Men's golf places ninth at Pac-10 Championships

Final individual standings in PDF format

Final team leaderboard in PDF format

The No. 23 Arizona State men's golf team took ninth place and senior Oscar Zetterwall finished in the top 20 at the 2011 Pac-10 Championships in Stanford, Calif. Registering their lowest round of the tournament, the Sun Devils moved out of the cellar with a fourth round 4-over par 354 to close at 56-over par 1456 (375-368-359-354).

Zetterwall, competing in his first Pac-10 Championship, birdied two out of the first three holes on the final day to finish in a tie for 20th. He shot a 2-over par 72 and finished at 6-over par 286 (73-71-70-72). Junior Phillip Francis continued his climb up the leaderboard, recording a final round even par 70 to tie for 28th with a 9-over par 289 (76-74-69-70).

Seniors Thomas Buran and Scott Pinckney each shot their lowest rounds of the weekend to finish in a tie for 35th at 12-over par 292. Buran (74-74-73-71) closed with a 1-over par 71 on the final day and Pinckney (78-72-72-70) carded a final round even par 70 after tallying a trio of birdies, bringing his four-round total to 11.

Seniors James Byrne and Jesper Kennegard both closed out their final conference championship with their best rounds of the tournament. Byrne tied for 48th at 19-over par 299 (74-77-75-73) following a 3-over par 73 and senior Jesper Kennegard shot a 1-over par 71 to place 60th at 30-over par 310 (80-83-76-71).

USC defeated Oregon on the first playoff hole to claim the team championship after both teams finished the four rounds at 15-over par 1415. Oregon (351-359-360-345) began the day in a tie for third place with UCLA at 20-over par, but forced a playoff with first-place USC (355-354-352-354) after shooting a final round team score 5-under par 345. UCLA took third at 18-over par 1418 (353-360-357-348), followed by Stanford in fourth at 20-over par 1420 (354-358-352-356).

Playoffs also decided the individual medalist as USC's Matt Trainer (68-68-69-70) defeated Alex Moore (71-65-69-70) of Oregon State on the seventh playoff hole to win the title. They both ended with a four-round total 5-under par 275, while UCLA's Alex Kim took third at 3-under par 277 (68-71-70-68) and Stanford's Andrew Yun placed fourth at 2-under par 278 (72-70-66-70).

The Sun Devils will wait for their draw for the NCAA Regional, which begins May 19 at a site to be determined.