March 28, 2006

Eugene, Oregon - The Pacific golf team finished the Oregon Duck Invitational in ninth place, Tuesday, March 28. The Tigers shot a 294-309 first day score and finished with a 304 at the Shadow Hills Country Club.

Sophomore Chris Rosenau shot an even 72 to opening things up for Pacific and followed that with a second round 78 and a final round one under, 71. Rosenau's 221 was good enough for 27th at the par-72, 7,007-yard course. Junior Thomas Petersson fired a final round 74 to finish tied for 36 at (225). Freshman Adam Beckman and Charles Van Sicklen shot 54-hole scores of 230 and 231, respectively. Reid Scarff, in his first event of the season, finished the tournament in70th after carding a 75-80-83=238.

"We had a few good scores (during this final round) but it's unfortunate that we didn't get it done all around," said head coach Brandon Goethals. "Chris (Rosenau) had a good round, I'm proud of how he went out there today, on the final day and played tough."

Ryan Witz of Washington State and a Joe Panzeri took individual honors, both shooting 211's through 54-holes. San Diego State took the team title, shooting a two-day score of 288-278-288=854 to win by 12 strokes. The Tigers ninth place finish in the 12-team, Oregon hosted event; an improvement on a year ago when the Tigers placed 15th.

"The course was set up to score today," said Goethals. "It was a little breezy but the opportunities were there and we just flat out need to play better golf."

All five players improved on their season averages during the Duck Invitational. Petersson remains Pacific's stroke leader through 26 rounds, shooting an average of 74.8 with three rounds under par. Rosenau is second on the squad with a 75.1 average and leads the Tigers with 24 of his 26 rounds in the 70's.

Pacific golf is back in action next week at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate in Santa Barbara, California on April 3rd and 4th.

Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores

1 San Diego State U. 288 278 288 854

2 Nevada, Univ. of 288 296 282 866

3 Oregon State U. 285 288 296 869

4 Wyoming, U. of 289 291 294 874

Washington State U. 298 283 293 874

6 Oregon, U. of 289 297 290 876

7 Texas Pan American 296 296 298 890

8 UC Davis 297 300 303 900

9 Pacific, U. of the 294 309 304 907

10 Portland, U. of 309 300 300 909

11 Idaho State Univ. 304 299 308 911

12 UC - Riverside 312 304 310 926

Fin. Top 20 Players School Scores 1 Ryan Witz Wash. St. 71 68 72 211 *Joe Panzeri Washington 71 74 66 211 3 Aaron Goldberg SanDiegoSt 71 70 71 212 Derek Sipe Oregon 69 73 70 212 5 Adam Hagen Nevada 73 73 68 214 Andrew Scott SanDiegoSt 73 69 72 214 John Cassidy Nevada 69 73 72 214 Alex Williams Oregon St. 69 73 72 214 Eric Baily Wyoming 71 71 72 214 Mitch Gillis Oregon St. 70 71 73 214 11 Casey Watabu Nevada 71 73 71 215