Golf: Men's golf competes in Windon Memorial Tournament in Glenview, Ill.

Princeton finished 54 above par as a team, trailing tournament winner Michigan by 52 strokes. The Tigers as a whole were fairly consistent in their performances on the front and back nines, as the Orange and Black scored three shots better on the back nines than in the first halves of their rounds over the course of the tournament.

“This tournament was a really good test for us,” senior captain Eric Salazar said. “We didn’t play as well as we would’ve liked, but it was another great learning experience.”

Through two days and three rounds, junior Evan Harmeling had Princeton’s highest individual placement of 40th in the tournament, while the team as a whole placed 16th out of 17 squads. Harmeling’s final score was 8 over par.

Harmeling managed to improve his score each round, resulting in a third round that ended 2 under par.

“Evan played an inspiring final round which we can definitely build on going forward,” Salazar said.

Harmeling’s stroke average last season was 75.70 and his top finish was eighth place.

Follow-up individual placements for the Tigers included Salazar, who placed 57th, and sophomore Bernie D’Amato, who finished in 78th place at 20 over par.

While Salazar started with a rough second round, he rallied and got 3 over par for the third round.

Lion Kim from Michigan eventually took first place, finishing 6 under par. Kim won on a close margin, as he was only two strokes ahead of second-place finisher Bo Hoag from Ohio State.

The Wolverines and the Buckeyes went on to complete the tournament first and second overall, as Michigan edged Ohio State by one stroke on Monday afternoon.

Purdue’s Erich Johnston recorded the only hole-in-one of the tournament on a beautiful 189-yard shot from the par-3 16th hole.

The Northwestern Memorial had a broader national pool and more teams than the McLaughlin Invitational that Princeton played in last weekend, where the squad finished second out of 15 teams.

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“We saw firsthand what it takes to play at the national championship level this weekend,” Salazar said. “We still have some work to do if we’re going to compete at that level, but we found out that the gap between us and the best teams in the country isn’t as big as we thought.”

The team will participate in the Big Five Classic in two weeks in Plymouth Meeting, Pa. It will be important for the Tigers to rally in this tournament, as it is their second-to-last tournament in the fall season.