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The Prestige at Palm Desert
Men's Golf Wins The Prestige in Palm Desert
11/7/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Nov. 7, 2000
EVANSTON, Ill. -
The Northwestern men's golf team won The Prestige at Desert Willow in Palm Desert, Calif. NU shot rounds of 291-281-283=855, putting them one stroke ahead of second-place Pepperdine (287-279-290=856). Northwestern's 5-under-par final round 283 was the day's best round, beating Pepperdine's final round by seven strokes. Desert Willow is a par-72, 7,056-yard course.
Individually, freshman Tom Johnson was NU's top finisher, placing third with rounds of 73-68-70=211 to finish 5-under-par. Johnson was just one stroke behind James Lee of Stanford (69-68-73=210) and Michael Beard (69-71-70=210) of Pepperdine. Lee defeated Beard in a playoff to win the title.
2000 Big Ten champion Luke Donald shot rounds of 72-69-71=212, finishing fifth for his third top-five finish in Northwestern's four fall tournaments.
Sophomore Scott Harrington fired a final round 72 to place 18th, while junior Chris Thayer finished the tourney with a closing round 70, placing him 22nd. Senior David Shaffer shot a three-round total of 222 to finish 29th, while T.C. Ford -- playing in his first collegiate tournament -- finished in 72nd.
TEAM SCORES
NORTHWESTERN -- 291-281-283=855
Pepperdine -- 287-279-290=856
Stanford -- 282-282-294=858
UC-Irvine -- 288-279-300=867
Colorado -- 294-283-293=870
Vanderbilt -- 294-284-292=870
UC-Santa Barbara -- 304-278-293=875
Washington -- 287-288-302=877
Oregon -- 292-288-299=879
Pacific -- 295-289-298=882
UCLA -- 300-291-297=888
UC-Davis -- 292-297-300=889
Rice -- 304-296-299=899
UC-San Diego -- 308-305-307=920
Yale -- 305-302-316=923
NORTHWESTERN SCORES
t-3 Tom Johnson -- 73-68-70=211
t-5 Luke Donald -- 72-69-71=212
t-18 Scott Harrington -- 73-75-72=220
t-22 Chris Thayer -- 80-71-70=221
t-29 David Shaffer -- 73-77-72=222
t-72 T.C. Ford -- 82-73-76=231
