Ducks Tie For Fifth At Pac-12 Championships

Sunday, April 30

Stanford, CA

All Day

University of Oregon

Pac-12 Championships

04/30/23 | Men's Golf

Results Pac-12 Final Results

STANFORD, Calif. – The Oregon men's golf team tied for fifth place at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships after closing with a 9-over 359 in Sunday's final round at Stanford Golf Course.

The No. 22 Ducks entered the fourth round just five strokes back of the lead but were unable to keep pace with No. 9 Stanford, which won the team title at 20-under par. Oregon was among a group of five teams that finished within three shots of each other, tying with Washington at 3-under par. No. 4 Arizona State finished second at 6 under, with Colorado and Washington State in a tie for third at 5 under.

"It was a difficult day today," head coach Casey Martin said. "Lots of wind, and we just struggled to make enough putts to really contend. After a while it sort of beat us down, so it was a tough day. But we will regroup and be ready for NCAAs."

Senior Nate Stember closed out a strong week with an even-par 70 to finish fifth overall at 7-under par, his second top-five showing of the season and fourth straight in the top 20.

How it Happened: Stember was 2 over through his first four holes, but bounced back with birdies at No. 5 and No. 9 to make the turn at even par. He again rebounded from a bogey at No. 10 with back-to-back birdies at No. 13 and No. 14, before making a bogey at No. 15 and finishing with three pars to close with an even-par 70.

Stember shot par-or-better in all four rounds of the conference tournament, and has finished par-or-better in 11 of his last 14 rounds.

Senior Owen Avrit and sophomore Greyson Leach gave Oregon two more Ducks in the top 20, tying for 15th overall at 1-under par. Both Ducks closed the weekend with a 1-over 71 – Leach made a team-high five birdies, and Avrit made two with a team-low three bogeys.

Sophomore Eric Doyle came in with a 3-over 70, and freshman Aiden Craft rounded out the counting scores with a 4-over 74.

Ducks On The Leaderboard
Final
Stanford Golf Club (Par 70, 6,727 Yards)
T5. Oregon – 342-345-351-359-1,397 (-3)
5. Nate Stember – 67-70-66-70-273 (-7)
T15. Owen Avrit – 67-69-72-71-279 (-1)
T15. Greyson Leach – 68-69-71-71-279 (-1)
T30. Greg Solhaug – 70-68-70-75-283 (+3)
T39. Aiden Krafft – 70-69-72-74-285 (+5)
70. Eric Doyle – 81-72-80-73-306 (+26)

Notable: Oregon led the field with 86 total birdies, but ranked 10th with 246 total pars … The Ducks were 37 under on par-5 holes, second-best in the field … Stember led Oregon with 18 total birdies, tied for fifth-most among all players … UO has counted all 30 of Avrit's rounds this season.

Up Next: The Ducks will learn their NCAA Regional destination on Wednesday, May 3, at 10 a.m. PT on Golf Channel. All six NCAA Regional sites will run from May 15-17, with the top five teams from each Regional advancing to the 2023 NCAA Championships (May 26-31) at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.