Men's Golf in 7th at Pac-10's - Oregon State University Athletics

PALM DESERT, Calif. – The Oregon State men’s golf team finds themselves in 7^th place after 36-holes of play at the 47^th Pac-10 Championships, hosted by USC. Darkness fell before some of the teams could finish, so the completion of the second round will be played Tuesday morning before the third round. The fourth and final 18-hole round will be on Wednesday (April 26).

The Beavers were leading the tournament through the first 15 holes, but struggled on their next 21 to shoot a 732 (361/371) on Monday at the par-71 Bighorn Golf Club. UCLA is leading the tournament after scoring a 13-under-par 697 (349/348) for the first two rounds.

Jeremiah Oliver is tied for 8^th with an even-par 142. Oliver shot a 1-under-par first round. Mitch Gillis is 3-over-par with a two round total of 145. Gillis is currently tied for 22. Vincent Johnson is tied for 27^th after he shot an even-par first round and a 75 second round, brining his total to 146. Christian Green, who joined the team just in time for the tournament, shot a 150 (74/76) and is tied for 43^rd. Standing in a tie for 45^th is Alex Williams who carded a 151 (74/77) on Monday’s opening rounds.

“We got off to a great start. Our last nine holes was difficult to watch. Mentally and physically, the golf course wore them out today. We struggled with our finishing in the morning round and in the afternoon round. It obviously had a big impact on our score.” Head coach Brian Watts said, “We have a lot of work ahead of us. They know where they stand and they know what they need to do to make it to post-season play. If they play solid the next two rounds, they have a great opportunity to make it to post-season play. It’s imperative that we get off to a good start tomorrow. Jeremiah (Oliver) and Mitch Gillis played solid today and made few mistakes. Christian (Green) made a couple mistakes, but played very solid. I was proud of him for his efforts today. I consider his day a very successful day.”

UCLA’s Daniel Im leads the tournament on the individual side with a 7-under-par 135 (67/68).

Team Scores: (Standings when darkness fell; teams that did not finish are placed where they were by hole 15) 1. UCLA (349/348) 697; 2. Washington (352/inc); 3. USC (364/inc.) 4. Arizona (360/inc.); 5. Arizona State (367/360) 727; 6. Stanford (358/inc.) 7. Oregon State (361/371) 732; 8. California (371/373) 744; 9. Washington State (371/inc.); 10. Oregon (373/inc.)

Individual Leaders: Individual leaders were not available.

OSU Scores: T8. Jeremiah Oliver(70/72) 142; T22. Mitch Gillis (72/73) 145; T27. Vincent Johnson (71/75) 146; T43. Christian Green (74/76) 150; T45. Alex Williams (74/77) 151; T49. Tim Sundseth (77/75) 152