Beavers Finish Fifth, Murphy Tied For Seventh

EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon State men's golf team finished in fifth place and Kevin Murphy notched his eighth career top-10 finish at the 28th Annual Duck Invitational on Tuesday.

The Beavers concluded the two-day, 54-hole tournament with a 20-over 288-285-299--872 at the par-71, 7,020-yard Eugene Country Club to finish fifth in the 15-team field.

Oregon State has now recorded top-5 finishes in five of their eight tournaments this season -- second at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational, third at the Bandon Dunes Championship, and fifth at The Jackrabbit, Duck Commander Intercollegiate and Duck Invitational.

"It was a disappointing day for us," Oregon State head coach Jon Reehoorn said. "We started out well and then had a couple of hiccups in the middle of the round and seemed to begin to press a bit.

"The course was definitely playing tougher today with a bit of wind and tucked hole locations. But it seemed after we were a few over in the middle of the round we tried to make things happen instead of just let them happen."

Murphy, a senior from Rogue River, Ore., parlayed a 5-under 66 in the second round to finish in a tie for seventh place with an even-par 74-66-73--213. It's his second top-10 finish this season and the eighth in his four-year Oregon State career.

He finished in a tie for sixth at The Jackrabbit in the first tournament of the season. His best career finish is second place at last year's El Macero Classic in California.

"I'm very excited for Kevin," Reehoorn said. "His game has been really close. It was nice to see the work he is putting in pay off."

Senior Calum Hill and junior Jonas Liebich both tied for 29th place with an 8-over 221, as Hill posted scores of 74-70-77 and Liebich finished with 70-73-78.

Sophomore Trevor Yu was a stroke back with a 9-over 72-76-74--222 to finish in a tie for 37th place and freshman Shawn Lu carded a 12-over 72-78-75--225 for a tie for 48th.

Oregon State's Kyosuke Hara and Tom Kerkvliet competed as individuals. Hara recorded a tie for 29th place with an 8-over 74-71-76--221 and Kerkvliet played well the final two rounds to move into a tie for 56th with a 13-over 83-73-70--226.

Oregon won the team title with an 8-under 844 and Sulman Raza of Oregon claimed medalist honors with an 8-under 205.

The Beavers have one day off before competing at The Goodwin in Stanford, Calif., from Thursday through Saturday at the Stanford Golf Course.

"We've made good progress from the Bandon Dunes Championship to the past couple of days and now it's time to continue doing it on Thursday at Stanford," Reehoorn said.

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Kyosuke Hara

Calum Hill

Tom Kerkvliet

Jonas Liebich

Shawn Lu

Kevin Murphy

Trevor Yu

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