For Immediate Release \\ Thursday, April 18, 2019 Contacts \\ Dave Hirsch ([email protected]) OREGON TO HOST 2019 PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP OFF THE TEE... #Pac12Golf GENERAL GENERAL INFORMATION OREGON will serve as host of the 60th Annual Pac-12 Men’s Golf Champi- WHAT: Pac-12 Conference Men’s Golf Championship (60th Annual) onships at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Ore., April 22-24. The Pac-12 features four top 25 teams (Golfweek rankings) in No. 2 ARIZONA STATE, WHEN: Monday-Wednesday, April 22-24, 2019 No. 6 USC, No. 14 CALIFORNIA, and No. 18 STANFORD ... According to HOST: Oregon will host the 72-hole Championship Golfstat statistical rankings, the Pac-12 boasts three of the country’s top five individuals in No. 2 California’s Collin Morikawa, No. 4 USC’s Justin Suh COURSE: Eugene Country Club, Eugene, Ore. and No. 5 Arizona State’s Chun An Yu. Par 71 (34-37), 7,044 yards No. 2 ARIZONA STATE - The Sun Devils have finished first or second in WHO: Men’s golf teams from all 12 institutions will compete for nine of 10 tournaments this season, with includes victories in four of the last bragging rights at the 2019 Pac-12 Men’s Golf Championship. five events - John Burns Intercollegiate, Lamkin Grips SD Classic, National Invitational Tournament, ASU Thunderbird Invitational ... Junior Chun An ADMISSION: Admission to the 2019 Pac-12 Championship is free. Yu (68.58 avg) has seven top-10 finishes in eight starts, including his third career win in his last outing at the ASU Thunderbird Invitational (-12) ... Ju- MEDIA CONTACT: Oregon’s Derren Iha ([email protected]) and nior Alex del Rey (69.97 avg) has posted six top-10 finishes in nine events, the Pac-12’s Dave Hirsch ([email protected]) will serve as the including medalist honors at the National Invitational Tournament (-17). media contacts for the 2019 Pac-12 Men’s Golf Championship. Championship information, including schedules and tee times, re- No. 8 USC - The defending Pac-12 champions have finished among the sults, news and records are available on the Pac-12’s golf champi- top four teams in seven of nine events, including team titles at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational, Saint Mary’s Invitational, and Southwest- onship website (http://pac-12.com/mens-golf/championships). ern Invitational ... Individually, junior Justin Suh (68.81 avg), the defend- TELEVISION: Pac-12 Networks will air live coverage of the finishing ing Pac-12 medalist, has finished among the top four in four of his last six holes in the final round of the championships on Wednesday, April tournaments with a pair of wins to his credit - Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate 24 at 2 p.m. PT. Invitational (-14) and Southwestern Invitational (-12). Suh has posted par or better in 21 of 24 rounds ... Sophomore Kaito Onishi (70.59 avg), the 2018 PRACTICE ROUND: Teams will participate in a practice round Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, has four top-10 finishes, while sophomore on Sunday, April 21 beginning at 9:00 a.m. Student-athletes and teammate Issei Tanabe (71.41 avg) has three top-12 finishes. coaches will be availble to the media following the practice round. No. 10 CALIFORNIA - The veteran Golden Bears have posted eight top- CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE: A complete schedule that includes five finishes this season with a pair of tournament titles - Ka’anapali Classic team pairings and tee times is listed on page 3 of this release. Collegiate Invitational and The Farms Invitational ... Junior Collin Morikawa (68.44 avg) has a streak of of 15 consecutive top-10 finishes. He’s finished CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS: At the conclusion of each round, re- third or better six times this season, including a win at The Farms Invitational sults and photos will be posted on the Pac-12’s golf championship (-13). Morikawa has shot under par in 24 of his 27 rounds this year ... Senior web site (http://pac-12.com/mens-golf/championships) and a link Sebastian Crampton (70.74 avg) has four top-four finishes, including a victory will also be available on the Pac-12 website to hole-by-hole live Golf- at the Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational where he matched the school 54-hole record of 17-under, thanks in large part to a final round 63 (-8). stat scoring (www.golfstat.com). No. 21 STANFORD - The Cardinal may be peaking at the right time as Stan- EUGENE COUNTRY CLUB COURSE YARDAGE ford has posted a third-place finish at the Southern Highlands Intercollegiate, Hole