Beavers Roll In Final Round To Win Duck Invitational
EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon State men's golf team played an outstanding final round and coasted to the team title at the 31st Annual Duck Invitational on Tuesday.
The Beavers concluded the two-day, 54-hole tournament with an 8-over 286-288-286--860 at the par-71, 7,015-yard Eugene Country Club to win by four strokes over rival Oregon (12-over 287-285-292--864) in the 15-team field.
This is the second-straight time Oregon State has won the Duck Invitational, which is hosted by Oregon. The other team titles came in 1998, 2014 and 2019. The 2020 event was canceled due to COVID-19.
"We needed a team effort to get the job done today and that's what happened," Oregon State head coach Jon Reehoorn said. "We finished the round off so well with 12 birdies and just two bogeys over the final stretch of the course. It was an awesome effort by our guys down the stretch."
Spencer Tibbits led the Beavers on the individual leaderboard, finishing in a tie for third place with a 3-under 68-69-73--210. It's the eighth time he's posted a top-five finish and the 13th top-10 showing in his spectacular four-year Oregon State career.
Shawn Lu continued his hot play as he shot a 3-over 70-71-75--216 to finish in a tie for sixth place. He led the Beavers with a 12th place finish at their last tournament, the Bandon Dunes Championship.
Carson Barry and Kyosuke Hara both had their best rounds of the tourney on Tuesday.
Barry fired a 4-under 67 that vaulted him 34 spots up the leaderboard and into a tie for 26th place finish, with a 10-over 79-77-67--223.
Hara carded an even-par 71 that moved him 17 spots and into a tie for 18th place with an 8-over 73-77-71--221.
Freshman Mateo Fuenmayor also finished in a tie for 18th place with an 8-over 75-71-75--221.
Jackson Lake and Alec Berrey both competed as individuals. Lake recorded his second career top-10 finish with a tie for ninth place (4-over 70-76-71--217) and Berrey finished in a tie for 69th (20-over 80-78-75--233).
Oregon State has now won nine tournament titles under 11-year head coach Reehoorn and 42 overall in program history.
Oregon State Men's Golf All-Time Team Tournament Wins
Dates – Tournament (Location) – Score
1966 -- Northern Division Championships (N/A) -- 1770
1967 -- Northern Division Championships (N/A) -- N/A
1969 -- Northern Division Championships (N/A) -- N/A
April 14-15, 1972 -- OSU Invitational (Eugene, Ore.) -- 746
March 19-20, 1973 -- Oregon Invitational (Eugene, Ore.) -- 1148
March 23-24, 1973 -- Banana Belt Tournament (Clarkston, Wash.) -- 1082
Spring 1974 -- Oregon Invitational (Eugene, Ore.) -- 1152
Spring 1975 -- Viking Golf Classic (Bellingham, Wash.) -- 749
Spring 1977 -- OSU Invitational (Corvallis, Ore.) -- N/A
Spring 1978 -- Pacific Coast Golf Championships (Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- 312
April 29-30, 1982 -- Eastern Washington Invitational (Cheney, Wash.) -- 582 (+14)
May 10, 1982 -- Pacific Northwest Invitational (Yakima, Wash.) -- 581 (+13)
April 11-12, 1983 -- UW Invitational (Tacoma, Wash.) -- 898
Oct. 23-24, 1983 -- Viking-Pilot Golf Classic (Portland, Ore.) -- 1138
Oct. 13-14, 1985 -- OSU Invitational (Corvallis, Ore.) -- 1086 (+21)
Oct. 6-7, 1986 -- OSU Invitational (Corvallis, Ore.) -- 1092 (+27)
Oct. 24-25, 1988 -- Idaho Invitational (Lewiston, Idaho) -- 869 (+5)
Oct. 8-9, 1990 -- Black Butte Invitational (Black Butte, Ore.) -- 1103 (+23)
Oct. 26-27, 1992 -- Nike Northwest Classic (Corvallis, Ore.) -- 880 (+16)
Oct. 10-11, 1994 -- Nike Northwest Classic (Corvallis, Ore.) -- 859 (-5)
Oct. 9-10, 1995 -- Nike Northwest Classic (Corvallis, Ore.) -- 879 (+15)
March 9-10, 1998 -- Oregon Duck Invitational (Eugene, Ore.) -- 862 (-2)
Oct. 12-13, 1998 -- Wolf Pack Classic (Reno, Nev.) -- 864 (E)
Sept. 12-14, 1999 -- Northwest Classic (Monroe, Ore.) -- 862 (-2)
Sept. 20-21, 1999 -- Pacific Invitational (Stockton, Calif.) -- 881 (+17)
March 6-7, 2000 -- Pilot Spring Invitational (Portland, Ore.) -- 717 (+1)
Sept. 13-14, 2004 -- Northwest Collegiate Classic (Corvallis, Ore.) -- 838 (-26)
Oct. 11-12, 2004 -- Alister MacKenzie Invitational (Fairfax, Calif.) -- 848 (-4)
Sept. 19-20, 2005 -- Northwest Collegiate Classic (Corvallis, Ore.) -- 850 (-14)
Sept. 17-18, 2007 -- Giustina Memorial Classic (Corvallis, Ore.) -- 843 (-21)
Oct. 1-2, 2007 -- Opus NW Husky Invitational * (Bremerton, Wash.) -- 585 (+9)
Sept. 22-23, 2008 -- Giustina Memorial Classic ** (Corvallis, Ore.) -- 853 (-11)
Sept. 28-29, 2009 -- Giustina Memorial Classic (Corvallis, Ore.) -- 844 (-20)
Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2011 -- Pacific Invitational ** (Stockton, Calif.) -- 855 (+3)
March 5-6, 2012 -- Fresno State Lexus Classic (Fresno, Calif.) – 1,087 (+7)
Sept. 24-25, 2012 -- Mark Simpson Invitational (Erie, Colo.) -- 843 (-21)
March 24-25, 2014 -- Duck Invitational (Creswell, Ore.) -- 873 (+9)
March 25-26, 2019 -- Duck Invitational (Creswell, Ore.) -- 861 (-3)
Oct. 7-8, 2019 -- Hamptons Intercollegiate (East Hampton, N.Y.) -- 890 (+26)
Oct. 14-15, 2019 -- Oregon State Invitational (Corvallis, Ore.) -- 834 (-18)
March 8-10, 2020 -- Bandon Dunes Championship (Bandon, Ore.) -- 841 (-11)
March 22-23, 2021 -- Duck Invitational (Eugene, Ore.) -- 861 (+9)
* - Tournament shortened to two rounds due to weather
** - Tournament won in a playoff
The Beavers return to action next Monday and Tuesday at the Seattle U. Redhawk Invitational in Tacoma, Wash.
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