Oregon State is on familiar turf this week in the Pacific Northwest. After two rounds at Bandon Dunes Resort’s Pacific Dunes Course, the Beavers lead the Bandon Dunes Championship by six shots. Oregon State, at 10 under, is the only team that has made it to double-digits under par at this point, but Oregon is close behind at 4 under.
Both teams posted 7-under 277 in the second round.
“Overall another really good job by the team today,” Oregon State coach Jon Reehoorn said. “We had some moments where we ran into some trouble, but they were not fazed by it and responded really nice.
“We’ve been in this position on a few occasions this year, and the message to the team will be to simply do what we do.”
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The Beavers won twice this fall, including at their own event at Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis. This spring, Oregon State’s road has been as difficult as anyone’s. Starts at the Amer Ari and the Prestige preceded the trip to Bandon Dunes.
Oregon State is No. 45 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings.
Sophomore Carson Barry, the reigning Idaho Amateur champion and a PNGA Amateur semifinalist, is 4 under through 36 holes and only one shot off the lead. He’s sandwiched by familiar names. UCLA junior Devon Bling, runner-up at the 2019 U.S. Amateur, is 5 under and among three players tied for first. That group also includes Utah’s Axel Einarsson and Seattle’s Nathan Cogswell.
UCLA is seventh in the team race at 10 over.
A five-man group at 2 under (T-7) includes San Jose State senior Sean Yu, who last month teed it up at the Genesis Invitational after earning an exemption in a Monday collegiate showcase. Yu eagled his opening hole on Monday, the par-5 12th. His 6-under 65 was the best score from any player in the second round.
Oregon State junior Spencer Tibbits is also part of that tie for seventh. Tibbits, who qualified for the U.S. Open last summer, finished no worse than T-3 individually in three full-field fall starts, including a T-1 at the Husky Invitational to start the year.
Tibbits most recently finished T-21 at the Prestige.
The tournament concludes on Wednesday, and the final round will be live-streamed on Golfweek.com.
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