CRESWELL, Ore. — The University of Colorado men’s golf team finished fourth here Tuesday but saw freshman Jeremy Paul turn in a record performance in sharing medalist honors as the 25th Annual Oregon Duck Invitational came to a close.
Paul opened with a first round 76 but then played the next 36 holes at 7-under par to become just the second freshman to win a collegiate golf tournament in CU history, but the first to do so in a 54-hole meet.
No. 62 Oregon State turned in the best score of the final round and pulled away for the team win, finishing with a 9-over par team scorer of 873; a regular participant in this event, it was the Beavers’ second win in its rivals home tournament to go with its only other it captured back in 1998. No. 73 Minnesota vaulted into second with an 882 total, while host and No. 45 Oregon finished third (884)
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