Oregon State’s Gillis Leads Wolverine Intercollegiate

Gillis shot a 7-under 135 Saturday, two strokes better than Garrett Jones of Wisconsin and Peter Malnati of Missouri.

Mitch Gillis Photo courtesy: Oregon State University

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - Oregon State senior golfer Mitch Gillis leads the season-opening Wolverine Intercollegiate by two strokes heading into Sunday’s final round, and the Oregon State men’s golf team is tied for third in the competition, six strokes back.

If Gillis can earn his first collegiate victory tomorrow, then his incredible summer run in amateur play will have carried over to the college season. In the past few months, he won the 2006 Oregon Amateur, Oregon Men’s Stroke Play Championship and the PNGA Public Links Championship.

Gillis fired a 6-under 65 in the first round (which ties the fourth-best single-round score in Oregon State history), followed by a 1-under 70 in the afternoon’s second round.

The Beavers shot 280 and 290 for a total of 2-over 570 on Saturday at the U-M Golf Course, which is a par-71 and measures 6,704 yards. Wisconsin leads at 564, while Michigan shot 568 and Missouri is tied with the Beavers at 570.

Freshman Diego Velasquez, playing in his first college tournament, shot 72-71 and is tied for 18th heading into the final round. OSU’s other golfers, sophomore Alex Williams, junior Christian Green and junior Jeremiah Oliver are tied for 41st, 55th and 58th, respectively.

Team Scores: 1. Wisconsin (285-279) 564; 2. Michigan (278-290) 568; t3. Oregon State (280-290) 570; t3. Missouri (288-282) 570; 5. Akron (281-290) 571; 6. Eastern Michigan (292-282) 574; 7. Kansas State (287-288) 575; 8. Iowa (289-287) 576; 9. Penn State (291-286) 577; 10. Northern Illinois (289-290) 579; 11. Miami-Ohio (293-287) 580; t12. Furman (292-296) 588; t12. Western Illinois (289-299) 588; t12. Ball State (298-290) 588.

Top Individual Scores: 1. Mitch Gillis, Oregon State (65-70) 135; t2. Garrett Jones, Wisconsin (70-67) 137; t2. Peter Malanti, Missouri (70-67) 137; t4. Robert Rohanna, Penn State (68-70) 138; t4. Kevin Dore, Michigan (68-70) 138; t4. Nick Pumford, Michigan (67-71) 138.

Other Oregon State Scores: t18. Diego Velasquez (72-71) 143; t41. Alex Williams (71-75) 146; t55. Christian Green (75-74) 149; t58. Jeremiah Oliver (72-78) 150.

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