Beavers Set For Season-Opening Tourney

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State men's golf team opens its 2017-18 season Monday and Tuesday at the Mark Simpson Invitational in Erie, Colo.

The Beavers won the team title at this event in 2012 with a 21-under 284-277-282--843 at the Colorado National Golf Club. They finished in third place, and just one stroke out of repeating the title in 2013, the last time they competed at the tournament.

FIELD (19): Oregon State, Air Force, Arkansas-Little Rock, Cal State-Northridge, Colorado, Houston Baptist, Idaho, Loyola Marymount, Northern Colorado, Seattle, Southern Utah, UC-Riverside, Utah, Utah State, Utah Valley State, UT-Rio Grande Valley, Weber State, Wofford and Wyoming

COURSE: The tournament will be held at the par-72, 7,676-yard Colorado National Golf Club (CNGC) in Erie, which is located about 12 miles east of Boulder.

BEAVERS' LINEUP: Oregon State will go with a lineup of senior Jonas Liebich, junior Trevor Yu, sophomore Shawn Lu, and freshmen Keaton Gudz and Spencer Tibbits.

FORMAT: Two-day, 54-hole tournament with 36 holes of continuous play on Monday and 18 holes on Tuesday. The top-four individuals from each five-member team with the lowest scores for each 18-hole round constitute the scoring members for that given round.

TEE TIMES: There will be a shotgun start at 8:15 a.m. MT (7:15 a.m. PT) on Monday. On Tuesday there will be a staggered shotgun format. The top four teams will play in five tee times off No. 1 beginning at 7:55 a.m. MT (6:55 a.m. PT). The rest of the field will be in a shotgun at 8:15 a.m. MT (7:15 a.m. PT).

LIVE SCORING: There will be live scoring for the tournament on golfstat.com.

SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow the Oregon State men's golf team on Twitter and Facebook.

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Players Mentioned

Keaton Gudz

Jonas Liebich

Shawn Lu

Spencer Tibbits

Trevor Yu

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