Men's Golf at Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Next Week
CORVALLIS — One week after one of the most impressive finishes in school history, the Oregon State men’s golf team will look to keep its positive momentum going at the Ogio-Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, hosted by UC Santa Barbara, next Monday and Tuesday (April 2-3).
The event is being contested at the Alisal River Course in Solvang, Calif. It is a par-72, 6,830-yard crouse.
The Beavers are one of the highest ranked teams among the 18 schools participating. With Golfstat rankings noted, the field consists of #29 UC Irvine, #66 Oregon State, #78 San Diego, #84 St. Mary’s, #85 UC Santa Barbara, #86 Denver, #106 Cal Poly, #111 Washington State, #127 San Francisco, #130 New Mexico State, #132 Long Beach State, #134 Cal State Northridge, #155 Santa Clara, #161 Pacific, #171 Sacramento State, #177 UC Riverside, #183 Idaho and Cal State Bakersfield.
OSU’s lineup will be junior (Langley, B.C./Langley Secondary/UTEP), junior (Portland, Ore./David Douglas HS), sophomore (Vancouver, Wash./Skyview HS), freshman (Bogota, Colombia/Gimnasio Los Caobos) and junior (Troutdale, Ore./Reynolds HS). The first four have been regulars, while Oliver will make his first varsity appearance of the spring.
Last week, the Beavers finished in second place out of 12 teams at the Oregon Duck Invitational. All 10 Pac-10 teams were present, and OSU beat them all except for USC, the winner. Among the teams that the Beavers, who shot a 10-over 874, fared better than were #1 Stanford and #10 UCLA. One impressive fact was that the Beavers had such a strong finish despite having no individuals in the top 10. Allenby and Johnson led the way by finishing in a tie for 12th with a 4-over 220.
"We feel very good coming off our finish at Oregon," said sixth-year head coach . "We have basically the same lineup. All the guys that played last week did well and I expect them to do the same. Jeremiah needed an opportunity because he’s been knocking on the door in every qualifier. He deserved a shot and he’s been playing well. The golf course’s only protection against low scores is the wind that they can get here. If there’s no wind, there will be a lot of low scores. If it picks up like it’s supposed to, par would be a good score."
Among the regulars, Allenby leads the scorers with 72.52 strokes per round, followed by Johnson (73.08) and Velasquez (73.17).
