Oregon men’s golf are winding up their fall slate of events, and spent Tuesday and Wednesday at Twin Warriors Golf Course in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, at the Notah Begay III Match Play.
Notah Begay III is a Navaho professional golfer who is one of the few indigenous American golfers to have played in the PGA tour. Begay has an interesting personal history, having attended Stanford where he was a teammate of Tiger Woods.
This match play was a first for Oregon, and was something of a homecoming for New Mexico native Aiden Krafft. The tournament field was made up of four teams; New Mexico, New Mexico State, UNLV, and Oregon. It is the first time that the Ducks have played in this tournament.
The match was a round robin match play format, with each team meeting once. A total of five points was available in each match, and winners were determined by total points won over three matches.
There were three rounds overall. The first two rounds were played on Tuesday, and the third round wrapped up today’s play.
Tuesday, Oct. 7th
Round 1 – New Mexico State 3, Oregon 2
Anthony Lara (NMSU) def. Oscar Lent (ORE) 2&1
Max Chan (NMSU) def. Hugh Adams (ORE) 2&1
Aiden Krafft (ORE) def. Javier Delgadillo (NMSU) 4&3
Matayo Payan (NMSU) def. Casper Nerpin (ORE) 7&6
Jay Gould-Healy (ORE) def. Ethan Klose (NMSU) 3&2
Round 2 – No. 22 New Mexico 3, Oregon 2
Oscar Lent (ORE) vs. Mesa Falleur (NM) AS
Hugh Adams (ORE) vs. Emil Albers (NM) AS
Aiden Krafft (ORE) def. Johnnie Clark (NM) 2&1
Wyatt Provence (NM) def. Casper Nerpin (ORE) 2&1
Thayer Plewe (NM) def. Jay Gould-Healy (ORE) 3&1
Wednesday, Oct. 8th
Round 3 – UNLV 3, Oregon 2
UNLV 3, Oregon 2 Oscar Lent (ORE) def. Brett Sawaia (UNLV) 4&3
Wyatt Plattner (UNLV) def. Hugh Adams (ORE) 6&5
Trevor Lewis (UNLV) def. Aiden Krafft (ORE) 2&1
Ryan Abuan (UNLV) def. Casper Nerpin (ORE) 3&1
Jay Gould-Healy (ORE) def. Zach Little (UNLV) 3&2
Oregon came away with two wins in each of their three matches, as Oscar Lent, Aiden Krafft and Jay Gould-Healy each won a pair.
Aiden Krafft led Oregon in individual player stats, and was 7th with a tournament score of 69.06. Casper Nerpin scored 70.83, Jay Gould-Healy scored 71.27, Oscar Lent finished 72.72, and Hugh Adams ended with a score of 73.5.
The Ducks were 4th of the four teams. UNLV was undefeated at 9.0, New Mexico was 8.0, New Mexico State was 7.0, and Oregon was 6.0.
The Ducks will conclude their fall tournament schedule at the Cal Poly Invitational in Carmel, Calif. on October 27 and 28.
