Men's Golf Finishes 3rd at Stanford - Oregon State University Athletics

PALO ALTO, Calif. – The Oregon State men’s golf added a solid finish to a weekend of strong play to finish 3^rd on Sunday at the US Intercollegiate, marking their third consecutive top-5 finish. The Beavers hope to carry that momentum into next week’s Pac-10 Championships.

The Beavers final round 288 brought their tournament total to 860 (285-287-288), 2 strokes ahead of 4^th place UC Irvine (277-295-290) at the par-70 Stanford golf course. Tournament host Stanford (280-276-282) tied with Minnesota (280-281-277) for the tournament championship, but Stanford won the tiebreaker. The tiebreaker was calculated by the three day total of the throw-out score each day - Stanford had a 219 while Minnesota had a 223.

James Allenby improved his score each round and placed 4^th individually with a 3-under 207 (70-69-68). Alex Williams also finished in the top-20 with a 214 (70-69-75). Williams tied for 17^th. Diego Velasquez finished the third round with an even-par 70, bringing his tournament total to 219 (75-74-70), tying him for 33^rd overall. Vincent Johnson finished tied for 48^th with a 223 (73-75-75). Scott Barton scored 228 (72-81-75) to tie for 62^nd.

“They battled hard. The weather was nice, but it was windy, so it made for tough scoring conditions again today.” Head coach Brian Watts said Sunday. “We started off a little slow, but once we got momentum going, we finished off strong. It was a tough day but they played with a lot of patience and they just battled hard. James played a great round of golf and Diego also played well again today. We might have played a little more aggressive, but when the wind kicked up it was just a matter of putting ourselves in a position to make par. Some holes were difficult along with the pin placements, but the guys just tried to keep it in front of them and give themselves opportunities. It was another great finish for them. We’re going to carry this momentum going into Pac-10’s.”

Stanford’s Rob Grube led the field for the entirety of the tournament, finishing with an 8-under 202 (65-69-68).

The Pac-10 Championships are hosted by Oregon will be held at the Eugene Country Club. The tournament starts on Monday, April 23 and runs through Wednesday, April 25.

Team Scores:

T1 Stanford (280-276-282) 838

T1 Minnesota (280-281-277) 838

3 Oregon State (285-287-288) 860

4 UC Irvine (277-295-290) 862

5 Washington (286-292-288) 866

6 Nevada (285-292-290) 867

7 Colorado State (291-295-285) 871

8 Missouri (295-282-296) 873

9 Washington State (290-291-294) 875

T10 UC Davis (294-287-298) 879

T10 Arkansas (289-292-298) 879

12 Xavier (287-301-295) 883

13 NC Wilmington (302-301-295) 898

14 Rice (306-303-291) 900

15 San Jose State (305-297-308) 910

Individual Leaders:

1 Rob Grube, Stanford (65-69-68) 202

2 Bronson LaCassie, Minnesota (68-69-67) 204

3 Daniel Lim, Stanford (67-70-69) 206

4 James Allenby, Oregon State (70-69-68) 207

5 Taylor Coffman, Nevada (70-71-68) 209

OSU Scores:

4 James Allenby (70-69-68) 207

T17 Alex Williams (70-69-75) 214

T33 Diego Velasquez (75-74-70) 219

T48 Vincent Johnson (73-75-75) 223

T62 Scott Barton (72-81-75) 228