May 22, 1999
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Minnesota men's golf team led the NCAA Central Regionals after each day of competition and won the tournament by three strokes over Northwestern today. The Golden Gophers avenged their own three-stroke defeat to the Wildcats in last week's Big Ten tournament. The Purdue Boilermakers finished the 54- hole tournament tied for 17th place with Texas after shooting a team-score of 906 (+42). For the day, the Old Gold and Black fired a respectable score of 298, 14 shots better than yesterday's round. The Boilers finish the season having claimed two team championships this season (Adams Cup of Newport and The Cobra Collegiate) and qualified for regionals for the first time in 10 years.
The two Big Ten schools also featured the tournaments top two golfers in sophomores James McLean of Minnesota and Luke Donald of Northwestern. Defending national champion McLean was the regional medalist with scores of 69-72-71=212 (-4), while Donald finished one stroke behind at -3. Donald was familiar with host Ohio States Scarlet course, having won the Kepler Intercollegiate at even par April 18.
Eight other schools also qualified for the NCAA Championships including third-place Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Houston, Toledo, Illinois, Arkansas, Kansas, and Colorado. Colorado, who finished the second day in 18th place, shot a 290 in the final round to force a playoff with Kent State, who fell from third to a 10th place tie with the Buffaloes after a final-round 309. Colorado beat the Golden Flashes in a sudden death playoff on the par four, 430-yard first hole.
Individually for the Boilers, senior Bert Jones carded the team's low score for the tournament, shooting an 11-over par 227, one shot ahead of sophomores Ryan Miller and Chad Jones. Freshman Lee Williamson tied for 70th place with a 229 and junior Ryan Cate registered Purdue's low round for the day with an even-par 72 to finish tied for 88th place at 233.
The two individuals who will compete at the national championships are Jamie Broce of Ball State and Martin Maritz of Tulsa. Maritz had the tournaments low round after his 67 on the first day, shot a 78 in the second round, and rebounded with a 70 in round three to finish tied in third place with Broce.
The top 10 teams and two individuals in the tournament advance to the NCAA Championships, scheduled for June 2-5 at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn.
NCAA Central Regional
Day Three - Final Results
Scarlet Course, Columbus, OH
Tournament Dates: 05/20 - 05/22
Par: 72
Yardage: 7109
* Indvidual
Fin Team Scores 1 Minnesota, Univ. of 283 293 289 865 +1 2 Northwestern 288 295 285 868 +4 3 Nebraska, U. of 298 295 289 882 +18 4 Oklahoma State U. 297 298 288 883 +19 5 Houston, Univ. of 294 298 294 886 +22 Toledo, U. of 290 298 298 886 +22 7 Illinois, U. of 297 303 288 888 +24 8 Arkansas, U. of 291 299 300 890 +26 9 Kansas, U. of 298 305 291 894 +30 10 Colorado, U. of 300 307 290 897 +33 Kent 294 294 309 897 +33 12 Oklahoma, U. of 291 307 300 898 +34 13 TCU 300 301 301 902 +38 14 Southern Methodist 298 301 305 904 +40 15 Texas-Arlington 302 300 303 905 +41 Baylor University 299 305 301 905 +41 17 Texas, Univ. of 300 302 304 906 +42 Purdue University 296 312 298 906 +42 19 North Texas, U. of 297 308 302 907 +43 20 Iowa State Univ. 309 303 301 913 +49 21 Tulsa, U. of 301 307 309 917 +53PURDUE INDIVIDUALS
T 57 Bert Jones 71 78 78 227T 65 Ryan Miller 72 80 76 228T 65 Chad Jones 76 79 73 228T 70 Lee Williamson 77 75 77 229T 88 Ryan Cate 79 82 72 233
