Men's Golf Places 11th At The Fourth NCAA Regional Tournament

The Northwood University men's golf team placed 11^th at the Purgatory Regional Sunday and Monday (April 7-8).

The event was held at the Pugatory Golf Club in Noblesville, Indiana.  The course played as a 7,146 yard, par 72.

Northwood shot team scores of 294 and 302 to finish at 595 in the extremely competitive field.  Missouri-St. Louis was the overall winner at 579, followed by Maryville at 585.  The difference between fourth place and 12^th place was just seven shots.  A total of 31 teams took part in the tournament.

Leading the way for Northwood was senior Blair Turner (Midland, Mich.).  He shot a career-low opening round of three-under par 69 to open the event.  Turner then carded a 74 in round two to finish with a one-under par total of 143, good for a tie for third place overall.  He was one shot out of earning a share of medalist honors.  Bruce Eccleton (Saginaw, Mich./Mott CC) shot 75-74 to tie for 42^nd overall.

Northwood will compete at the GLIAC South Tournament April 20-21.