Cowboys place sixth in season-opening Sahalee Players Championship
SAMMAMISH, Wash. – Oklahoma State’s men’s golf team closed play at its fall opener at the Sahalee Players Championship on Sunday with a 300 total during its third round to finish in sixth place at Sahalee Country Club.
The Cowboys’ 54-hole total of 876, 12-over par, tied them with Oregon at the par-72, 7,007-yard layout. The two teams finished a shot behind Duke for fifth and two back of Pepperdine for fourth place. Arizona State was the lone team to break par at the event, finishing at 7-under 857 and 11 shots clear of the field.
Oregon’s Aiden Krafft posted a 4-under total of 212 to earn a one-shot victory in the individual race.
Making his Cowboy debut, Ethan Fang earned a top-10 finish, tying for eighth place at even-par 216 after closing with a 1-over 73. The sophomore transfer turned in 2-under 34 with birdies at the second and sixth holes. Fang moved to the top of the leaderboard with a birdie at the 11th before playing the closing seven holes in 4-over par for his 73.
Fellow sophomore transfer Eric Lee finished inside the top 20, tying for 19th place at 218 after carding a closing 74.
Sophomore Preston Stout posted a 77 to finish at 220 and tied for 29th place.
Freshman Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson’s 76 tied him for 46th place at 224, while sophomore Johnnie Clark signed for a 77 to finish at 227 and tied for 55th place.
Competing individually, John Wild joined Fang and Lee in the top 20, tying for 13th place. The junior carded his second consecutive 73 to finish at 1-over 217.
The Cowboys will be back in action on Sept. 20 when they begin play at the Fighting Illini Invitational at Olympia Fields Country Club in Illinois.
Team Leaderboard
- Arizona State—282-284-291=857
- Florida—300-283-285=868
- Arizona—292-288-290=870
- Pepperdine—284-287-303=874
- Duke—297-287-291=875
T6. Oklahoma State—288-288-300=876
T6. Oregon—294-296-286=876
- TCU—298-285-298=881
T9. North Carolina—297-291-297=885
T9. UNLV—300-295=595-290=885
- Northwestern—296-286-304=886
- Texas A&M—301-290-297=888
- Washington—295-305-305=905
Individual Results
- Aiden Krafft, Oregon—71-70-71=212
T8. Ethan Fang, OSU—71-72-73=216
T13. John Wild, OSU*—71-73-73=217
T19. Eric Lee, OSU—74-70-74=218
T29. Preston Stout, OSU—69-74-77=220
T46. Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson, OSU—76-72-76=224
T55. Johnnie Clark, OSU—74-76-77=227