Northwestern University Athletics
Big Ten Men's Golf Champions!!!
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
May 16, 1999
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern men's golf team, ranked 13th in the country, won its first Big Ten Conference title since 1948, firing a final-round 282 to capture this weekend's Big Ten Championships at the Les Bolstad Golf Course in Minneapolis. The Wildcats concluded the 72-hole event with a team score of 1,131, three strokes better than seventh-ranked Minnesota.
Following Sunday's final round, Wildcat sophomore Luke Donald (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England) was named Big Ten Athlete of the Year and also was presented the Les Bolstad Award as the player with the lowest stroke average for the season. Donald also earned a spot on the all-championship team and joined junior teammate Jess Daley (Kent, Wash./Kentwood) on the All-Big Ten team. Wildcat head coach Pat Goss was named Big Ten Coach of the Year for the second time in three seasons (1997).
Donald paced the Wildcats individually, firing a final-round 67 to tie for fourth place at three-under-par 281. Michigan's Michael Harris and Illinois' Larry Nuger shared the individual crown at 278. Daley notched his fourth-straight top-10 finish, tying for sixth place at even-par 284. Senior Erik Ciotti (Barrington, Ill./Barrington) tied for 10th at 286, followed by junior David Shaffer (Andover, Mass./Andover) at 287 and senior Josh Habig (Jasper, Ind./Jasper) at 288. The Wildcats were the only team to have all five individuals among the top 20.
Final team and NU's individual results appear below. Next up for the Wildcats is the NCAA Central Regionals, scheduled for May 20-22 at Ohio State's Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio.
Final Team Standings 1. #13 Northwestern 284-281-284-282=1131 2. #7 Minnesota 287-279-281-287=1134 3. Illinois 293-287-286-283=1149 4. Wisconsin 292-289-294-281=1156 5. Ohio State 287-292-294-284=1157 6. Michigan 290-293-295-282=1160 7. Michigan State 292-284-300-288=1164 8. Iowa 289-287-303-286=1165 9. Penn State 298-292-293-288=1171 10. Indiana 296-295-297-285=1173 11. Purdue 300-294-302-285=1181
Final Northwestern Individual Results T-4 Luke Donald 70-73-71-67=281 (-3) T-6 Jess Daley 70-71-73-70=284 (E) T-10 Erik Ciotti 71-70-71-74=286 (+2) T-12 David Shaffer 75-69-70-73=287 (+3) T-16 Josh Habig 73-71-72-72=288 (+4)
