Arizona Men’s Golf Rank Seventh at Pac-10 Championships

Arizona Men’s Golf Rank Seventh at Pac-10 Championships

The Pac-10 Men's Golf Championships were contested at the Stanford Golf Course, a par-70, 6,742-yard layout. The University of Arizona will host the 2011 NCAA Regionals, May 19-21, at Omni Tucson National Golf Course. The University The Golf Tips To Pitch Closer of Arizona men's golf team posted its lowest round of the event and finished in seventh place Sunday at the 2011 Pac-10 Conference Men's Golf Championships in Palo Alto, Calif.

rizona tallied a final-round 360 (+10) to finish the 72-hole event with a team total of 1,450 (+50) to finish seventh. It was Arizona's best finish at the Pac-10 Championships since 2008. Oregon, trailing USC by nine shots after 54 holes, rallied to force a team playoff, as both teams finished with a tally of 1,415 (+15). The Trojans won the team title in a one-hole team playoff. UCLA (1,418) finished third, while host Stanford (1,420) placed fourth. Martin Trainer of USC defeated Alex Moore of Oregon State in a seven-hole playoff to earn individual medalist honors after each shared the 72-hole individual lead at five-under 275. Arizona finished six strokes ahead of intrastate rival Arizona State, who finished in ninth place, and the win in the standings clinched the decisive point in this season's State Farm Territorial Cup Series. The Wildcats, who have now claimed the trophy in each of the series' first two years, have a 9.5-6.5 lead with just two events remaining. As was the case the entire event, the Wildcats were led by freshman Erik Oja, who carded a final-round 68 (-2), Arizona's low round of the tournament, to finish in a tie for ninth place at 283 (+3). It was Oja's first top-10 finish of the season, and the second time this season that the native of Sandviken, Sweden has been UA's top finisher.