Men's Golf Comes in 8th at Pac-10 Championships - Oregon State University Athletics

PALM DESERT, Calif. – The Oregon State men’s golf team fell to 8^th place Wednesday at the Pac-10 Men’s Golf Championships, hosted by USC. OSU held their standing after the first two days of play, but dropped one place in Wednesday’s final round.

The Beavers shot a 382 in the fourth round of play, and a 1484 (361/369/372/382) on the tournament at the par-71 Bighorn Golf Club. UCLA won the tournament with 1420 (349/348/362/361).

Mitch Gillis was OSU’s top finisher, tying for 29^th with 294 (72/73/74/75). Jeremiah Oliver (70/72/79/76) and Christian Green (74/76/72/75) both recorded 297 for the tournament and tied for 35^th. Senior Tim Sundseth, playing in his last tournament as a Beaver, shot a 301 (77/75/72/77) and finished tied for 43^rd. Alex Williams tied for 46^th with 302 (74/74/75/79). Vincent Johnson finished tied for 47^th with 307 (71/75/81/80).

“We just never got anything going today.” Head coach Brian Watts said after the tournament. “Overall, I’m proud of the guys for how they hung in there, but we just had a bad day. They just didn’t play well, and unfortunately it means missing out on the post season. Hopefully we will learn from the mistakes in this tournament and get better from it. Cal made some clutch birdies coming in and we made some bogeys. That proved to be the difference in the tournament. The guys knew what they had to do today and they didn’t do it. It’s hard to see Tim (Sundseth) end his career this way, but he’s been a great asset to this program and he is going to be missed next year.”

UCLA’s Daniel Im held off Arizona State’s Niklas Lemke to win the individual title with a 7-under-par 277. Lemke finished one stroke back with a 6-under-par 278.

Oregon State needed to finish ahead of California to qualify for NCAA Regionals, but finished 5 strokes back.

Team Scores: 1. UCLA (349/348/362/361) 1420; 2. Washington (352/352/361/367) 1432; 3. Arizona State (367/360/349/361) 1437; 4. Southern California (364/354/365/359) 1442; 5. Arizona (360/363/353/368) 1444; 6. Stanford (358/369/359/360) 1446; 7. California (371/372/365/371) 1479; 8. Oregon State (361/369/372/382) 1484; 9. Washington State (371/374/373/379) 1497; 10. Oregon (373/384/373/370) 1500

Top 5 Individuals: 1. Daniel Im, UCLA (67/68/70/72) 277; 2. Niklas Lemke, Arizona State (66/71/70/71) 278; 3. Erik Olson, Washington (67/70/74/70) 281; T4. Alejandro Canizares, Arizona State (75/69/70/68) 282; T4. Tyler Ley, Southern California (74/67/71/70) 282

OSU Scores: T29. Mitch Gillis (72/73/74/75) 294; T35. Jeremiah Oliver (70/72/79/76) 297; T35. Christian Green (74/76/72/75) 297; T43. Tim Sundseth (77/75/72/77) 301; T46. Alex Williams (74/74/75/79) 302; T47. Vincent Johnson (71/75/81/80) 307