Oct. 10, 2000

Dallas - The Washington men's golf team recorded its worst round of play at the two-day, 54-hole Taylor Made Red River Classic to drop from eighth place into an 11th-place finish. The Huskies carded a final day score of 301 after shooting 287 and 285 on the first day of play.

The tournament, held at the Dallas Athletic Club, was won by USC. The Trojans finished with a two-day total of 848, three strokes better than runner-up Texas Christian. Texas took third-place honors with a score of 853.

Washington junior Gordy Scutt turned in the Huskies top performance. Scutt finished play at one-over par 215 to tie for 20th place overall. Freshman Joe Ramos, who was tied for 11th place enter the final 18 holes of play at five-under par, shot an 80 on Tuesday to place 34th in the tournament.

USC's Hunter Mahan won the tournament by posting a score of 204, 12 strokes below par. Arkansas' Craig Lile, who led after both the first and second rounds, shot 71 to place one stroke behind Mahan.

Washington returns to the links on Oct. 27 when it travels to Stanford for the three-day Nelson tournament at the Stanford Golf Course.

Taylor Made Red River Classic
Dallas Athletic Club
Dallas, TX
Par 72, 6766 yards

Team Results: 1. USC 848, 2. TCU 851, 3. Texas 853, 4. Oklahoma 857, 5. SMU 859, 6t. BYU, Duke 866, 8. Houston 868, 9t. Oklahoma State, Kent State 869, 11. Washington 873, 12t. Ohio State, Texas A&M 875, 14. LSU 886, 15. Arkansas 891.

Top Individuals: 1. , 3t. Hunter Mahan, USC 72-65-67-204, 2. Craig Lile, Arkansas 66-68-71-205, 3t. Andy Sanders, Houston 69-67-71-207 and Jason Hartwick (Texas) 71-66-70-207, 5. Kevin Streelman, Duke, 73-67-68-208, 6. Franklin Hatchett, SMU 69-68-72-209, 7t. Kevin Stadler, USC 71-67-72-210 and Par Nilsson, Oklahoma State 68-70-72-210, 9t. John Klauk, Texas 70-70-71-211 and Alan Morgan, LSU 67-70-74-211.

Husky Scores: 20t. Gordy Scutt 72-70-73-215, 34t. Joe Ramos 71-68-80-219, 49t. John Robertson 72-73-76-221, 49t. Corey Pruch 72-74-75-221, 66t. Brock Mackenzie 73-76-77-226.