texas are tied for the individual lead at 11-under par 133.
Georgia Tech's Matt Kuchar and Texas' Gossett are both U.S. Amateur Open Champions and will be paired together in round three of the championships. Kuchar won the Open in 1997 while Gossett won it in 1999.
Georgia and Wake Forest will tee off at 7:15 am Friday in order to break a tie for 15th place and the final spot after the 36-hole cut. All five golfers on each team will compete on the 18th hole with the low four scores counting towards breaking the tie. Half of the 30-team field make the second round cut along with the top nine individuals among the 15 teams not making the cut.
Team Standings (Top 15 will play final two rounds)
Fin School Scores
1 Oklahoma State U. 281 276 557 -19
2 Texas, Univ. of 272 286 558 -18
3 Georgia Tech 280 282 562 -14
4 North Carolina, U of 288 282 570 -6
5 Kent State 288 283 571 -5
T6 Houston, Univ. of 284 289 573 -3
T6 UNLV 286 287 573 -3
8 Arizona, U. of 286 289 575 -1
T9 Auburn University 290 288 578 +2
T9 TCU 289 289 578 +2
T9 Clemson University 291 287 578 +2
T9 Fresno State Univ. 293 285 578 +2
T13 Northwestern 287 293 580 +4
T13 Minnesota, Univ. of 290 290 580 +4
T15 Georgia, U. of 292 290 582 +6
T15 Wake Forest Univ. 292 290 582 +6
T17 California, U. of 300 283 583 +7
T17 East Tennessee St. 286 297 583 +7
T19 Mississippi St. U. 288 296 584 +8
T19 New Mexico, U. of 286 298 584 +8
21 Kansas, U. of 291 294 585 +9
22 Georgia State Univ. 295 292 587 +11
T23 Oklahoma, U. of 294 294 588 +12
T23 Pepperdine Univ. 295 293 588 +12
T25 Arizona State U. 299 290 589 +13
T25 Virginia, U. of 299 290 589 +13
27 North Florida, U. of 294 296 590 +14
28 Brigham Young Univ. 299 294 593 +17
29 Southern California 299 300 599 +23
30 Washington, U. of 301 312 613 +37
Golden Gopher Scores
Minnesota, Univ. of 290 290 580
T28 Ben Meyers 73 71 144
T47 James McLean 73 72 145
T86 Martin LeMesurier 73 75 148
T111 Dave Gunderson 71 79 150
T136 Wilhelm Schauman 81 72 153
Individual Top 10
Fin Name School Scores
T1 Charles Howell OK State 67 66 133 -11
T1 David Gossett Texas 63 70 133 -11
3 Chris Wisler E Tenn. St 67 68 135 -9
4 J.J. Wall Texas 65 71 136 -8
T5 Jeremy Anderson UNLV 69 68 137 -7
T5 Matt Kuchar GA Tech 67 70 137 -7
T7 Ricky Barnes Arizona 70 68 138 -6
T7 Landry Mahan OK State 70 68 138 -6
T9 Jess Daley N'western 69 70 139 -5
T9 James Driscoll Virginia 68 71 139 -5
