Men’s golf battles wind for third-place finish
By Steve Mims
Lmacald Sports Report©*
Despite having to play its final round in
winds of up to 45 mllos per hour, the Orw
gon mrn'n golf loam finished third at the
Bruin Golf Classic in Los Angeles on Tuos
day.
Only seven out of 77 players in the tour
nament managed to shoot liolow HO on the
final day, and the low round of the day was
a 70 by individual champion Jeff Glodt of
Washington.
At the end of the firs; round, the Ducks
led as a team after shooting a 1 under-par
2H7 on Monday morning Oregon slipped to
a 303 in the second round and found them
selves in second place tmhind the host team,
UCl.A The fin d round was a wild one, with
the lowest score being 319 by California Or
egon shot 335 in the final round to finish
third, throe shots behind 1’epperdlne and
Cal State Northridge
Three Oregon players tied for ninth plac e
ai ihi' Inumnmiml with scores of 2.11, in
dud ing son lor Jefi Lyons Lyons opened the
loumamonl by firing a course record 66 at
Red Hawk Golf Club Lyons was 7-under
|iar al one point during the round but bo
geyed the 17th hole to finish at 6-under-par
"It could have been lower." Lyons said. "I
kind of gassed it at the end, but I'm happy."
Lyons struggled m the final two rounds,
shooting HO and 85, respectively, in the
howling winds Oregon senior Cam Martin
also shot 211. highlighted by a 1-under-par
71 in the second round Martin also had
troubles in the final round, shooting an 8$.
Junior Randy McCracken opened the tour
nament with o 71, but he struggled to a 76
and 82 in the final two rounds to finish al
211
Oregon sophomore Ted Snavely la-gan the
tournament at an even-par 72, hut he fin
ished up with a 76 and an 8(1 to lie for 14th
pls«e at 212 Haul Kegali was the final Duck
to play Tuesday and struggled throughout
the tournament, finishing with a 261.
The tournament was Oregon's last of the
fall season, and they art! now off until Feb
ruary when they travel to Hawaii to play in
the Big Island Intercollegiate. Oregon failed
to win any of the four tournaments in which
they competed during the fall, but Lyons
says the team is ready for a big spring.
"We are starting to come together.” Lyons
said "We are real young, but we guinnd ex
perience in the fall and learned how' to play
together I think we improved in every tour
nament wo plnyed in during the fall."
The Ducks will compete In at least nine
tournaments in the spring and possibly even
more if they qualify for postseason play.
The Oregon women's loam is also playing
in the 1-os Angeles urea, competing in the
Pioneer Golf Classic in Temecula. With two
of the three rounds completed, the Ducks
are in third place, five shots behind second
place Arizona State and 22 behind tourna
ment-leading Texas.
Listach top
AL rookie
NEW YORK (AP) — Pat
Listach. who failed to make
tho Milwaukee Brewers'
opening day roster, was vot
ed the American League
Rookie of tho Year on
Wednesday.
Listach hit .290 with one
homer and 47 RBIs. He also
stole 54 bases to break the
Brewers' previous rookie re
cord of 30, set by Paul Moll
tor in 1978.
"I didn't set any goals,”
Listach said “I didn't even
expect to be here this year."
Listach, a switch-hitter
with a 250 average in four
minor league seasons, led all
rookies in hits with 108 and
scored 93 runs.
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