Yardage Par Hole Yardage Par then topped the field at The Goodwin and Western Intercollegiate in its last #1 395 4 #10 401 4 three outings ... Junior Brandon Wu (70.08 avg) has finished in the top three #2 228 3 #11 424 4 in three of his last four tournaments - second at The Prestige (-7), third at #3 425 4 #12 187 3 Southern Highlands (-8) and first at The Goodwin (-4) when he bested junior #4 408 4 #13 528 5 teammate David Snyder (71.67 avg) in a playoff ... Senior Isaiah Salinda #5 192 3 #14 405 4 (71.25 avg) has posted three top-10 finishes, including a victory at the recent #6 548 5 #15 442 4 Western Intercollegiate (-8). #7 205 3 #16 522 5 - The Ducks have finished fourth or better in four of 10 tourna- #8 490 4 #17 349 4 OREGON ments, including a pair of second-place finishes at the Paintbrush Invita- #9 450 4 #18 445 4 tional and Oregon Duck Invitational ... Senior Edwin Yi (70.63 avg) has six OUT 3,341 34 IN 3,703 37 top-20 finishes this season, with a tournament best tie for 2nd at the Amer Total 7,155 71 Ari Invitational where he was 15-under 201 ... Junior Ryan Gronlund (71.83 avg) has four top-10 finishes, including a win at the Duck Invitational (-5). UCLA - The Bruins have posted 10 top-seven finishes this season, with back- to-back wins at the SeattleU Redhawk Invitational and Wyoming Cowboy THE RANKINGS Classic. At the Redhawk Invitational, their 37-under 815 tied for the second- Golfweek/Sagarin (as of Apr 14) Golfstat (as of Apr 18) lowest, 54-hole tournament score in relation to par in school history ... Junior (Top 10 and Pac-12): (Top 10 and Pac-12): Hideoshi Yoshiihara (71.56 avg) recorded his second collegiate win at the Se- 1. Oklahoma State 1. Oklahoma State attleU Redhawk Invitational (-13). He matched the UCLA single-round record 2. ARIZONA STATE 2. ARIZONA STATE for score (62) and relation to par (-9) during the second round ... Sophomore 3. Vanderbilt 3. Wake Forest Devon Bling (71.79 avg) is coming off his appearance at the Masters where 4. Wake Forest 4. Vanderbilt he was one of six amateurs in the field. He shot 3-over to finish 55th ... Senior 5. Georgia Tech 5. Oklahoma Cole Madey (71.48 avg) tied for medalist honors and won in a playoff at the 6. Georgia Tech 6. USC Wyoming Cowboy Classic (-13). 7. USC 7. Texas ARIZONA - Captured the title at the Arizona Intercollegiate in record fashion, 8. Texas 8. Georgia Tech matching a program record by posting a final score of 37-under. UA’s final round 9. Oklahoma 9. Duke of 21-under was the best single-round score in Arizona history, eclipsing the 10. CALIFORNIA 10. Texas Tech Wildcats’ 19-under par score in the third round of the 2000 NCAA Champion- 21. STANFORD 14. CALIFORNIA ships. Sophomore Trevor Werbylo (70.73 avg) has posted six top-10 finishes in 31. UCLA 18. STANFORD 11 events, including a tie for second at the Arizona Intercollegiate (-11). He set 38. OREGON 30. UCLA a program record for strokes under par in a single round with a 62 (-10) during 45. ARIZONA 39. OREGON the second round at the N.I.T. ... Junior David Laskin (71.94 avg) has been the 57. OREGON STATE 44. ARIZONA squad’s second-most consistent scorer with 13 rounds at par or better. 71. WASHINGTON 50. OREGON STATE 74. UTAH 72. WASHINGTON COLORADO - The Buffaloes picked up a pair of tournament titles this season 84. COLORADO 76. UTAH - AFA Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational and the CU Mark Simpson Invitational 143. WASHINGTON STATE 78. COLORADO ... Junior Daniel O’Loughlin (71.85 avg) has four top-10 finishes with a victory 145. WASHINGTON STATE at the AFA Miranda Invitational (-7). Sixteen of his 30 rounds were par or better ... Sophomore Trevor Olkowski (73.42 avg) also has a tournament win under his belt after posting a 9-under 207 to tie for medalist honors at the CU Mark Golfweek Individual Rankings Golfstat Individual Rankings Simpson Invitational. (as of April 14) (as of April 18) UTAH - The Utes have a pair of team titles in 11 events this season, most (No. 1 and Pac-12 top 100): (No. 1 and Pac-12 top 100): recently capturing the Bandon Dunes Championship (Mar. 10-12) ... Senior 1. Viktor Hovland, Okla. State 1. Matthew Wolff, Okla. State Kyler Dunkle (71.42 avg) has four top-10 finishes, including medalist honors 3. Collin Morikawa, CAL 2. Collin Morikawa, CAL at the Showdown in the Rockies (-13) and a tie for first at the Mark Simpson 4. Justin Suh, USC 4. Justin Suh, USC Colorado Invitational (-9) ... Sophomore Blake Tomlinson (73.24 avg), who is 5. Chun An Yu, ASU 5. Chun An Yu, ASU second on the team in scoring average, put together a first-place effort at the 11.