Minnesota did more than just make the cut in men's golf -- it won the title. Amid talk of the university cutting the Gophers' golf program, the team stepped up and captured the school's first Division I Men's Golf Championships team title.

The Gophers shot a six-under-par 278 on the final day of competition for a 1,134 total and a four-stroke victory over top-ranked Georgia Tech. The championship was conducted at Ohio State's Scarlet Golf Course.

Two months ago, school officials recommended cutting the men's and women's golf teams and the men's gymnastics team to meet gender-equity guidelines and help reduce a nearly $21 million deficit in the athletics department budget. Following a public uproar and a $900,000 fund-raising effort by alumni, parents and fans, the sports were given another year.

"That's a lot of motivation, playing to keep your program," said Clemson coach Larry Penley, whose second-ranked team tied for third. "They go from the threat of losing it -- players talking about transferring, trying to find places to play for the rest of their collegiate career -- and now they are national champions."

Minnesota was ranked no higher than 18th in the national polls, and became the first Northern school to win the championship since Ohio State won in 1979.

Weather problems threatened the field of 30 teams to be cut in half after 36 holes, which would have included cutting Minnesota, since the Gophers were 16th after two rounds. But a third-round 283 vaulted Minnesota to a fourth-place tie heading into the final round. Under perfect scoring conditions on the final day, the Gophers dominated the field. The Gophers were so good, in fact, that they did not count a 74 from their No. 1 player, Simon Nash, and instead used a 72 from David Morgan, usually the team's No. 5 player.

In addition to Morgan's 72, Justin Smith fired a 69 and Wilhelm Schauman a 71.

"The team's got a bigger heart than any team I've even been with," said Minnesota coach Brad James.

Individually, Georgia Tech's Troy Matteson was the medalist, shooting one stroke better than Texas Christian's Adam Rubinson. Hunter Mahan of Oklahoma State was third. Matteson is Georgia Tech's first individual champion.

Team results

1. Minnesota, 284-289-283-278 -- 1,134; 2. Georgia Tech, 277-286-290-285 -- 1,138; 3. (tie) Clemson, 286-277-298-281 -- 1,142; and Texas, 291-275-290-286 -- 1,142; 5. Augusta St., 289-283-290-281 -- 1,143; 6. North Carolina St., 286-281-292-285; 7. Purdue, 284-287-293 -- 1,145; 8. Pepperdine, 284-288-286-288 -- 1,146; 9. (tie) Arizona, 282-290-288-290 -- 1,150; Tulsa, 281-289-284-296 -- 1,150; 11. (tie) Florida, 283-287-291-292 -- 1,152; TCU, 283-283-293-293 -- 1,152; Washington, 279-291-285-297 -- 1,152; 14. (tie) Colorado, 280-293-296-284 -- 1,153; and Toledo, 283-281-294-295 -- 1,153; 16. Oklahoma St., 289-293-286-286 -- 1,154; 17. North Carolina, 282-284-292-297 -- 1,155; 18. Illinois, 277-296-295-290 -- 1,158; 19. Baylor, 292-289-295-284 -- 1,160; 20. Va. Tech, 291-280-295-295 -- 1,161; 21. (tie) Fresno St., 296-285-297-289 -- 1,162; and Georgia, 293-289-291-289 -- 1,162; 23. UNLV, 292-289-290-296 -- 1,167; 24. (tie) Pacific (Cal.), 292-292-286-299 -- 1,169; and Texas Tech, 288-287-298-296 -- 1,169; 26. New Mexico, 293-291-293-293 -- 1,170; 27. UAB, 293-286-297-300 -- 1,176; 28. (tie) Auburn, 288-287-301-306 -- 1,182; and Ga. Southern, 296-291-301-294 -- 1,182; 30. Va. Commonwealth, 295-295-304-297 -- 1,191.

