Moore Fires 4-Under 68 In Final Round At Amer Ari Invitational
Feb. 4, 2011
KONA, Hawaii - Junior Alex Moore fired a 4-under 68 in the final round at the 20-team Amer Ari Invitational, the best round by an Oregon State golfer at the three-day, 54-hole tournament, to lead the Beavers to a 13th place finish in their first event of the spring season.
The Beavers improved six strokes from their second round finish to finish at 2-under 284-292-286--862 at the par-72, 7,074-yard Waikoloa Kings Course. The tournament featured six schools ranked in Golfweek's final Top 25 poll of the fall season.
Moore had six birdies and two bogies during his final round to finish tied for 22nd overall at 4-under 71-73-68--212. Freshman David Fink had the most consistent tournament of any Oregon State golfer with three consecutive rounds of even-par 72 to finish tied for 41st overall. Sophomore Nick Sherwood shot a 2-over 72-74-72--218 to finish tied for 59th, while junior Jonnie Motomochi finished tied for 65th with a 3-over 69-74-76--219.
No. 4 Oklahoma State won the team title with a 34-under 278-273-279--830 to defeat No. 7 Texas by five strokes (29-under 282-278-275--835) and No. 2 UCLA by six strokes (28-under 285-273-278--836).
The Beavers return to action Feb. 13-15 at the Battle of the Beach at Newport Beach, Calif.
Team Scores: 1. Oklahoma State 278-273-279--830; 2. Texas 282-278-275--835; 3. UCLA 285-273-278--836; 4. Georgia Tech 278-282-284--844; 5. USC 271-292-282--845; 6. Texas Tech 284-275-289--848; t7. TCU 287-281-282--850; t7. Arizona State 279-282-289--850; 9. Oregon 281-287-286--854; 10. UC Davis 284-284-288--856; 11. Stanford 293-278-287--858; 12. Washington 288-285-286--859; 13. Oregon State 284-292-286--862; 14. San Francisco 290-290-289--869; 15. Colorado 285-291-295--871; 16. San Jose State 287-293-298--878; 17. Western Washington 294-290-301--885; 18. Hawaii 292-295-301--888; 19. Florida State 290-299-302--891; 20. Hawaii-Hilo 290-298-304--892.
Top Individual Scores: t1. Daniel Miernicki, Oregon 62-69-72--203; t1. Patrick Cantlay, UCLA 74-64-65--203; t1. Bobby Hudson, Texas 69-67-67--203; 4. Tyler Weworski, Texas Tech 70-65-69--204; 5. Kevin Tway, Oklahoma State 67-66-72--205; t6. Morgan Hoffmann, Oklahoma State 73-68-65--206; t6. Jesper Kennegard, Arizona State 67-71-68--206; t6. Scott Pinckney, Arizona State 70-68-68--206; 9. Cody Gribble, Texas 69-71-68--208; t10. Johan de Beer, TCU 69-68-72--209; t10. Drew Page, Oklahoma State 69-68-72--209; t10. James White, Georgia Tech 72-66-71--209; t10. Chris Williams, Washington 69-70-70--209.
Oregon State Scores: t22. Alex Moore 71-73-68--212; t41. David Fink 72-72-72--216; t59. Nick Sherwood 72-74-72--218; t65. Jonnie Motomochi 69-74-76--219; t72. Jeff Petroff 74-73-74--221.
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