The Oregon men’s golf team followed up its first-place finish at last week’s Northwest Collegiate Classic with a seventh-place performance at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational in Fairfax, Calif.
Joey Benedetti carried the Ducks with a 1-under par in the first round, and a career low 66 in his second round. The Oregon junior’s 6-under hinted that he may knock in more birdies during day two of the invite, but instead he shot 3-over in the final round.
Benedetti closed out the tournament 3 under par, tied for eighth.
Matt Ma, fresh off his win at the Northwest Collegiate Classic, shot an average of 1-over par throughout the three-round event. Ma followed the trend of the Ducks who scored their lowest rounds on the second day by shooting an even-par 71. He finished tied for 25th.
Derek Sipe and Zeke Reyna both shot 5-over par for the tournament, finishing Tuesday tied for 35th.
Sipe, who shot even par on day one, ran into a mishap during his final-round, 5-over-par 76.
Reyna, who played on the varsity five for the first time, bettered Sipe by two shots to secure the tie with his teammate.
Jay Snyder, the last varsity member, followed up his second-round 71 with a 6-over par final round.
California’s Michael Wilson followed up his 65 and 67 with a 1-under par 70 to win medalist honors for the invitational by two strokes . Stephan Stallworth of San Jose State finished second.
Oregon State’s Mitch Gillis and Diego Velasquez posted solid rounds throughout to earn a tie for third place.
The Golden Bears ran away with the team championship with a 26 under par. San Jose State finished second with a distant 10-under par, and Oregon State closed out the tournament in third place.
The Ducks play again next Monday and Tuesday at The Prestige at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif.
Bristow and McCready Move into Top 20
The Oregon women’s team ended round two Tuesday at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational by finishing right where they started – in ninth place.
Sophomore standout Cathryn Bristow carried the Ducks and moved into a tie for 16th at 8-over par. Bristow netted three birdies in her second round to finish 3 over.
Kim McCready also moved up the leaderboard. The senior is one day away from finishing in the top 20 at the Edean Ihlanfeldt. McCready was tied for twentieth at the beginning of Today’s final round. The Ducks will look to move past USC to finish on the top half of Today’s leaderboard.