Individual results

1. Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech, 73-66-70-76 -- 276; 2. Adam Rubinson, TCU, 69-67-72-69 -- 277; 3. Hunter Mahan, Oklahoma St., 68-71-67-72 -- 278; 4. (tie) Graeme McDowell, UAB, 71-67-67-74 -- 279; and Justin Smith, Minnesota, 69-70-71-69 -- 279; 6. (tie) Justin Walters, North Carolina St., 70-67-71-72 -- 280; and Nick Watney, Fresno St., 72-68-70-70 -- 280; 8. (tie) Matt Anderson, Minnesota, 73-71-71-66 -- 281; Michael Beard, Pepperdine, 71-72-67-71 -- 281; Ryan Moore, UNLV, 72-69-68-72 -- 281; Par Nilsson, Oklahoma St., 71-73-68-69 -- 281; and D.J. Trahan, Clemson, 71-66-78-66 -- 281; 13. (tie) Ramon Bescansa, North Carolina, 69-72-70-71 -- 282; Shiv Kapur, Purdue, 71-73-71-67 -- 282; John Klauk, Texas, 73-67-73-69 -- 282; and James Lepp, Illinois, 70-72-72-68 -- 282; 17. (tie) Ricky Barnes, Arizona, 71-71-70-71 -- 283; Dustin Bray, North Carolina, 68-68-75-72 -- 283; Gregg Jones, Clemson, 69-69-75-70 -- 283; Eric Jorgensen, Michigan St., 72-69-69-73 -- 283; Brock Mackenzie, Washington, 66-69-72-76 -- 283; and Chris Noel, Tulsa, 69-69-71-74 -- 283; 23. (tie) Camilo Benedetti, Florida, 70-68-73-73 -- 284; John Merrick, UCLA, 71-70-71-72 -- 284; Chris Nallen, Arizona, 69-68-75-72 -- 284; and Brandt Snedeeker, Vanderbilt, 69-70-72-73 -- 284.

27. (tie) Billy Lowry, Tulsa, 71-74-66-74 -- 285; Adam Meyer, Baylor, 74-70-71-70 -- 285; David Miller, Georgia, 74-69-72-70 -- 285; Michael Webb, Augusta St., 73-71-70-71 -- 285; Lee Williamson, Purdue, 71-70-74-70 -- 285; and Oliver Wilson, Augusta St., 73-68-74-70 -- 285; 33. (tie) Brad Heaven, Toledo, 69-70-75-72 -- 286; Chris McKeel, Virginia Tech, 70-71-72-73 -- 286; Kris Mikkelsen, Georgia Tech, 70-74-71-71 -- 286; Ben Portie, Colorado, 66-72-75-73 -- 286; and Michael Putnam, Pepperdine, 69-72-72-73 -- 286; 38. (tie) Bret Guetz, TCU, 70-70-74-73 -- 287; Scott Hailes, New Mexico, 74-74-68-71 -- 287; Matt Hansen, Pacific (Cal.), 71-75-69-72 -- 287; Franklin Hatchett, Southern Methodist, 74-66-71-76 -- 287; David Inglis, Tulsa, 70-74-72-71 -- 287; Jason Moon, North Carolina St., 73-71-71-72 -- 287; Russell Surber, Texas, 73-72-70-72 -- 287; and Emmett Turner, Augusta St., 71-72-74-70 -- 287; 46. (tie) Jay Haas, Augusta St., 72-74-72-70 -- 288; David Jones, Toledo, 70-71-71-76 -- 288; Kevin Komowa, Toledo, 72-69-75-72 -- 288; Travis Mobley, Ga. Southern, 74-70-72-72 -- 288; and Camilo Vilegas, Florida, 70-72-74-72 -- 288.

