University of Minnesota Athletics

Men's Golf Wins Windon Memorial Classic

10/7/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

The University of Minnesota men's golf team won its second tournament in as many weeks today at the Windon Memorial Classic in Glenview, Ill. The Golden Gophers fired rounds of 283-288-288=859 to win by nine shots over second place Purdue and California. The tournament was played at the par 72, 7,058-yard North Shore Country Club.

Senior preseason All-American Justin Smith (Moon Township, Pa./Moon Area) recorded his third top-10 finish of the fall season tying for second at 5-under 211. Smith fired a 71 today, his sixth consecutive round under par this year. Junior Ben Greve (Annandale, Minn./Annandale) playing in his first tournament of the year, shot even par today and finished tied for seventh at 1-under 215. Senior David Morgan (Rochester, Minn./Robert L. Stevenson) made the biggest move of the day also carding a 71. Morgan finished tied for 19th with teammate Bronson La'Cassie (Brisbane, Queensland/Kelvin Grove). The freshman shot a 74 today and both players finished at 5-over 221. Sophomore Ryan Paulson (Minneapolis, Minn./Holy Angels) finished tied for 36th at 8-over 224.

The Gophers are next in action on Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington, N.C.

Final Team Standings
1. Minnesota 283-288-288=859 (-5)
2. Purdue 289-288-291=868 (+4)
California 295-296-277=868 (+4)
4. Illinois 289-285-297=871 (+7)
5. Northwestern 294-285-299=878 (+14)
6. Louisiana State 288-292-300=880 (+16)
7. Toledo 289-290-304=883 (+19)
8. Oklahoma State 297-294-295=886 (+22)
9. Kent State 295-289-306=890 (+26)
10. North Florida 297-295-300=892 (+28)
11. Stanford 298-291-306=895 (+31)
12. Michigan State 292-303-301=896 (+32)
Arizona 292-298-306=896 (+32)
14. UC Davis 303-299-297=899 (+35)
15. SMU 311-306-292=909 (+45)
Notre Dame 301-306-302=909 (+45)
17. Rice 312-299-306=917 (+53)

Minnesota Results
T2 Justin Smith 69-71-71=211 (-5)
T7 Ben Greve 70-73-72=215 (-1)
T19 Bronson La'Cassie 73-74-74=221 (+5)
T19 David Morgan 78-72-71=221 (+5)
T36 Ryan Paulson 71-72-81=224 (+8)

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