Men's Golf Set For Pac-12 Championship At Los Angeles Country Club
April 25, 2013
Pac-12 Championships - Live Scoring
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The Oregon State men's golf team will compete for the conference title Monday through Wednesday at the 2013 Pac-12 Championships in Los Angeles, Calif., on one of the most exclusive clubs in the country.
"It's been a while since we've played, because we've had two-and-a-half weeks since the ASU Thunderbird, but I think they are ready," Oregon State head coach Jon Reehoorn said. "They have been working hard and they are excited. They've had a good, solid two weeks to work on their games and really feel like they are ready. Everybody looks pretty good. I'm excited to see what they do."
INFORMATION: Event information, including results, photos and the record book, are available at this link.
COURSE: The tournament will be held at the par-70, 7,236-yard Los Angeles Country Club for the third time in conference history. The event was first held at LACC in May 1963 when Stanford won the team title, and USC's Kemp Richard¬son claimed individual medalist honors. LACC hosted the event again in May 1983, with UCLA, led by individual co-champion Steve Pate, taking the team title.
"Los Angeles Country Club, from what I know, is a very exclusive place and not many people know anything about it unless you've played there," Reehoorn said. "So it will be interesting. It will be the first time for everybody, but it should be fun. I've heard nothing but unbelievable things about it."
FORMAT: There will be a six-count-five format for the three-day, 72-hole tournament with 36 holes on Monday and 18 holes each on Tuesday and Wednesday.
TOURNAMENT SCORING: The top-five individuals from each team with the lowest scores for any 18-hole round constitute the scoring members of the six member team for that given round. The team championship will be awarded to the squad with the lowest total combined score for all rounds.
LIVE SCORING: Live scoring will be available at >golfstat.com.
BEAVERS' LINEUP: Oregon State will go with a lineup of seniors Nick Chianello, Nick Sherwood and Matt Rawitzer, junior David Fink, sophomore Scott Kim and redshirt freshman Brian Jung.
GOLFWEEK/SAGARIN TEAM RANKINGS: California (1), UCLA (5), Washington (7), Stanford (8), USC (11), Oregon (44), Arizona State (47), Oregon State (51), Arizona (63), Colorado (68), Washington State (71) and Utah (133).
TEE TIMES: Monday's tee times will begin at 8 a.m. off the first and 10th holes, followed by the second round teeing off at 1 p.m. Tee times for Tuesday and Wednesday will begin at 8 a.m. off the first and 10th holes, with pairings decided by order of finish from the previous day.
TEAM PAIRINGS AND TEE TIMES FOR MONDAY
1st Tee
Round 1 /Round 2
8:00 a.m./1:00 p.m. California (6), Arizona (6), Washington (6)
8:10 a.m./1:10 p.m. California (5), Arizona (5), Washington (5)
8:20 a.m./1:20 p.m. California (4), Arizona (4), Washington (4)
8:30 a.m./1:30 p.m. California (3), Arizona (3), Washington (3)
8:40 a.m./1:40 p.m. California (2), Arizona (2), Washington (2)
8:50 a.m./1:50 p.m. California (1), Arizona (1), Washington (1)
9:00 a.m./2:00 p.m. Stanford (6), Colorado (6), UCLA (6)
9:10 a.m./2:10 p.m. Stanford (5), Colorado (5), UCLA (5)
9:20 a.m./2:20 p.m. Stanford (4), Colorado (4), UCLA (4)
9:30 a.m./2:30 p.m. Stanford (3), Colorado (3), UCLA (3)
9:40 a.m./2:40 p.m. Stanford (2), Colorado (2), UCLA (2)
9:50 a.m./2:50 p.m. Stanford (1), Colorado (1), UCLA (1)
10th Tee
Round 1/Round 2
8:00 a.m./1:00 p.m. Utah (6), Oregon (6), Washington State (6)
8:10 a.m./1:10 p.m. Utah (5), Oregon (5), Washington State (5)
8:20 a.m./1:20 pm. Utah (4), Oregon (4), Washington State (4)
8:30 a.m./1:30 p.m. Utah (3), Oregon (3), Washington State (3)
8:40 a.m./1:40 p.m. Utah (2), Oregon (2), Washington State (2)
8:50 a.m./1:50 p.m. Utah (1), Oregon (1), Washington State (1)
9:00 a.m./2:00 p.m. Arizona State (6), USC (6), Oregon State (Jung)
9:10 a.m./2:10 p.m. Arizona State (5), USC (5), Oregon State (Kim)
9:20 a.m./2:20 p.m. Arizona State (4), USC (4), Oregon State (Rawitzer)
9:30 a.m./2:30 p.m. Arizona State (3), USC (3), Oregon State (Sherwood)
9:40 a.m./2:40 p.m. Arizona State (2), USC (2), Oregon State (Chianello)
9:50 a.m./2:50 p.m. Arizona State (1), USC (1), Oregon State (Fink)
LAST YEAR AT PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS: Oregon State finished the inaugural Pac-12 Championship in fifth place with a 7-over 362-365-353-367--1,447 on its home course, the par-72, 7,030-yard Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis. It was the third time in the past four conference tournaments the Beavers finished fifth.
