Ducks favored at Stanford
■Oregon’s men’s golf team
is in good position to win its
first tournament of the year
in Palo Alto this weekend
By Peter Hockaday
for the Emerald
For the first time this season,
the Oregon men's golf team is the
highest-ranked team at a tourna
ment, and therefore the favorite at
the U.S. Intercollegiate in Palo
Alto, Calif., this weekend.
And for the
first time, the
No. 18 Ducks are
practically
shrugging that
off as trivial. In
stead of thinking
about Palo Alto,
the golfers have their eyes on
Fresno.
That’s Fresno, Calif., the site of
the NCAA West Regionals May
18-20. According to Oregon head
coach Steve Nosier, the U.S. Inter
collegiate will be a tune-up for the
regionals, where the streaking
Ducks hope to make their third
straight NCAA Tournament ap
pearance.
However, Oregon won’t com
pletely overlook the Stanford
hosted U.S. Intercollegiate. Nosier
expects his Ducks, who jumped
into the top-20 this week with a
fourth-place finish at the Pacific
10 Conference Championships, to
keep their momentum going.
“I want to keep whatever mo
mentum that we can going toward
regionals," Nosier said, “and
hopefully play well enough there
and extend that on to nationals."
One player that should gain
momentum for the Ducks is sen
ior co-captain Ryan Lavoie. The
Pasco, Wash., native is the only
ranked Oregon player at No. 38.
Lavoie had a good postseason last
year, and was the only Duck to
make the final cut at the NCAA
Championships. Lavoie is shoot
ing for his second individual title
of the season this weekend.
Along with Lavoie, Nosier will
play four other golfers this week
end. Lavoie’s co-captain, senior
Andrew Tredway, had the lowest
round of any Oregon player at the
Pac-10 Championships, a seven
under 65 in the first round. Fresh
man Chris Carnahan has played
well all season, and he should
benefit from his first postseason
experience. Sophomore Aaron
Byers and junior T.J. Duncan have
both played well at points during
the season.
“If all five of these boys go
down there and play well, this
will probably be the group I stay
with [for regionals],” Nosier said.
“But that’s not written in blood.”
The field at the U.S. Intercolle
giate is relatively weak compared
to the competition that Oregon
will face at the regionals, but it
does include the No. 18 Cardinal
and No. 24 Oregon State. The 18
team field includes only five
ranked teams, including the
Ducks.
But the Ducks face at least one
challenge this weekend — the golf
course. The Stanford Golf Course
is one of the top collegiate cours
If all five of these
boys go down there and
play well, this will be the
group I stay with
[for regionals], but that's
not written in blood.
Steve Nosier
head coach
es in the country, and plays longer
than most of the courses the
Ducks have seen this season,
which should suit Oregon’s long
driving game.
The West Regionals will be
played at the River Bend Golf
Course in Fresno, a course the
Ducks have never played before.
The NCAA Championships will
be May 31-June 3 in Auburn, Ala.,
at the Grand National Golf
Course.
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Do You Know Your LIMIT?
Approximate Blood Alcohol Percentage
™ Body weight in pounds
hour 100 120 140 160 180 .200 220 240
1
2
3
4
3
.04 .03
.08 \ .06
.11 .09
.15 .12
.19 16
.03
.05
.08
.11
.13
.02
.05
.07
.09
.12
.02 .02
.04 .04
.06 .06
.08 .08
.11 .09
.02
.03
.05
.07
.09
.02
.03
.05
.06
.08
CAUTION
Driving Impaired
Legally Drunk
The chart is only a guide. Each person’s response to alcohol will vary, based on individual tolerance for
alcohol, food intake, fatigue, and other factors. A person’s driving can sometimes be impaired after only
one drink.
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