Men's Golf Finishes 16th At NCAA West Regional
Bremerton, Wash. – The Oregon State men’s golf team finished in 16th place at the NCAA Division I West Regional in Bremerton, Wash., hosted by the University of Washington.
The University of Southern California took home first place trophy at the event with the only subpar score as a team. They finished 2-under par with 862. Joey Benedetti won the individual trophy finishing 9-under at 207.
The Beavers finished 34-over with a three round total of 898 (302-295-301) and 10 strokes out of 10th place and qualifying for nationals.
“We got off to a good start. Our number one and two guys James [Allenby] and Diego [Velasquez], they just had a tough tournament,” men’s golf head coach Brian Watts. “We were hanging around 11th or 12th for a while, a couple shots out of 10th and then we hit some poor shots coming in and that was the difference.”
The Beavers were led by sophomore Diego Velasquez who shot a 2-over 74 for the third straight round.
“He had it going every round. He was under par all three rounds. He just struggled on getting it into the club house,” Watts said.
Senior James Allenby struggled in his final round of his collegiate career with a 5-over 77. He finished for the first time out of the top-20 for the first time this season.
Senior Vincent Johnson finished his collegiate career with a 12-over 288. He shot a 73 and a 74 in his final two rounds of the tournament.
Paul Peterson finished 13-over and Alex Williams finished 17-over for the tournament.
“This is only one tournament of the season, for us to not play well kind of puts a bitter taste in our mouths. We did a lot of great things this year as a team and we had some great individual performances,” Watts said.
The season had many highlights starting with back-to-back team wins at the Giustina Memorial Classic and the Husky Invitational. Allenby and Williams recorded their first individual wins of their careers and Velasquez hit a hole-in-one at the Pac-10 Championship.
“Overall we’re disappointed with how the season ended. Just like last year we going to move forward and get better and work on things that we need to,” Watts said.
The NCAA Division I West Regional marks the end of the season for the Beavers who now have a few weeks off and then start preparations for summer golf.
Team Leaderbaord
1. Southern California (291-283-288) 862;
2. Oregon, U. of (289-290-285) 864;
3. Clemson (295-285-287) 867;
4. Washington (291-294-289) 874;
5. UCLA (291-294-291) 876;
6. Stanford University (296-297-285) 878;
7. Saint Mary (CA) (294-301-289) 884;
8. Arizona State U. (304-285-296) 885;
T9. Pepperdine (292-301-295) 888;
T9. Texas (299-299-290) 888;
The top 10 teams advance to the Finals (Ties will be resolved.)
12. Texas Tech ( 302-296-291) 889;
13. Oklahoma, U. of (306-289-297) 892;
14. Wisconsin, U. of (304-290-300) 894;
15. North Carolina (295-306-294) 895;
16. Oregon State U. (302-295-301) 898;
17. Kentucky, U. of (302-291-307) 900;
18. Kansas State Univ. (305-299-298) 902;
19. UCF (301-302-300) 903;
20. California, U. of (305-296-303) 904;
21. Florida State (304-305-305) 914;
22. Louisiana State U. (304-313-299) 916;
23. Denver, U. of (309-301-309) 919;
24. UNLV (301-311-308) 920;
25. San Diego, U. of (308-310-309) 927;
26. Navy (312-309-310) 931;
27. Columbia University ( 314-327-309) 950.
Individual Leaderbard
1. Joey Benedetti, Oregon, U. of (69-69-69) 207;
T2. Rory Hie, Southern California (72-70-69) 211;
T2. Michael McRae, Saint Mary (CA) (72-69-70) 211;
T2. Nick Taylor, Washington (71-69-71) 211;
5. Sihwan Kim, Stanford University (73-71-68) 212.
16. Oregon State U. (302-295-301) 898 – Individual Results
T35. Diego Velasquez (74-74-74) 222;
T53. James Allenby (75-73-77) 225;
T72. Vincent Johnson (81-73-74) 228;
T79. Paul Peterson (78-75-76) 229;
T108. Alex Williams (75-79-79) 233.
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