Golfers Ready to Keep on Rolling at Husky Invite
The Ducks return the Husky Invitational, Monday and Tuesday at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash. The Ducks finished third in the team standings a year ago and saw Greyson Leach tie for first in the individual tournament. Nate Stember tied for fourth in the individual part of the tournament, while Owen Avrit led the Ducks in the team competition by tying for eighth.
KEY STORYLINES
• The Ducks had some terrific individual performances in the season-opening Maui Jim Intercollegiate. Greyson Leach tied for fifth at 12-under 198. His score included a career-low 65 in the second round. Owen Avrit tied for eighth at 11-under 199. He opened the tournament with a career-best 63 that was one shot off the Ducks' school record.
• Oregon returns five of its top six golfers from a team that finished 15th at the 2022 NCAA Championships. That list includes Owen Avrit (71.73), Greyson Leach (72.19), Nate Stember (72.44), Eric Doyle (72.81) and Greg Solhaug (72.86).
• The Ducks added three freshmen and one transfer to the squad for 2022-23. The freshmen are Daniel Bullen (Auchterarder, Scotland), Jay Gould-Healy (Cork, Ireland) and Aiden Krafft (Albuquerque, N.M. The other newcomer is junior Thomas Jenkins Jr. (Austin, Texas), a transfer from Sonoma State.
• The 2022 Husky Invitational will mark the debut of two Ducks - freshmen Daniel Bullen and Jay Gould-Healy.