Men?s Golf To Tee It Up In San Diego
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State men’s golf team continues a busy month with its third tournament in the last three weeks when they tee it up Monday and Tuesday at the San Diego Classic in Chula Vista, Calif.
FIELD (14): Oregon State, Arizona, BYU, Cal State San Marcos, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pepperdine, San Diego, San Diego State, UC Riverside, UC San Diego and Washington.
COURSE: The tournament will be held at the par-72, 7,033-yard San Diego Country Club.
BEAVERS’ LINEUP: Oregon State will go with a lineup of seniors Alex Franklin and Scott Kim, junior Brian Jung and sophomores Conner Kumpula and Kevin Murphy.
FORMAT: Two-day, 54-hole tournament with 36 holes and Monday and 18 holes on Tuesday. The top-four individuals from each five-member team with the lowest scores for each 18-hole round constitute the scoring members for that given round.
TEE TIMES: There will be a shotgun start beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday with continuous play. The final round will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday with tee times off the first and 10th holes.
LIVE SCORING: Live scoring is available at golfstat.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow the Oregon State men’s golf team on Twitter and Facebook.
LAST TIME OUT: Alex Franklin and Kevin Murphy both carded an even-par 72 in the final round of the National Invitational Tournament last week to lead Oregon State in their third tournament of the spring season.
The Beavers finished the three-day, 54-hole tournament with a 28-over 300-295-297--892 at the par-72, 7,200-yard OMNI Tucson National - Catalina Course to finish 13th in the 15-team field.
California was the lone team to finish in red figures as it won by 15 strokes over New Mexico with an 8-under 856.
Franklin notched a top-20 finish with a 3-over 72-75-72--219 to tie four other golfers for 20th place. Murphy was a stroke back with a 4-over 75-73-72--220 to tie for 25th.
Chris Tedesco finished in a tie for 52nd with an 11-over 75-73-79--227, Scott Kim was tied for 56th with a 12-over 78-74-76--228 and Brian Jung wrapped up play with an 18-over 81-76-77--234 for sole 73rd place.
Scott Fernandez of Iowa State ran away with medalist honors with an 11-under 205, seven strokes better than George Cunningham of Arizona and San Diego State’s Xander Schauffele.
LAST YEAR AT THE SAN DIEGO CLASSIC: Alex Franklin shot a career-best 5-under 67 on the final day at the Lamkin San Diego Classic last year to help Oregon State claim sixth place in the 13-team field with a 23-over 288-307-292--887.
Franklin bounced back from a tough first day by hitting five birdies and 13 shots for par in the final at the par-72, 7,033-yard San Diego Country Club. He jumped all the way up from 41st place to tie for 13th with a 2-over 73-78-67--218.
Kevin Murphy also tied for 13th place, posting a 2-over 72-72-74--218 in the two-day, 54-hole tournament.
Oregon State shot a 4-over 292 in the final round, but was limited by a tough second round on Monday that kept the Beavers from moving up higher on the leaderboard.
David Fink ended the day in a three-way tie for 32nd place after shooting an 8-over 70-79-75--224.
Scott Kim finished in a tie for 48th with a 14-over 73-78-79--230, while Brett Johnson posted a 78-79-76--233 to finish in a tie for 59th.
USC won the team title with a 12-under 286-286-280--852 and San Diego State finished second with a 5-under 283-287-289--859.
Individually, Xander Schauffele of San Diego State took home first place after firing an 11-under 67-71-67--205. Coming in a close second was Rico Hoey of USC, with a 9-under 71-69-67--207.
