Sherwood Records Second Career Top-10 Finish, Beavers Finish 11th
Oct. 11, 2011
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Junior Nick Sherwood shot a career-best 6-under 66 on Tuesday to record his second-ever top-10 finish and help the Oregon State men's golf team finish 11th at The Prestige at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif.
Sherwood had seven birdies and just one bogey in Tuesday's final round at the par-72, 7,156-yard Greg Norman Course at PGA West and finished in a tie for 10th place with a 7-under 69-74-66--209, his second career top-10 finish after placing in a tie for sixth at last year's Bandon Dunes Championship.
The 7-under equals a 54-hole tournament career-best after posting a 7-under 206 in the Alister MacKenzie Invitational last season and the 6-under 66 betters his 4-under 67 at that same tournament and a 4-under 66 in the Wyoming Cowboy Classic last year.
As a team, the Beavers shot a 3-under 285 for the second consecutive day and finished 11th overall in the 16-team field with an even-par 294-285-285--864 at the three-day, 54-hole event, their first tournament of the fall season.
Sophomore David Fink finished in a tie for 21st with a 4-under 71-67-74--212 and freshman Scott Kim showed consistency in his first collegiate tournament with a 1-over 72-72-73--217. Seniors Alex Moore and Casey King rebounded after tough opening rounds to finish with a 12-over 228 and 14-over 230, respectively.
The Beavers return to action Oct. 17-18 at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational in San Rafael, Calif., a tournament where they shot a school-record 27-under 825 last fall.
Team Scores: 1. Oregon 279-273-280--832 (-32); 2. Washington 280-277-277--834 (-30); 3. Stanford 280-282-278--840 (-24); 4. San Diego State 284-274-285--843 (-21); t5. Duke 289-285-282--856 (-8); t5. San Francisco 282-288-286--856 (-8); 7. Arizona State 282-282-294--858 (-6); t8. UCF 297-286-276--859 (-5); t8. Northwestern 295-280-284--859 (-5); 10. USC 289-286-286--861 (-3); 11. Oregon State 294-285-285--864 (E); 12. Vanderbilt 288-290-287--865 (+1); 13. UC Davis 295-292-282--869 (+5); 14. San Diego 294-293-283--870 (+6); 15. Pepperdine 296-293-289--878 (+14); 16. Long Beach State 301-292-286--879 (+15).
Top Individual Scores: 1. Cheng-Tsung Pan, Washington 69-67-65--201 (-15); 2. Eugene Wong, Oregon 70-64-70--204 (-12); t3. Todd Baek, San Diego State 68-68-70--206 (-10); t3. Alex Ching, San Diego 71-67-68--206 (-10); t5. Spencer Fletcher, Arizona State 66-68-73--207 (-9); t5. Alex Kang, San Diego State 71-67-69--207 (-9); t5. Daniel Miernicki, Oregon 70-69-68--207 (-9); t5. Andrew Vijarro, Oregon 68-71-68--207 (-9); 9. Ji Hwan Park, San Francisco 68-72-68--208 (-8); t10. Nick Sherwood, Oregon State 69-74-66--209 (-7); t10. Adam Hofmann, Vanderbilt 67-70-72--209 (-7); t10. Patrick Rodgers, Stanford 69-72-68--209 (-7); t10. Taylor Travis, San Francisco 69-70-70--209 (-7).
Oregon State Scores: t10. Nick Sherwood 69-74-66--209 (-7); t21. David Fink 71-67-74--212 (-4); t39. Scott Kim 72-72-73--217 (+1); t72. Alex Moore 82-72-74--228 (+12); t79. Casey King 82-76-72--230 (+14).
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