Moore Falls In Sudden-Death Playoff At Pac-10 Championships
May 1, 2011
STANFORD, Calif. - It was historic, exciting and downright nerve-wracking for everyone in attendance at the Stanford Golf Course on Sunday as it took seven holes in sudden-death before Martin Trainer of USC defeated Oregon State junior Alex Moore to win the individual title in what is believed to be the longest playoff in the 52-year history of the Pac-10 Championships.
Both players finished the three-day, 72-hole tournament with a 5-under 275 to force a sudden-death playoff that was played on the par-four 18th hole. After each player made par the first six times the hole was played, Trainer made a short putt for par to win after Moore made bogey.
As a team, the Beavers shot a 15-over 365 in Sunday's final round at the par-70, 6,742-yard Stanford Golf Course and finished the tournament in eighth place with a 53-over 367-356-365-365--1453.
Moore paced the Beavers with an even-par 70 in the final round, while sophomore Nick Sherwood had a 1-over 71 on Sunday and finished tied for 25th with an 8-over 75-69-73-71--288 and freshman David Fink was tied for 35th with a 12-over 73-77-69-73--292.
Junior Jonnie Motomochi finished tied for 51st with a 21-over 301, junior Casey King was tied for 53rd with a 23-over 303 and sophomore Jeff Petroff wrapped up the tournament with a 25-over 305 for a tie for 56th.
Oregon State now waits for the announcement of the NCAA Men's Golf Regional Championships looking to make a fifth consecutive appearance in postseason play.
Team Scores: *t1. USC 355-354-352-354--1415 (+15); t1. Oregon 351-359-360-345--1415 (+15); 3. UCLA 353-360-357-348--1418 (+18); 4. Stanford 354-358-352-356--1420 (+20); 5. California 357-363-363-354--1437 (+37); 6. Washington 368-356-365-360--1449 (+49); 7. Arizona 362-366-362-360--1450 (+50); 8. Oregon State 367-356-365-365--1453 (+53); 9. Arizona State 375-368-359-354--1456 (+56); 10. Washington State 363-360-367-374--1463 (+64).
Top Individual Scores: *t1. Martin Trainer, USC 68-68-69-70--275 (-5); t1. Alex Moore, Oregon State 71-65-69-70--275 (-5); 3. Alex Kim, UCLA 68-71-70-68--277 (-3); 4. Andrew Yun, Stanford 72-70-66-70--278 (-2); 5. Jeffrey Kang, USC 72-68-68-71--279 (-1); t6. Eric Mina, California 72-71-68-70--281 (+1); t6. Chris Williams, Washington 71-70-71-69--281 (+1); 8. Sam Smith, USC 73-71-71-67--282 (+2); t9. Patrick Cantlay, UCLA 72-67-73-71--283 (+3); t9. Erik Oja, Arizona 70-72-73-68--283 (+3).
Oregon State Scores: t1. Alex Moore 71-65-69-70--275 (-5); t25. Nick Sherwood 75-69-73-71--288 (+8); t35. David Fink 73-77-69-73--292 (+12); t51. Jonnie Motomochi 75-72-77-77--301 (+21); t53. Casey King 73-73-80-77--303 (+23); t56. Jeff Petroff 77-77-77-74--305 (+25).
* - won in a playoff
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