University of Minnesota Athletics
MGF: Gophers Finish Fourth At Big Ten Championships
5/8/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
All five Minnesota players finished in the top 25 led by sophomore Niall Turner. Turner had a career high finish tying for sixth at 4-under 212 after a 71 on Sunday. Turner's 212 was a three-round career low score for the native of Cork, Ireland. Senior Ben Greve tied for 10th place at 1-under 215. Greve carded a 73 in round three. Junior Josh Persons made the biggest move of the day moving up from 22nd into a tie for 13th with a third- round 70. He finished the tournament at even par 216.
Sophomore Bronson La'Cassie tied for 16th at 1-over 217 and junior Ryan Paulson tied for 24th at 3-over 219. La'Cassie carded a 74 and Paulson a 72 Sunday. Indiana's Jeff Overton was the individual Big Ten Champion tying a 54-hole Big Ten Championship record score of 17-under 199.
Minnesota will qualify for the NCAA Regional Championships at a site to be determined on May 19-21.
Big Ten Men's Championship University Ridge Golf Course Final Results 1 Michigan State 282 276 289 847 _17 2 Indiana University 283 275 294 852 _12 3 Northwestern 294 280 279 853 _11 4 Minnesota 285 283 286 854 _10 5 Purdue 292 282 287 861 _3 6 Ohio State Univ. 290 294 283 867 +3 7 Wisconsin, U. of 292 293 290 875 +11 8 Penn State U. 296 290 290 876 +12 9 Iowa, U. of 296 289 293 878 +14 10 Michigan, U. of 298 286 299 883 +19 11 Illinois 300 295 295 890 +26 Minnesota Scores T6 Niall Turner 70 71 71 212 T10 Ben Greve 68 74 73 215 T13 Josh Persons 77 69 70 216 T16 Bronson LaCassie 74 69 74 217 T24 Ryan Paulson 73 74 72 219