Fin Name School Scores 1 James McLean Minn. 69 72 71 212 -4 2 Luke Donald N'western 69 74 70 213 -3 3 *Jamie Broce Ball State 69 76 70 215 -1 Martin Maritz Tulsa 67 78 70 215 -1 5 D.A. Points Illinois 72 76 68 216 E *Daniel Fox Ar.-L.Rock 71 71 74 216 E *David Suggs Missouri 70 71 75 216 E David Shaffer N'western 74 73 69 216 E Wade Ormsby Houston 74 70 72 216 E10 Charles Howell Okla. St. 73 76 68 217 +1 Adam Dooley Minn. 72 74 71 217 +1 Tim Rice Toledo 70 74 73 217 +1 Martin LeMesurier Minn. 70 72 75 217 +1 Josh Habig N'western 72 74 71 217 +115 Neal Collins N. Texas 70 76 72 218 +2 Richard Elliott Toledo 71 73 74 218 +2 Mike Brennan Houston 70 75 73 218 +2 Phil Walker Arkansas 69 75 74 218 +2 Jamie Rogers Nebraska 73 76 69 218 +220 Rich Morris Arkansas 74 74 71 219 +3 Ben Curtis Kent 70 72 77 219 +3 Craig Lile Arkansas 72 72 75 219 +3 Jeff Barney Minn. 72 75 72 219 +324 Steve Friesen Nebraska 74 72 74 220 +4 Matthew Zions Colorado 74 77 69 220 +4 Matt Call Colorado 74 73 73 220 +427 Edward Loar Okla. St. 78 70 73 221 +5 Chuck Radabaugh Toledo 73 73 75 221 +5 Grady Girard TCU 73 77 71 221 +5 Landry Mahan Okla. St. 73 74 74 221 +5 Josh Madden Nebraska 74 72 75 221 +532 Chris Thompson Kansas 71 80 71 222 +6 *Ryan Palmer Texas A&M 75 75 72 222 +6 Scott Volpitto TCU 73 73 76 222 +6 Hank Kuehne SMU 72 74 76 222 +6 Ryan Vermeer Kansas 76 74 72 222 +637 Hunter Haas Oklahoma 75 74 74 223 +7 Scott Gutschewski Nebraska 77 75 71 223 +7 Jon Mills Kent 75 71 77 223 +740 Jason Knutzon Iowa State 76 76 72 224 +8 *Brandt Kieschnick Sam Houst. 71 77 76 224 +8 Chris Forbes Texas-Arl. 71 80 73 224 +8 Nicholas Loar SMU 73 72 79 224 +8 Tim Riley Illinois 74 75 75 224 +8 Erik Ciotti N'western 74 75 75 224 +846 Jess Daley N'western 73 74 78 225 +9 Andy Doeden TCU 74 73 78 225 +948 Knut Ekjord Colorado 77 77 72 226 +10 Andy Sanders Houston 76 77 73 226 +10 Aaron Pellegrom Baylor 78 76 72 226 +10 Danny Sahl Kent 74 76 76 226 +10 Anders Hultman Okla. St. 75 78 73 226 +10 Jake Istnick Kansas 73 78 75 226 +10 Mark Henderson Illinois 78 76 72 226 +10 J.D. Robertson Oklahoma 74 77 75 226 +10 Troy Caesar Baylor 76 74 76 226 +1057 *Zoltan Veress Ark. St. 77 75 75 227 +11 David Gossett Texas 74 76 77 227 +11 Victor Schwamkrug Houston 74 77 76 227 +11 Bert Jones Purdue 71 78 78 227 +11 Chance Cozby Oklahoma 74 78 75 227 +11 Ed Parga Illinois 75 79 73 227 +11 Kelsey Cline Oklahoma 72 79 76 227 +11 Matt Brost Texas 74 77 76 227 +1165 Kevin Muncrief Oklahoma 71 78 79 228 +12 Ryan Miller Purdue 72 80 76 228 +12 Russell Surber Texas 76 75 77 228 +12 Corby King Texas-Arl. 79 77 72 228 +12 Chad Jones Purdue 76 79 73 228 +1270 Lee Williamson Purdue 77 75 77 229 +13 Matt Lewis Iowa State 79 78 72 229 +13 Brandon Huffman Texas 80 75 74 229 +13 Conrad Roberts Kansas 80 76 73 229 +13 Harry Singh Texas-Arl. 74 76 79 229 +13 Jerome Theunis SMU 79 74 76 229 +13 John Klauk Texas 76 76 77 229 +1377 Larry Nuger Illinois 76 76 78 230 +14 Michael Pruitt N. Texas 77 78 75 230 +14 John Wagner SMU 75 81 74 230 +1477 Alan Murray Toledo 76 78 76 230 +1481 Les Philips N. Texas 73 78 80 231 +15 John Brackmann Iowa State 78 75 78 231 +1583 Jimmy Walker Baylor 75 84 73 232 +16 Cory Braunschweig Iowa State 79 74 79 232 +16 Adam Babb Texas-Arl. 78 74 80 232 +16 Rich Daugherty Kent 75 77 80 232 +16 Bill Thompson Minn. 72 80 80 232 +1688 Jeff Hughes Baylor 74 79 80 233 +17 Phil Everson N. Texas 79 79 75 233 +17 Ryan Cate Purdue 79 82 72 233 +17 Ben Fiala Colorado 75 80 78 233 +1792 Charan Thethy Texas-Arl. 82 73 79 234 +18 Todd Eaker Tulsa 75 75 84 234 +18 Seth Porter Nebraska 79 78 77 234 +18 Brandon Sanders Baylor 74 76 84 234 +1896 Adam Rubinson TCU 80 79 76 235 +19 B.J. Staten Houston 83 76 76 235 +19 Shawn Matthews Tulsa 81 77 77 235 +19 Chris Brown N. Texas 77 76 82 235 +19100 Dan Metzendorf Kent 82 75 79 236 +20 Shawn Wills Colorado 78 82 76 236 +20 Phil Slovitt Iowa State 76 81 79 236 +20 Casey Harbour Kansas 78 77 81 236 +20104 Nigel Herd Arkansas 76 78 83 237 +21 Aaron Saint Arkansas 78 79 80 237 +21106 Ashley Wilt Toledo 80 80 78 238 +22107 David Wahlgren Tulsa 79 77 84 240 +24 Peter Davidson Okla. St. 76 81 83 240 +24109 Aaron Hickman TCU 80 78 84 242 +26110 Kevin Henry Tulsa 80 88 78 246 +30111 Kyle McAfee SMU 78 89 82 249 +33