University of Minnesota Athletics

Men's Golf Finishes Fifth at Windon Memorial Classic

10/5/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

schooThe Minnesota men's golf team finished fifth at the Windon Memorial Classic after firing a 282 in the final round Tuesday. The 282 tied Duke's third round as the lowest for the tournament by any school. The Gophers were forced to finish their second round early this morning. The Maroon and Gold faltered in round two with a 298 which dropped them from third after the first round to seventh. Minnesota finished eight shots behind tournament champ and host Northwestern.

Individually, the Gophers were led by junior Josh Persons who recorded his second consecutive runner-up finish. Persons fired a final round 68 which propelled him into a tie for second at 1-over 214. Sophomore Bronson La'Cassie, the tournament leader after round one, tied for 14th at 6-over 219. Senior Ben Greve carded an even-par 71 in the final round and tiee for 19th at 7-over 220. Sophomore Naill Turner moved up from last place after two rounds into a tie for 35th after carding a final round 69. Junior Ryan Paulson tied for 50th at 227.

Minnesota continues its fall season Oct. 25-26 in Eugene, Ore., at the Pac-10/ Big Ten Challenge.

Windon Memorial Final Results

1 Northwestern 294 284 287 865 (+13) 2 Duke University 291 296 282 869 (+17 3 Purdue University 296 283 291 870 +18 Kent State 294 288 288 870 +18 5 Minnesota, Univ. of 293 298 282 873 +21 6 North Florida, U. of 297 289 296 882 +30 7 Louisiana State U. 287 296 301 884 +32 8 Illinois, U. of 297 298 290 885 +33 9 Toledo, U. of 296 298 295 889 +37 10 Kansas, U. of 305 296 293 894 +42 11 Oklahoma, U. of 304 293 304 901 +49 12 Stanford University 301 304 298 903 +51 13 California, U. of 314 293 298 905 +53 14 UC Davis 309 301 296 906 +54 Notre Dame, U. of 307 295 304 906 +54 16 Richmond, Univ. of 307 298 305 910 +58 17 North Carolina State 309 296 307 912 +60 18 Furman University 305 311 300 916 +64 Minnesota Scores

T 2 Josh Persons 72 74 68 214 T 14 Bronson LaCassie 69 76 74 219 T 19 Ben Greve 76 73 71 220 T 35 Niall Turner 78 77 69 224 T 50 Ryan Paulson 76 75 76 227

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