Golfers Head to Hawaii
The Ducks will travel to Hawaii for the second of their back-to-back tournaments to open the 2023 spring season. Five of the nation's top seven teams are among the field at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate, which runs Wednesday-Friday at Hapuna Golf Course.
Dates: Feb. 8-10
Site: Waimea, HI
Course, Hapuna GC
Host: Hawaii-Hilo
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
OREGON LINEUP
1. Owen Avrit, Sr., 69.93
T1 at Cal Poly Invite; Career-low 63 at the Maui
2. Greg Solhaug, Jr., 72.00
T13 at Cal Poly Invite; 5 top-20 finishes in 2021-22
3. Greyson Leach, So., 72.47
T5 at the Maui Jim with a career-low 65
4. Nate Stember, Sr., 72.83
T11 at the Husky Invite
5. Aiden Krafft, Fr., 72.75
Shot a final round 60 at the N.M. state tournament
IND Gabriel Hari, R-Fr., 72.56
Season-low 67 at the Husky Invitational
THE FIELD - 20 TEAMS
#7 Arizona State, #2 Auburn, UC Davis, #12 Georgia Tech, Hawaii, Hawaii-Hilo, #4 North Carolina, #15 Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Osaka Gakiun U., Pacific, #14 Pepperdine, San Jose State, #6 Stanford, TCU, #18 Texas, #3 Texas Tech, UCLA, Washington
FROM THE FAIRWAY
• Ranked 33rd nationally, Owen Avrit has four top-eight finishes in five tournaments this season. He posted his second career win - his first as a Duck - with a T1 at the Cal Poly Invitational to close out the fall. For his efforts, he was named Pac-12 Golfer of the Month for November. He opened the spring season with a tie for fifth at the Southwestern Invitational.
• The Ducks opened the spring by tying for fourth at the Southwestern Invitational. Owen Avrit led the squad with a fifth-place finish, while Greg Solhaug posted his third-straight top-20 finish (T19).
• Oregon tied for ninth at the Ben Hogan Invitational (Oct. 3-4) , a tournament that featured seven of the nation's top 10 teams. Greg Solhaug's T15 led the Ducks.
• Oregon had a fourth-place finish at the Sept. 19-20 Husky Invitational. Oven Avrit led the team with his second-straight top-eight finish of the season. The Ducks also had a strong performance from Nate Stember, who tied for 11th. Freshman Aiden Krafft also recorded a top-20 finish for the Ducks.
• 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.