Northwestern University Athletics
Field Announced for 1999 Windon Memorial Classic
8/17/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Aug. 17, 1999
EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern University?s men?s golf coach Pat Goss announced the tournament field today for the 1999 Windon Memorial Classic. The Windon is considered by many to be one of the country?s premier collegiate golf tournaments. The 1999 Windon Memorial Classic will be held Sun.-Tue., Oct. 3-5, at Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, Ill. A practice round is scheduled for Oct. 3 with the 54-hole tournament beginning with 36 holes on Oct. 4.
?We are very excited about this year?s Windon Memorial Classic,? said Northwestern head coach Pat Goss. ?The tournament was started in 1993 with the intent of bringing the best collegiate men?s golf players to the Chicagoland area. I believe we have captured that in the 15 teams competing this October.?
The field for the 1999 Windon Memorial Classic, with last year?s NCAA finish in parenthesis, will be Northwestern (third), Washington (fourth), Minnesota (11th), Toledo (t-16th), Duke (t-18th), Kansas (22nd), Pepperdine, Southern Calfiornia, Stanford, North Florida, Purdue, Kent State, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M and the Swedish National Team. Twelve of the 15 teams in the field qualified for last year?s NCAA regionals with six advancing to the NCAA championships.
The 1999 Windon is expected to include the 1998 and 1999 NCAA champions in Minnesota?s James McLean (1998) and Northwestern?s Luke Donald (1999). Last year as a sophomore, Donald won the individual crown, firing rounds of 73-68-72-71 for a four-under par 284. Donald was named 1999 NCAA Division I men?s golf player of the year and the two-time All-American qualified for the 1999 British Open this past summer. Along with Donald and McLean, five other All-Americans from last year should be in attendance: Kent State?s Ben Curtis (second team), Washington?s Troy Kelly (third team), Duke?s Matt Krauss (honorable mention), Minnesota?s Martin LeMesurier (honorable mention) and Kansas?s Ryan Vermeer (honorable mention).
Last season, Minnesota held off the host Wildcats to win the rain-shortened 1998 Windon by three strokes. The Gophers posted rounds of 290-287 to finish at one-over-par 577. Donald finished second in the individual competition, one shot behind Minnesota?s Adam Dooley.
Conway Farms Golf Club, host of this year?s tournament, is a par 71, 6,733 yard course. Opened in 1991, the course was named by Golf Digest as one of the best new private courses in the nation. Conway Farms has played host to the 1996 Ping/Golfweek Preview, the 1997 NCAA Men?s Golf Championships and the 1998 USGA Junior Amateur. The tournament is open to the public and admission is free.
