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Men's Golf
Men's Golf Finishes 13th at Marshall Invitational
April 7, 2001
Huntington, W.Va. - The Notre Dame men's golf team closed out the final day of play at the Marshall Invitational with a nine-over par team total of 293 on the way to a 54-hole mark of 880. That put the Irish in 13th place in the 20-team tournament field. The Irish turned in rounds of 298, 289 and 293 to finish 41 strokes behind the record-setting pace of Ohio State as the Buckeyes took the tournament title for the 16th time. OSU turned in a record-low team score of 13-under par 839 total (283-275-281) on the 6,446-yard, par 71 Guyan Golf and Country Club course. The Irish, who started the day in 13th, just 10 strokes out of fourth place, were unable to move up in the standings as they finished ten strokes behind Xavier University who finished fourth with an 870 total. Ohio State finished 16 strokes in front of second place Toledo with an 855 (286-280-289). The Rockets finished two strokes ahead of Miami (OH) who finished third with a 54-hole total of 857 (281-290-286). Xavier was fourth with 870 (289-290-291) while Michigan (289-289-293) and Kentucky (289-294-288) tied for fifth with 871 totals. Senior Alex Kent (Lambare, Paraguay) turned in Notre Dame's top individual scores finishing in a tie for 19th with a three over par total of 216. Kent closed the tournament on Saturday with a two-over par 73 to follow up rounds of 72 and 71 on Friday. The 216 total was eight strokes off the pace set by Ohio State's Mike Austin who's five-under par total of 208 tied the Marshall Invitational 54-hole record set in 1998 by Michigan's Michael Harris. Austin shot back-to-back 67's on Friday and and closed with a final round of 74 to finish three strokes ahead of four golfers who tied for second place with 211 totals.
Following Kent among the Irish golfers was freshman Peter Rivas (New Orleans, La.) who turned in the best 54-hole total of his collegiate career with a seven-over par total of 220. Rivas turned in rounds of 72, 76 and 72 to finish in a tie for 40th overall. Sophomore Kyle Monfort (Dublin, Ohio) finished in a tie for 53rd with a 10-over par 223 as he turned in rounds of 77, 72 and 74.
Junior Steve Ratay (Arlington Heights, Ill.) was 59th overall as he shot a 54-hole total of 225 (77-71-77) and senior Pat Schaffler (Dallas, Tex.) closed out the Irish contingent scoring with a 64th place tie as he fired rounds of 77, 75 and 74 on the way to a 226 total. Notre Dame returns to action next weekend, Saturday and Sunday, April 14 and 15, when the Irish travel to Columbus, Ohio to compete in Ohio State's 54-hole Kepler Invitational at the OSU Scarlet Course. FINAL TEAM RESULTS (FINAL 54-hole totals): 1. Ohio State 283-275-281-839, 2. Toledo 286-280-289-855, 3. Miami (OH) 281-290-286-857, 4. Xavier 289-290-291-870, 5. Michigan 289-289-293-871, Kentucky 289-294-288-871, 7. Iowa 291-286-295-872, 8. Wisconsin 293-289-291-873, 9. Eastern Michigan 292-285-298-875, 10. Louisville 291-291-295-877, 11. Marshall 300-288-290-878, Eastern Kentucky 291-293-294-878, 13. Notre Dame 298-289-293-880, 14. Indiana 301-284-300-885, Ohio University 296-295-294-885, 16. Illinois 299-297-292-888, 17. Murray State 297-301-293-891, 18. Cincinnati 307-301-294-902, 19. Northern Illinois 303-301-307-911, 20. Western Kentucky 307-305-300-912. TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS (of 100): 1. Mike Austin (Ohio State) 67-67-74-208, 2. Chris Campbell (Louisville) 69-68-74-211, Brad Heaven (Toledo) 68-69-74-211, Ryan Wilson (Kentucky) 71-69-71-211, Tim Donovan (Xavier) 72-69-70-211, 6. Geoff Lound (Illinois) 73-73-66-212, Neil Lykins (Cincinnati) 76-68-68-212, Wes Furnish (Kentucky) 68-72-72-212, Jason Oien (Ohio State) 72-70-70-212, 10. Four golfers tied with 213 totals. NOTRE DAME SCORES: t19. Alex Kent 72-71-73-216, t43. Peter Rivas 72-76-72-220, t53. Kyle Monfort 77-72-74-223, t59. Steve Ratay 77-71-77-225, t64. Pat Schaffler 77-75-74-226. |
    
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