Men's Golf in Top-10 at NCAA West Regional - Oregon State University Athletics

TEMPE, Ariz. – In their first postseason appearance since 2003, the Oregon State men’s golf team is tied for 10^th place through one round at the NCAA West Regional, hosted by Arizona State. The second and third rounds of the tournament will be played Friday and Saturday (May 18-19).

As a team, OSU shot a 7-under-par 281 at the par-72 Karsten Golf Course. UCLA leads all teams after an impressive 20-under-par 268 first round. The Beavers are one stroke back of 9^th place Cal. In order for the Beavers to advance to the NCAA Championships, they must finish 10^th or better.

The Beavers had three golfers score under-par, led by James Allenby. Allenby had an outstanding day recording six birdies and no bogeys to finish with a 6-under-par 66, which puts him in a tie for 3^rd. Allenby’s 66 is also tied for the sixth best round in Oregon State history. Alex Williams also finished the first round recording no bogey’s. Williams is tied for 39^th with a 2-under 70. Mitch Gillis shot a 1-under-par 71 and is tied for 55^th. Diego Velasquez is in a tie for 100^th with a 74. In a tie for 109^th is Vincent Johnson with 75.

“James and Alex both played great today with no bogey’s.” Coach Brian Watts said following the first round. “Overall we played well, but we left a few shots out there coming in. We made a few mistakes, but I felt like it was a clean round for us. The goal for the first day is to not take yourself out of it and play solid. I feel like we accomplished that. We feel good with where we’re at, but we know we left a few shots out there. We got some good practice in this afternoon. We’re going to stick to our game plan, but we’ll go out and play a more aggressively tomorrow. We’re going to focus on fairways and greens and hopefully get our number up tomorrow.”

Individually, UCLA’s Erik Flores leads all scorers with an 8-under-par 64. Charlie Beljan of New Mexico is in 2^nd with 65. Beljan is followed by four golfers, including OSU’s Allenby, tied for 3^rd with 66.

Team Scores:

1 UCLA 268

2 South Carolina 273

T3 Arizona State 275

T3 New Mexico 275

T5 Stanford 277

T5 Southern California 277

T5 Pepperdine 277

8 East Tennessee State 278

9 California 280

T10 Oregon State 281

T10 UNLV 281

12 Arizona 282

T13 Vanderbilt 283

T13 Brigham Young 283

T15 Colorado State 284

T15 Washington 284

T15 Augusta State 284

T18 Denver 285

T18 Wake Forest 285

20 Pennsylvania 288

T21 Nevada 289

T21 UC Irvine 289

23 Oregon 292

24 San Diego State 296

25 Detroit 297

26 Bucknell 299

27 Monmouth 302

Individual Leaders:

1 Erik Flores, UCLA 64

2 Charlie Beljan, New Mexico 65

T3 James Allenby, Oregon State 66

T3 Carl Smith IV, Pepperdine 66

T3 Kevin Chappel, UCLA 66

T3 Michael Jensen, Cal 66

OSU Scores:

T3 James Allenby 66

T39 Alex Williams 70

T55 Mitch Gillis 71

T100 Diego Velasquez 74

T109 Vincent Johnson 75

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