Northwestern University Athletics
Luke Donald Remains in Lead After Three Rounds of NCAAs
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
June 4, 1999
EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern sophomore Luke Donald fired an even-par 72 on Friday, increasing his lead to three strokes after three rounds of the NCAA Men's Golf Championships, being played at Hazeltine National Golf Course in Chaska, Minn. For the tournament, Donald stands at 3-under-par 213 and is the only player under par after 54 holes. Washington's Troy Kelly is in second place at even-par 216. As a team, Northwestern fired a third round score of 297 to move up to third place with a total of 892, 10 strokes behind first place Oklahoma State.
NU's individual results as well as team scores appear below. The Wildcats will be paired in the tournament's final group with Oklahoma State and Georgia in Saturday's final round and will tee off from 9:00-9:36 a.m. CDT.
Quotes from Luke Donald following round three
Re: Friday's third round
"I was pretty pleased (with the round). I got off to a shaky start with a bogey. The rest of the front nine I was hanging in."
Re: Heading into Saturday's final round
"I'd rather be in the lead and try to stay there. It's been a real good year. I was coming off some good golf at regionals and Big Tens. I was looking forward to playing here. If all goes well and I win tomorrow, this would definitely be the biggest win of my career."
Quotes from head coach Pat Goss following round three
Re: Friday's third round
"Obviously, Luke Donald just led us through today. The round he had was phenomenal. We were just holding on out there. The guys were really grinding it out. It's just so difficult out there."
Team Standings After Round Three (listed with tournament seed) 1. #6 Oklahoma State 289-308-285=882 2. #2 Georgia 292-305-290=887 3. #12 Northwestern 296-299-297=892 4. #9 Clemson 293-297-303=893 #11 BYU 293-298-302=893 6. #1 UNLV 295-298-306=899 #7 Houston 297-305-297=899 #16 North Carolina 294-307-298=899 #19 Washington 307-301-291=899 10. #4 Arizona State 297-307-296=900 11. #10 Florida 297-311-298=906 12. #13 Nebraska 301-305-304=910 13. #5 Minnesota 303-305-303=911 14. #27 Illinois 303-305-304=912 15. #14 E. Tenn. State 298-306-317=921 Northwestern Individual Results After Round Three 1 Luke Donald 73-68-72=213 (-3) T-35 Josh Habig 73-77-76=226 (+10) T-35 Jess Daley 75-76-75=226 (+10) T-40 Erik Ciotti 75-78-74=227 (+11) T-79 David Shaffer 79-82-81=242 (+26)
