Oct. 15, 2009

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -

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The Illini men's golf team moved up a spot in the latest Golf World/Nike Coaches poll The Illini check in at No. 6, up from seventh two weeks ago, after winning the Windon Memorial Classic, their second tournament title of the season.

Oklahoma State tops the list followed by Arizona State, Washington, Florida State, and Stanford. The Illini competed against all of these teams, except Washington, in the Olympia Fields/Illini Invitational last month, in which the Illini finished seventh. Michigan is the only other Big Ten team in the rankings at No. 18.

Illinois is also sixth on the Golfstat computer rankings behind the same five teams and fifth according to the Golfweek computer, ahead of Florida State and behind the other four teams listed above.

After a record-setting 13-stroke victory at the Wolf Run Invitational in September, the Illini won the Windon Memorial tournament at the Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, Ill., for the second straight year. They have picked up right where they left of in their 2008 season, in which they won an NCAA leading seven tournaments.

The Illini are lead by Junior Scott Langley, the seventh ranked individual golfer in the country according to the Golfweek computer rankings. Illinois was also named the Golfweek team of the week for its victory at the Windon.