“We came. We saw. We conquered. On a blustery final round we hung tough and punched our ticket to Toledo – a ticket that not too many people believed we could obtain.”
Blogging for golfweek.com, that was senior Andy DeKeuster’s lead summarizing Northwestern’s weekend in Stillwater, Okla., at the NCAA South Central Regional. Despite entering as the ninth seeded team in the field, the Wildcats finished fourth out of 13 squads. NU earned a berth to play at the NCAA National Championships from May 27-30 in Toledo, Ohio.
NU was one of five teams in the region to qualify for the NCAA National Championships. It will be the school’s 23rd appearance in the championships and the sixth during coach Pat Goss’ 13-year tenure.
Although the Cats shot a 22-over 310 in Saturday’s final round and entered the clubhouse on the outside looking in, Baylor and TCU could not keep pace.
Big Ten Freshman of the Year Eric Chun shot a 10-over 226 to pace NU and finish 13th overall, while junior David Lipsky shot a 76 on Saturday to place 28th. DeKeuster fired a 24-over 240 on the weekend.
– staff reports