Chianello recorded his best finish as a Beaver at the time with sole possession of 11th place after a 4-under 71-72-69-72--284, while Rawitzer also had his best finish at Oregon State with a 1-under 75-70-69-73--287 for a tie for 13th place and Alex Moore finished with a 2-over 76-74-69-71--290 for 19th place.
Jonnie Motomochi finished in a tie for 30th place with a 6-over 71-73-74-76--294, Fink shot a 9-over 72-76-74-75--297 for a tie for 37th place and Sherwood finished with a 13-over 73-76-72-80--301 for a tie for 47th place.
In a very exciting finish, California won the team title in a two-hole sudden-death playoff over Oregon, while Andrew Yun of Stanford won medalist honors with a 13-under 275.
PAC-12 PREVIEW: Oregon State hosted all 12 conference teams at the inaugural Pac-12 Preview this past October at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains, Ore. The Beavers were in ninth place entering the final nine holes of the two-day, 54-hole tournament, but made a charge to pass three teams and finish in a tie for fifth place with a 2-under 293-282-287--862 at the par-72, 7,017-yard layout.
Chianello had 16 birdies in the three rounds, tied for second most among all 60 players in the field, to finish in a tie for sixth place with a 6-under 71-69-70--210 and Sherwood had 15 birdies of his own to finish in a tie for eighth place with a 5-under 71-70-70--211.
Fink finished in a tie for 39th place with a 7-over 80-67-76--223, Jung bounced back on the final day to finish in a tie for 41st with an 8-over 76-77-71--224 and true freshman Tyler Carlson finished with a 14-over 75-76-79--230 for a tie for 54th place.
California won the tourney with a 29-under 835, while Washington (22-under 842), USC (21-under 843) and UCLA (9-under 855) rounded out the top four and Arizona State tied the Beavers for fifth.
"I think the guys can look back at the Pac-12 Preview and say `hey look, we've done this before, we can do it and there's no reason we can't play well against these teams.'" Reehoorn said. "It's a different format at the Pac-12 Championship in that it's six-count-five, so it's going to test the depth of every team. But I think they should take confidence from it."
LAST TIME OUT: Chianello led the three-day, 54-hole ASU Thunderbird Invitational, which was held April 5-7, wire-to-wire to become the first Oregon State men's golfer to win an individual title outright since 2009 after shooting one of the best three-round scores in school history.
After opening the tournament with a 7-under 64 at the par-71, 7,026-yard ASU Karsten Golf Course, Chianello carded two sub-par rounds over the weekend to win the tournament by a stroke with an 11-under 64-68-70--202. Scott Fernandez of Iowa State and California's Brandon Hagy tied for second with a 10-under 203.
The three-round score of 202 equals Chianello with Vincent Johnson for the lowest in Oregon State history. Chianello finished at 11-under as he posted his score on a par-71 course, while Johnson was 14-under on a par-72 course at the Northwest Collegiate Classic in 2005.
Oregon State entered the final round in a tie for second place but was unable to find the magic it had the first two days, as the Beavers finished sixth in the 18-team field with a 1-over 284-280-289--853.
Fink and Sherwood each posted top-20 finishes, as Fink was tied for 18th with an even-par 74-68-71--213 and Sherwood was tied for 20th with a 1-over 71-70-73--214. Rawitzer shot a 4-over 75 all three rounds to finish in a tie for 68th with a 12-over 150, while Kim was a stroke back with a 13-over 76-74-76--226 for a tie for 76th.
"Nick set some goals for himself at the beginning of the spring, and one of the goals he had was to win a tournament," Reehoorn said. "The other goal was to have an under-par scoring average for the spring. He's just a few shots over par right now, so if he keeps doing what he's doing, he's going to reach his goals and have a great end to his college career."
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