51. (tie) Ryan Baca, Baylor, 71-73-75-70 -- 289; Brendon De Jonge, Virginia Tech, 74-71-69-75 -- 289; Reid Hatley, Arizona, 70-75-71-73 -- 289; Femando Mechereffe, North Carolina St., 72-70-72-75 -- 289; Simon Nash, Minnesota, 71-76-68-74 -- 289; Ari Savolainen, Florida, 69-72-74-74 -- 289; Nicholas Thompson, Georgia Tech, 67-73-75-74 -- 289; and Mark Warman, San Diego St., 67-72-76-74 -- 289; 59. (tie) Rusty Kennedy, Texas, 75-67-77-71 -- 290; Geoff Lound, Illinois, 68-76-73-73 -- 290; Garth Mulroy, North Carolina St., 71-74-78-67 -- 290; and Johnson Wagner, Virginia Tech, 76-67-74-73 -- 290; 63. (tie) Jason Allred, Pepperdine, 74-73-73-71 -- 291; Stephen Carroll, Colorado, 72-76-74-69 -- 291; Garrett Chaussard, Illinois, 69-73-76-73 -- 291; Dustin Cone, Purdue, 71-77-72-71 -- 291; Jason Hartwick, Texas, 75-69-70-77 -- 291; Brooks Kelly, Texas Tech, 70-73-75-73 -- 291; Jamie McLeary, Baylor, 74-72-76-79 -- 291; Dan Potter, Washington, 71-76-72-72 -- 291; Conner Robbins, Washington, 72-72-70-77 -- 291; Kane Webber, Colorado, 71-74-76-70 -- 291; and Matt Weibring, Georgia Tech, 70-74-74-73 -- 291.

74. (tie) J.C. Deacon, UNLV, 73-76-69-74 -- 292; Andy Doeden, TCU, 71-74-73-74 -- 292; Kevin Haefner, Auburn, 70-72-76-74 -- 292; David Morgan, Minnesota, 72-72-76-72 -- 292; Brian O'Flaherty, Pepperdine, 70-71-78-73 -- 292; and Aron Price, Ga. Southern, 76-72-73-71 -- 292; 80. (tie) Martin Catalioto, Clemson, 74-72-76-71 -- 293; Michael Letzig, New Mexico, 76-71-73-73 -- 293; Chris Mayson, Purdue, 71-73-76-73 -- 293; Dalton Melnyk, Florida, 75-74-71-73 -- 293; Jay Mundy, Auburn, 72-69-77-75 -- 293; and Wilhelm Schauman, Minnesota, 72-77-73-71 -- 293; 86. (tie) David Bolen, Texas Tech, 72-72-75-75 -- 294; Ryan Carter, Fresno St., 74-71-74-75 -- 294; Matt Hendrix, Clemson, 77-70-71-76 -- 294; Brad Jacobson, Texas Tech, 74-70-78-72 -- 294; Tom Johnson, Northwestern, 72-75-77-70 -- 294; Drew Jones, UAB, 72-73-75-74 -- 294; Joe Liley, Colorado, 72-73-77-72 -- 294; Bryant Odom, Georgia, 74-73-76-71 -- 294; John Robertson, Washington, 70-76-76-72 -- 294; J.J. Wall, Texas, 70-73-77-74 -- 294; and Chan Wongluekiet, Georgia Tech, 70-73-76-75 -- 294; 97. (tie) Ben Duncan, Clemson, 72-73-76-74 -- 295; Jonathon Echols, Fresno St., 71-74-79-71 -- 295; Alan Murray, Toledo, 72-7-74-78 -- 295; Corey Prugh, Washington, 72-74-71-78 -- 295; and Ryan Thomas, UAB, 69-74-73-79 -- 295.

