Oregon State
Cleveland Golf Classic
OSU Ties For 11th At USC's Cleveland Golf Classic
March 02, 2004 | Men's Golf
March 2, 2004
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. - -
Ryan Gilmour and Sean Deacon led the Oregon State men's golf team with 3-over-par 74s in the windy final round of USC's Cleveland Golf Classic on Tuesday.
The Beavers and Pepperdine tied for 11th overall with scores of 891 for the three-round tournament; OSU shot a season-high 31-over 315 Tuesday.
"We just were unable to manage our ball the way we needed to today," OSU coach Brian Watts said. "Our ballstriking wasn't sharp, and we started forcing things when we got behind instead of aiming for the middle of the green. We short-sided ourselves quite a bit, and if you do that on this course, just getting up-and-down is a great score.
"Sean and Ryan hung tough today. That's what we need four or five guys to do on a consistent basis."
The Beavers entered the final round in fourth.
Deacon led the Beavers with a 6-over 219 at the par-71 North Ranch Country Club, finishing tied for 26th overall.
Gilmour's 74 lifted him into a tie for 56th with a total of 226.
Brad Simpson tied for 43rd at 224 after entering the final round tied for fifth at 2-under 140. He shot 84 Tuesday.
Cameron MacKenzie also got off to a hot start in Monday's opening rounds, but finished tied for 51st at 225 after an 83 Tuesday. MacKenzie opened 70-72.
Brian Kelley shot 234.
Matthew Rosenfeld, Jeff Bell and Jason Hartwick spurred Texas to a comfortable 15-stroke win over USC with a 5-under 847. Rosenfeld's 5-under 208 earned him medalist honors, one shot ahead of Bell and Hartwick.
"This was by far the best field we've seen all year," Watts said. "It definitely would have helped our case for regionals if we finished in the top five. We'll look forward to the Duck Invitational, and hopefully put up some good numbers there."
The Beavers head to Eugene Mar. 22-23 for Oregon's Duck Invitational.
TEAM SCORES (PAR 284/852)
1. Texas 281-278-288-847; 2. USC 283-286-293-862; 3. TCU 285-295-292-872; (tie). BYU 286-289- 297-872; 5. California 290-291-293-874; 6. Arizona State 285-302-288-875; (tie) UCLA 293-291- 291-875; 8. Tennessee 279-303-294-876; 9. Stanford 294-299-288-881; (tie) Alabama 280-299-302-881; 11. Oregon State 292-284-315-891; (tie) Pepperdine 298-300-293-891; 13. Washington 298-297-297-892; 14. Arkansas 292-297-306-895; 15. Illinois 296-300-302-898; 16. Oregon 296-304-301-901; 17. Notre Dame 297-310-311-918.
INDIVIDUAL SCORES (PAR 71/213)
1. Matthew Rosenfeld, Texas 67-68-73-208; 2. Jeff Bell, Texas 72-68-69-209; (tie) Jason Hartwick, Texas 71-67-71-209; (tie) Peter Tomasulo, California 69-69-71-209; 5. Chez Reavie, Arizona State 72-73-67-212.
OREGON STATE SCORES
T26. Sean Deacon 75-70-74-219; t43. Brad Simpson 71-69-84-224; t51. Cameron MacKenzie 70-72-83-225; t56. Ryan Gilmour 79-73-74-226; t78. Brian Kelley 76-74-84-234.
