Spring Break
U.S. Intercollegiate awaits golfers
Oregon State hits the links at Stanford Golf Course for two-day tournament, freshman Morten Madsen looks to continue success
John Daly
Issue date: 4/17/09 Section: Sports
Powering through the demanding last leg of the NCAA golf season, the Oregon State University men's team looks to keep the ball rolling with another powerful performance at this weekend's U.S. Intercollegiate Tournament in Palo Alto, Calif.
The two-day tournament, scheduled for April 18-19, boasts some of the most consistent talent in competition this season, as the powerful Pac-10 conference is represented in its entirety here, minus Arizona.
The event itself will be held at the illustrious and frequently played Stanford Golf Course, an expertly designed venue that is a perennial Top-100 finisher on the list of the world's best places to play golf. Despite the course's high difficulty rating and this weekend's stiff competition, the Beavers remain confident and are up for the challenge.
"It is a ball striker's golf course; keep it in the fairway and you'll hit the big greens," head coach Brian Watts said. "It is just a matter of guys getting good reads on the greens and making a few putts. I really like our chances. It will give us a great opportunity to get in against some great competition before conference championships next week."
As the buzz around the men's golf team grows, team confidence levels continue to rise, thanks to the delicate combination of solid coaching, team chemistry and spectacular individual play.
At last week's Wyoming Cowboy Classic, the Beavers posted yet another fierce team score, finishing second to UC Davis in the 20-team field. The collective team score of 841 was 1-over par at the blustery golf course, where the team's usual suspects finished in the top 15.
Junior Paul Peterson, a reliable veteran, shot a respectable even-par 210, with a pair of 69s in the final two rounds.
"My putting was very good," Peterson said. "I didn't hit very many greens but was still able to get up and down all week when I needed to. I came back after some bad holes with some birdies and really stayed in it mentally."
The two-day tournament, scheduled for April 18-19, boasts some of the most consistent talent in competition this season, as the powerful Pac-10 conference is represented in its entirety here, minus Arizona.
The event itself will be held at the illustrious and frequently played Stanford Golf Course, an expertly designed venue that is a perennial Top-100 finisher on the list of the world's best places to play golf. Despite the course's high difficulty rating and this weekend's stiff competition, the Beavers remain confident and are up for the challenge.
"It is a ball striker's golf course; keep it in the fairway and you'll hit the big greens," head coach Brian Watts said. "It is just a matter of guys getting good reads on the greens and making a few putts. I really like our chances. It will give us a great opportunity to get in against some great competition before conference championships next week."
As the buzz around the men's golf team grows, team confidence levels continue to rise, thanks to the delicate combination of solid coaching, team chemistry and spectacular individual play.
At last week's Wyoming Cowboy Classic, the Beavers posted yet another fierce team score, finishing second to UC Davis in the 20-team field. The collective team score of 841 was 1-over par at the blustery golf course, where the team's usual suspects finished in the top 15.
Junior Paul Peterson, a reliable veteran, shot a respectable even-par 210, with a pair of 69s in the final two rounds.
"My putting was very good," Peterson said. "I didn't hit very many greens but was still able to get up and down all week when I needed to. I came back after some bad holes with some birdies and really stayed in it mentally."
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