College Golf – Men
Bandon Dunes Championship
March 12-14, 2023
🏁Final: Bandon Dunes Championship from the original Bandon Dunes course in Bandon, Oregon. The 14th playing of this collegiate championship featured a windswept first day, a rained-out second day and a third day with a sprint to the title.
The Oregon Ducks won the team title with rounds of 299 and 282. The Ducks’ final round of 282 was the low round of the championship and secured Oregon their second consecutive win at this event. In 2022, Oregon won the Bandon Dunes Championship on the resort’s Sheep Ranch course. At +5 for the championship, Oregon posted a seven-stroke victory over 2nd-place Oregon State. 18 teams were in the field including six teams from the PNW.
Owen Avrit and top individual finishers
Owen Avrit, Oregon Ducks senior, won the individual title for his second win in his last three collegiate starts. Avrit posted back-to-back rounds of 70 highlighted by thee birdies in the event’s final four holes. In 2022, Avrit advanced into the Round of 32 at the U.S. Amateur.
The top three individual finishes all went to players from PNW teams as Max Charles of Boise State and Joe Sykes of Idaho finished in second and third place.
2023 Bandon Dunes Championship field
Link to full field results of the 2023 Bandon Dunes Championship
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(Photos: University of Oregon Men’s Golf, Idaho Vandals Golf, Jeff Quinney on Instagram)
