Oregon State
Battle at the Beach (Pelican Hills G.C.)
No. 24 Men's Golf Maintains First Place Through 36 Holes
February 15, 2010 | Men's Golf
Feb. 15, 2010
NEWPORT COAST, Calif. - The 24th ranked men's golf team maintained first place on the second day of the Battle at the Beach. Oregon State leads the tournament after 36 holes at 7-under (348, 355) 703. The Beavers remain one stroke ahead of No. 6 Washington.
Despite holding the lead, it was a decidedly difficult round according to head coach Brian Watts.
"Today was a frustrating day for us," Watts said. "There were points where we had it going pretty well, and then we'd have a double bogey here and there. It's a golf course where there is no let up. Every shot, you've got to be on."
Leading the way for the Beavers was senior Paul Peterson, just a day after Watts had described him as "over excited" in his first round after returning from a shoulder injury. Peterson came out Monday and posted a 2-under 69, and is at even par (73, 69) 142 after 36 holes. Playing in his first tournament since his injury, Peterson had a nice day going, even notching an eagle on the eighth hole. The one set back to his day came on the 15th hole when he was stung with a double bogey.
Another strong round from seniors Mike Barry (1-under 70) and Diego Velasquez (E 71) kept the Beaver's on top of the tournament.
Rounding out the Beaver's scores were sophomores Alex Moore with a 1-over 72 and Morten Madsen with a 4-over 75, and freshmen Nick Sherwood shot a 2-over73.
With the hole positions expected to be more difficult for the final round than in the first two days, Watts expects his players to be facing 10-20 foot putts rather than 5-10. He'll preach patience on the course looking toward Tuesday and hopes to come out on top.
"I can't really complain when they have a shot to win to win the tournament, that's what you play for. We just need to clean up a few things. We lost some shots coming down the line and we put the ball in the wrong positions. We just have got to clean up a few of the mistakes we made today and we'll be fine."
The Beavers will tee-off the last day of the tournament Tuesday at 8:30 am. Live stats will be available on Golfstat.
The Beavers head into day two of the Battle at the Beach with their first tee time set for 8:30 a.m. Follow the action via live stats at GolfStat.com.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. Oregon State (348, 355) 703; 2. Washington (353, 351) 704; 3. UCLA (354, 353) 707; 4. Arkansas (349, 361) 710; 5. Texas-Arlington (364, 351) 715; 6. San Diego State (352, 367) 719; t7. Arizona State (359, 363) 722; t7. Colorado State (361, 361) 722; 9. Long Beach State (358, 369) 727; 10. Notre Dame (366, 364) 730; 11. Tennessee (373, 360) 733; 12. Colorado (369, 365) 734; 13. San Francisco (373. 368) 741; 14. UC Davis (375, 368) 743.
TOP INDIVIDUALS
1. Chris Williams, Washington - (69, 65) 134; 2. Mike Barry, Oregon State - (66, 69) 135; 3. Austin Graham, UC Davis - (68, 69) 137; t4. Colin Featherstone, San Diego State - (68, 70) 138; t4. Diego Velasquez, Oregon State - (66,72) 138.
OTHER OREGON STATE INDIVIDUAL SCORES
T10. Alex Moore - (69, 72) 141; t20. Paul Peterson - (73, 69) 142; t50. Nick Sherwood - (74, 73) 147; t65. Morten Madsen - (76, 75) 151.
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