UW’s Pan is second at NCAA; Huskies, Ducks fail to advance

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Updated: June 30, 2015

Washington’s dramatic end to the season came to a close at the NCAA Championships falling in a playoff for 15th place to SMU. The Dawgs had been seemingly living on the edge dating all the back to the NCAA Regional, but finally fell one shot short on the 18th green of The Concession Golf Club.

“Playoffs are dramatic and we certainly believed that if we won, we could have a heroic round to get into the top eight, but the reality was it was a playoff for 15th place and we didn’t lose the national championship here today,” said head coach Matt Thurmond.

Winning the playoff would have ensured a fourth round for Washington, but they were still 12 shots back of UCLA and Georgia Tech who tied for eighth.

The 18th hole was used for the playoff, which is a 486-yard par four that was playing slightly into the wind to a back left pin. All five players would compete with the best four scores being kept.

The playoff consisted of two groups with Washington drawing three players in the first group, while SMU had two. Cheng-Tsung Pan and Corey Pereira would then play in the second group with three SMU players.

• The Oregon men’s golf team saw its season come to an end on Monday morning at the Concession Golf Club as the Ducks turned in its final card for a three-round total of 38-over 902 and finished in 23rd place at the NCAA Championships.