Oregon State Golfer Mitch Gillis Wins Wolverine Intercollegiate

Gillis has been on an amazing roll since early this summer, as he won three major Northwest amateur events: the 2006 Oregon Amateur, the Oregon Men’s Stroke Play Championship and the PNGA Public Links Championship.

OSU's Mitch Gillis

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - Oregon State senior golfer Mitch Gillis won the season-opening Wolverine Intercollegiate by two strokes, posting his first college victory and continuing an impressive series of results, at the University of Michigan Golf Course on Sunday.

Though he shot a 1-over 72 today, it was enough for Gillis (Williams Lake, B.C.) to maintain the two-shot lead that he started the day with. He finished with a 6-under-par 207 (65-70-72). The 207 ties for the fourth-lowest score in school history.

“It feels great,” Gillis said. “I’m excited. I don’t think I performed as well as I could have, but getting the win feels awesome. In the first round I putted well, though I was a little off with my speed the next two rounds. I hit the ball great all weekend. The course played harder today because of the wind. But I had a lot of tap-ins for par today and made it pretty easy for myself.”

The Beavers entered the day in a tie for third, but slipped to a tie for fifth place with Eastern Michigan at 866 after shooting a 296 today. OSU finished 15 strokes behind the winner, Wisconsin.

Freshman Diego Velasquez playing in his first college tournament, shot 72-71-73 and tied for 17th with a 3-over-par 216. OSU’s other golfers, sophomore Alex Williams, junior Jeremiah Oliver and junior Christian Green tied for 41st, 58th and 69th, respectively.

Team Scores: 1. Wisconsin (285-279-287) 851; 2. Michigan (278-290-294) 862; 3. Akron (281-290-292) 863; 4. Missouri (288-282-294) 864; t5. Oregon State (280-290-296) 866; t5. Eastern Michigan (292-282-292) 866; 7. Northern Illinois (289-290-289) 868; 8. Iowa (289-287-293) 869; 9. Kansas State (287-288-296) 871; 10. Miami-Ohio (293-287-296) 876; 11. Penn State (291-286-300) 587; 12. Western Illinois (289-299-291) 879; 13. Ball State (298-290-292) 880; 14. Furman (292-296-300) 888.

Top Individual Scores: 1. Mitch Gillis, Oregon State (65-70-72) 207; 2. Nick Pumford, Michigan (67-71-71) 209; 3. Garrett Jones, Wisconsin (70-67-73) 210; 4. Peter Malanti, Missouri (70-67-74) 211; t5. John Kelly, Missouri (73-67-72) 212; t5. Dan Woltman, Wisconsin (74-70-68) 212; t5. Graham Hill (71-70-7) 212.

Other Oregon State Scores: t17. Diego Velasquez (72-71-73) 216; t41. Alex Williams (71-75-75) 221; t58. Jeremiah Oliver (72-78-76) 226; t69. Christian Green (75-74-79) 228

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