March 26, 2012
Complete Results
EUGENE, Ore. - In his first action of the spring, Matt Hansen finished at three over for the day, tying for 24th place, to lead the UC Davis men's golf team through two rounds at the Oregon Duck Invitational at the Eugene Country Club.
UC Davis is in 12th after posting a 31-over 607 for the day. Host and 14th-ranked Oregon leads the field at 13-under while Long Beach State is one stroke back and in second place. Saint Mary's, ranked 34th nationally by Golfstat, is in third.
Hansen opened the front nine of his first round at one over, but settled in with 10 straight pars. Consecutive bogeys on the second and third holes moved him to three over where he'd finish.
In his second round, Hansen birdied his very first hole, then made par on four straight holes before carding another birdie on the par-4 tenth hole to move to two under. He hit two additional pars, then struck a rough patch, bogeying on four of his next six holes to drop to two over. He rallied with two birdies and two pars on his final four holes to finish even for the round.
Luke Vivolo tied for 30th at 5-over 149, Mike Brockington tied for 58th at 10-over 154 while Jonny Baxter tied for 72nd. Josh Granger finished 79th.
Vivolo's first round resulted in a 75 after he closed his front nine with three birdies to finish at 1-over. He started his back nine with two pars and another birdie, his fifth of the round, to climb to even, but four straight bogeys dropped him to four over before a birdie on his final hole led to his three over finish.
The freshman found himself at one under through the first seven holes of his second round, but back-to-back double bogeys dropped him to three over to close out his front nine. He regrouped with a birdie on the opening hole of his back nine, then finished strong with six pars and an additional birdie.
Brockington's first round featured 13 pars while his second round was highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 eighth hole, his very first hole of the round.
Granger eagled in his first round as well while Baxter carded a 77 in his first round of the day.
Play concludes on Tuesday with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start.
