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Zach Barlow shot 70 on Sunday to move into a tie for 19th at the Fighting Illini Invitational.

Men's Golf

Illinois places seventh at Olympia Fields

Men's Golf

Illinois places seventh at Olympia Fields

Sept. 20, 2009

Champaign, Ill. -

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Sixth-ranked Illinois wrapped up the final day of the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational presented by Cleveland Golf/Srixon in seventh place. The Illini shot a final round 295 (+15) to finish the tournament at +42. Fifth-ranked Arizona State won its first Olympia Fields event at +30.

Individually, Oklahoma State's Trent Whitekiller and Georgia's Harris English shared the individual medalist honor at +1 (211). Junior Scott Langley was Illinois' top finisher, placing in a tie for 12th at 217 (+7).

No. 2 Oklahoma State placed second as a team at +32 followed by No. 10 Texas (+35), No. 1 Stanford (+36) and No. 5 Florida State (+37).

Illinois senior Zach Barlow, last year's individual co-medalist, had Illinois' best round of the day with an even par 70 on the 7,205-yard Olympia Fields North Course. Barlow moved into a tie for 19th at +10. Sophomore Luke Guthrie tied for 19th at +11 following a final round 74. Senior Matt Hoffman tied for 45th at +17 after shooting 76 on Sunday while freshman Ross Frankenberg tied for 59th at +23.

"We played a difficult golf course and still came away with the confidence that had we played our best golf we would have competed for the win," said Illinois assistant coach Zach Guthrie. "It was a good test of our games. We have a couple of weeks until our next tournament so we'll have some time to practice some of things we know we need to work on."

Illinois returns to action Oct. 5 for the Windon Memorial in Glencoe, Ill.

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Players Mentioned

Luke Guthrie

Luke Guthrie

Freshman
Zach Barlow

Zach Barlow

Redshirt Sophomore
Matt Hoffman

Matt Hoffman

Redshirt Sophomore
Scott Langley

Scott Langley

Freshman
Ross Frankenberg

Ross Frankenberg

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Luke Guthrie

Luke Guthrie

Freshman
Zach Barlow

Zach Barlow

Redshirt Sophomore
Matt Hoffman

Matt Hoffman

Redshirt Sophomore
Scott Langley

Scott Langley

Freshman
Ross Frankenberg

Ross Frankenberg

Freshman