Northwestern University Athletics
Windon Memorial Classic Underway
7/18/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Sept. 30, 2002
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern's Windon Memorial Classic, which has featured such collegiate stars as Luke Donald (Northwestern), Tiger Woods (Stanford), Casey Martin (Stanford) and Hunter Mahan (USC/Oklahoma State), is underway today at the Glen View Club in Golf, Ill. The tournament continues through Tuesday.
The field for the 2002 Windon Memorial Classic includes UC Davis, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Southern, Houston, Kent State, LSU, North Florida, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Oregon and Stanford. Eight of the 13 schools -- Duke, Georgia Southern, Houston, LSU, North Florida, Oklahoma State, Oregon and Stanford -- all were ranked in the final top 50 of the 2001-02 Golfweek/Sagarin index.
"We're excited to have the Windon back on our schedule this year and look forward to the opportunity to compete against some great teams in a home setting," says Northwestern Head Coach Pat Goss. "It is an honor to host the event at a club with such a storied history as the Glen View Club. The address of Golf, Ill., says it all."
Kent State is the only school in the 2002 field that has won a Windon title. The Golden Flashes captured the inaugural crown in 1993 and then won a second championship in 1999. Oklahoma is the defending champion, having claimed the title in 2000, the last year the event was held. Mahan snagged the individual title with a 3-under 213.
The Windon Memorial Classic is a 54-hole tournament, with 36 holes played on Monday (Sept. 30) and 18 holes on Tuesday (Oct. 1). A practice round will be played Sunday.
The Glen View course measures 6,750 yards and is a par-72 with a course rating of 71.9 and a slope of 135. Glen View was the host of the first Western Open in 1899, the 1902 U.S. Amateur and the 1904 U.S. Open. It was originally designed by the club's first professional, Richard Leslie, with renovations in 1922 by William Flynn, and in 1999 by David Esler.
"Northwestern's golf program is proud to be a part of the greatest golf city in America and I hope the Chicagoland golf fans take advantage of the opportunity to see the future PGA stars of tomorrow in such an intimate and fan-friendly situation," says Goss.
