Ducks Finish Ninth at Pac-10 Championships

FAIRFAX, Calif. ? Oregon shot a 366 in the final round and finished ninth Wednesday at the 49th annual Pac-10 men's golf championships, played at the par-71, 6,686 yard Meadow Club.

Senior Joey Benedetti was the Ducks' top finisher, tying for 18th at 5-over 289. He shot an even-par 71 Wednesday.

Both the team and the individual races were decided in playoffs.

Arizona State defeated USC by two strokes on the first playoff hole two capture the Sun Devils' first Pac-10 title since 2001. It is ASU's 11th conference crown overall. The Trojans and ASU were tied at 15-over 1435 following 72 holes in regulation.

California finished third at 1438, followed by UCLA (1439), Stanford (1444) and Arizona (1466).

Washington led the Northwest schools in seventh with 1459 strokes, with Oregon State (1461), Oregon (1462) and Washington State (1502) behind.

In the medalist race, Arizona's Creighton Honeck birdied the first playoff hole to defeat Kevin Chappell of UCLA by a stroke. Honeck had a final round of level par 71, while Chappell, the third round leader, was at 1-over 72. Both players finished the tournament at 3-under 281.

Individually for Oregon, in addition to Benedetti, Derek Sipe tied for 24th at 292, Isaiah Telles tied for 27th at 293, Sean Maekawa tied for 32nd at 294 and Jack Dukeminier tied for 38th at 296.

The Ducks now await their NCAA tournament fate. Bids for the three NCAA Regional tournaments will be announced Monday.

Pac-10 Championships

The Meadow Club

Fairfax, Calif.

6,686-yards, par-71

Third Round

Team Scores

**1, Arizona State, 354-361-356-364-1435. 2, USC, 338-374-357-366-1435. 3, California, 346-362-371-359-1438. 4, UCLA, 348-361-372-358-1439. 5, Stanford, 350-357-380-357-1444. 6, Arizona, 354-360-381-351-1446. 7, Washington, 357-367-370-365-1459. 8, Oregon State, 354-366-374-367-1461. 9, Oregon, 359-363-372-366-1462. 10, Washington State, 369-380-377-376-1502.

Top Individuals

**1, Creighton Honeck, Arizona, 69-69-72-71-281. 2, Kevin Chappell, UCLA, 70-68-71-72-281. T3, James Byrne, Arizona State, 71-72-67-73-283; George Gandranata, California, 69-70-71-73-283; Rob Grube, Stanford, 70-68-72-73-283. T6, Evan Derian, California, 68-73-74-69-284; Tom Glissmeyer, USC, 69-75-72-68-284. T8, James Allenby, Oregon State, 68-71-73-71-285; Stephan Gross, Arizona State, 70-71-73-71-285; Jamie Lovemark, USC, 66-75-71-73-285.

Oregon Individuals

T18, Joey Benedetti, 73-73-72-71-289. T24, Derek Sipe, 70-73-75-74-292. T27, Isaiah Telles, 67-73-79-74-293. T32, Sean Maekawa, 74-73-74-73-294. T38, Jack Dukeminier, 77-71-74-74-296. T57, Eric Grimberg, 75-78-79-77-309.

**Won on first playoff hole

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