MinThe University of Minnesota men's golf team holds a two-shot lead over Northwestern after the third round of the Big Ten Men's Golf Championship on Saturday at the par 71, 6,254-yard University of Minnesota/Les Bolstad Golf Course in Lauderdale, Minn. Minnesota trailed Northwestern by one stroke heading into today's third round.

The Golden Gophers inched ahead of Northwestern after junior Martin LeMesurier fired a 4-under-par 67. His score also moved him into third place in the individual standings. Senior Bill Thompson also contributed to Minnesota's lead by shooting a 2-under-par 69. Senior Adam Dooley posted a 73 while senior Jeff Barney fired 1-over par 72.

"Everyone knew what we had to do today," LeMesurier said. "We've been playing well all year and we know this course. We're treating this like any other tournament."

Michael Harris of Michigan currently leads the individual standings after posting a solid 68. One stroke behind Harris is yesterday's co-leader Larry Nuger of Illinois, who shot a third round score of 71.

"I think I drove the ball pretty well today," Harris said. "I backed off on a few tees by not hitting my driver. When I did that, it really seemed to pay off for me. I think I'm going to stay with the same approach tomorrow and keep trying to make birdies."

Illinois's Mark Henderson provided the tournament's first ace with a hole-in-one on the par 3, 163-yard second hole. The senior used a 6-iron to register his eagle.

The final 18 holes will be played Sunday morning. The first Golden Gopher off the tee tomorrow will be senior Bill Thompson on hole one at 9:20 a.m.

1999 Big Ten Championships University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course Par: 71 Yardage: 6254 Team Results (Day Two): Team Score 1. Minnesota 287-279-281--847 2. Northwestern 284-281-284--849 3. Illinois 293-287-286--866 4. Ohio State 287-292-294--873 5. Wisconsin 292-289-294--875 6. Michigan State292-284-300--876 7. Michigan 290-293-295--878 8. Iowa 289-287-303--879 9. Penn State 298-292-293--883 10. Indiana 296-295-297--888 11. Purdue 300-294-302--896 1999 Big Ten Championships University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course Par: 71 Yardage: 6254 Individual Results (Day Two): Individual Score 1. Michael Harris (Michigan) 69-70-68--207 2. Larry Nuger (Illinois) 68-69-71--208 3. Martin LeMesurier (Minnesota) 70-72-67--209 4. James McLean (Minnesota) 72-66-74--212 Chris Englund (Iowa) 73-70-69--212 Erik Ciotti (Northwestern) 71-70-71--212 7. C.J. Brock (Wisconsin) 73-70-70--213 8. Luke Donald (Northwestern) 70-73-71--214 Jess Daley (Northwestern) 70-71-73--214 David Shaffer (Northwestern) 75-69-70--214 11. Albert Hromulak (Ohio State) 73-70-72--215 Chris Emanuel (Ohio State) 72-72-71--215 Adam Dooley (Minnesota) 72-70-73--215 14. D.A. Points (Illinois) 76-71-69--216 Brent Landry (Indiana) 71-73-72--216 Carlos Foulquie (Michigan State) 74-70-72--216 Jeff Barney (Minnesota) 73-71-72--216 Josh Habig (Northwestern) 73-71-72--216 19. Matt Pumford (Michigan St.) 71-70-76--217 20. Scott Phillis (Penn State) 71-72-75--218 Matt Stutzman (Iowa) 70-67-81--218 22. Matt Abbott (Penn State) 75-75-69--219 Corey Sullivan (Indiana) 74-72-73--219 24. Alberto Quevedo (Michigan St.) 72-71-77--220 25. Bill Thompson (Minnesota) 77-75-69--221 26. Ryan Helminen (Wisconsin) 77-71-74--222 Ryan Miller (Purdue) 73-72-77--222 Andrew Matthews (Michigan) 75-72-75--222 29. Adam Turner (Iowa) 75-73-75--223 John Carlson (Wisconsin) 73-75-75--223 Tim Riley (Illinois) 75-72-76--223 Jim Lemon (Wisconsin) 71-77-75--223 33. Bert Jones (Purdue) 77-72-75--224 Mark Henderson (Illinois) 77-75-72--224 Ed Parga (Illinois) 74-76-74--224 Nathan Clark (Michigan State) 75-73-76--224 37. David Wagenseller (Ohio State) 70-73-82--225 Rich Thomas (Indiana) 76-75-74--225 Scott Hayes (Michigan) 72-75-78--225 40. Andy Latowski (Penn State) 75-72-79--226 Jeff Turton (Penn State) 78-73-75--226 Ian Brendel (Iowa) 71-77-78--226 43. Ryan Cate (Purdue) 75-73-79--227 Jason Oien (Ohio State) 72-78-77--227 Todd Anderson (Wisconsin) 75-73-79--227 46. Lee Williamson (Purdue) 75-77-76--228 Andrew Chapman (Michigan) 76-78-74--228 Ryan Dennis (Ohio State) 77-77-74--228 49. Greg Marshalek (Penn State) 77-78-74--229 50. Brent Goik (Michigan State) 78-76-76--230 John Barry (Indiana) 77-75-78--230 52. Steve Wheatcroft (Indiana) 75-76-81--232 53. Brian Seipke (Michigan) 74-76-83--233 Jason Bukowski (Purdue) 81-78-74--233 55. Jason Wombacher (Iowa) 78-77-81--236