102. (tie) Ted Brown, Va. Commonwealth, 72-73-74-77 -- 296; Andy Connell, Arizona, 73-76-73-74 -- 296; Clark Corbett, UNLV, 73-71-77-75 -- 296; Christo Greyling, Georgia, 71-74-73-78 -- 296; Mark Hull, Texas Tech, 74-72-73-77 -- 296; Anders Hultman, Oklahoma St., 74-71-76-75 -- 296; Ryan Hybl, Georgia, 77-73-73-73 -- 296; Brad Moldin, North Carolina, 74-72-74-76 -- 296; and Matthew Zions, Colorado, 71-74-71-80 -- 296; 111. (tie) Derek Abel, Baylor, 74-74-74-75 -- 297; Bob Cherry, North Carolina, 72-72-73-80 -- 297; J.J. Killeen, TCU, 74-72-74-77 -- 297; Sean McTeman, Toledo, 75-73-74-75 -- 297; Dustin Smith, Fresno St., 75-73-76-73 -- 297; and Lee Williams, Auburn, 73-71-74-79 -- 297; 117. (tie) Jordan Code, Florida, 74-76-73-75 -- 298; Kevin Henry, Tulsa, 71-72-76-79 -- 298; Scott Jamieson, Augusta St., 73-72-79-74 -- 298; Steven Jenkins, Va. Commonwealth, 77-75-75-71 -- 298; Matt Kern, Pacific (Cal.), 74-72-7-76 -- 298; Madalitso Muthiya, New Mexico, 72-72-75-79 -- 298; and Tom O'Stasik, Pacific, 80-75-68-75 -- 298.

124. (tie) Brien Davis, UNLV, 75-73-76-75 -- 299; Jason Higton, Pacific (Cal.), 72-77-74-76 -- 299; Michael O'Neal, Illinois, 70-79-74-76 -- 299; Jay Reynolds, New Mexico, 74-76-77-72 -- 299; Kipp Riehle, Arizona, 72-76-74-77 -- 299; and Ben Scribner, Pacific (Cal.), 75-70-75-79 -- 299; 130. (tie) Jeff Crowe, Va. Commonwealth, 72-75-77-76 -- 300; Will Doughtie, Baylor, 73-75-75-77 -- 300; Chad Spencer, Fresno St., 73-74-77-76 -- 300; Neil Trimm, Tulsa, 73-75-75-77 -- 300; and Donny Wysoxzynski, Georgia, 74-78-73-75 -- 300; 135. (tie), Jeremy Elliott, North Carolina, 73-72-78-78 -- 301; Brian Krusoe, Virginia Tech, 76-71-80-74 -- 301; and Kyle Wilmann, Texas Tech, 72-78-75-76 -- 301; 138. (tie) Tyler McKeever, Ga. Southern, 74-76-77-75 -- 302; Ryan Stinnett, Virginia Tech, 71-74-80-77 -- 302; Rodney Thomas, North Carolina St., 75-73-80-74 -- 302; and Ryan Zylstra, Va. Commonwealth, 74-73-78-77 -- 302; 142. (tie) Wil Collins, New Mexico, 73-74-79-77 -- 303; Randy Creighton, Pepperdine, 81-73-74-75 -- 303; and Steve Shuert, TCU, 73-78-74-78 -- 303; 145. (tie) Peter Karmis, Purdue, 74-71-80-79 -- 304; and Justin Kolumber, Ga. Southern, 72-75-79-78 -- 304; 147. Jonathon Dismuke, Auburn, 73-75-79-78 -- 305; 148. (tie) Brandon Askew, UNLV, 74-78-77-78 -- 307; J.C. DeLeon, Oklahoma St., 76-79-75-77 -- 307; and Kirk Staughen, Va. Commonwealth, 82-74-78-73 -- 307; 151. Craig Gordon, UAB, 81-72-82-73 -- 308; 152. (tie) David Elmore, Ga. Southern, 78-74-81-76 -- 309; Alex Noren, Oklahoma St., 83-78-78-70 -- 309; and Ryan Tendall, Illinois, 76-75-79-79 -- 309; 155. Will Claxton, Auburn, 76-79-74-81 -- 310; 156. Blake Mozley, UAB, 82-82-84-82 -- 330.