Hara Goes Low At Pac-12 Championship - Oregon State University Athletics

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April 24, 2018 | Men's Golf

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By: Oregon State Communications

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. – Kyosuke Hara fired a 3-under 68 to lead the Oregon State men's golf team in the third round of the 59th Annual Pac-12 Championship on Tuesday.

The Beavers are in 10th place, and five strokes ahead of Oregon, with a 7-over 352-360-360--1,072 at the par-71, 7,130-yard Rolling Hills Country Club.

USC (27-under 1,038) has a five-stroke lead over Arizona State (22-under 1,043) for the team title. Justin Suh of USC (16-under 197) has built a six-stroke lead over George Cunningham of Arizona (10-under 203) for the individual crown.

Wednesday's final round will begin at 8 a.m. off No. 1 and No. 10 and live scoring is available at golfstat.com.

"We played some good golf again today," Oregon State head coach Jon Reehoorn said. "We just didn't execute the shots we needed to on key holes to post a round of 4 under or 5 under. Instead it ended with a 5 over.

"Our guys have made a ton of birdies this week. We need to keep doing what we are doing and I'm confident we will be ready to play a good round tomorrow."

Hara, a sophomore from Honolulu, Hawai'i, had eight birdies on Tuesday that helped him move 17 spots up the leaderboard and into a tie for 24th place with a 1-under 72-72-68--212.

"Kyosuke was really good today," Reehoorn said. "Anytime you make eight birdies in round you are doing a lot of things well."

Freshman Spencer Tibbits is also tied for 24th place with a 1-under 69-70-73--212.

Freshman Keaton Gudz had been steady throughout the championship with an even-par 70-72-71--213 for a tie for 28th place. His best collegiate finish is a tie for 43rd place at the Desert Mountain Collegiate earlier this spring.

Sophomore Shawn Lu is tied for 38th place with a 3-over 69-73-74--216, junior Trevor Yu is tied for 60th with a 7-over 72-74-74--220 and junior Tom Kerkvliet is tied for 67th with a 10-over 76-73-74--223.

Television coverage of the Pac-12 Championship will air in a tape-delayed, 30-minute special debuting on Sunday, May 6 at 10 a.m. on Pac-12 Network, Arizona, Los Angeles, Oregon and Washington.

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