Lin, Huskies Dominate To Win Duck Invitational

Tuesday, March 22

Eugene, OR

All Day

University of Washington

Duck Invitational

March 22, 2022 | Men's Golf

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EUGENE, Ore. – Teddy Lin earned his first career college tournament victory and Husky teammates RJ Manke and Petr Hruby finished in second and third place, respectively, to lead the No. 8 Washington men's golf team to a resounding win at the Duck Invitational Tuesday.

Washington finished the three-round tournament at Eugene Country Club with a team score of 833, 19 strokes under par and 17 ahead of second-place Utah.

It was the first career victory for Lin, a sophomore from Taiwan, whose previous best finish was a tie for eighth place – once this season and once in 2021.

"It was sweet to win, and it's especially sweet to win in Eugene," said UW head coach Alan Murray. "The guys played well, and we won handily. I'm really proud of the guys."

Lin opened his round with a double-bogey 6 on No. 1, but didn't bogey the rest of the round, notching three birdies to finish with his third straight below-par round. He shot 67 in each of the first two rounds and finished the tournament at 9-under (67-67-70=204).

"I'm so happy for Teddy," Murray said. "He really deserved that. And to have a 1-2-3 finish individually is really cool."

Manke was second, shooting a 1-under 70 Tuesday to finish at 7-under for the tournament (67-69-70=206). Hruby, who was 3-over in the opening round, shot a 68 in the second and another 68 Tuesday to finish alone in third place on the leaderboard, at 3-under 210.

Hruby's previous best career finishes both came during the 2019-20 season, when he twice tied for fourth place in a tournament. Manke, a fifth-year senior in his first year at UW, earned his eighth top-5 finish in nine events this year. The current No. 2-ranked collegiate player in the nation, Manke has won two tournaments and finished second (or tied for second) another four times as a Husky.

Washington also got a top-10 finish from Taehoon Song, who was playing as an individual. His 1-under 70 on Tuesday left him at 2-over for the tournament, good for a tie for ninth (215).

Senior Noah Woolsey finished the tournament 4-over, tying him for 15th place overall, while Bo Pent was tied for 19th in the 91-man field, at 5-over for the tournament. Additionally, also playing as an individual, Aidan O'Hagan completed the event in a tie for 32nd place, at 9-over, thanks to a even-par round on 71 on Tuesday.

As a team, Washington dominated the tournament, posting an under-par team score in each of the three rounds. Among the 13 other teams in the tournament, only Utah scored under par even once, in round two. While the Huskies won the tournament by 17 strokes over Utah, they were 36 ahead of third-place Arizona State, the No. 3-ranked team in the nation.

"Everyone played pretty well," Murray continued. "The challenge today was to come out and play well. Utah played really well yesterday, so the expectation was they'd be there to push us. We needed to put our best foot forward."

The team win was the Huskies' fourth of the 2021-22 season, as Washington also won three events last fall: the Husky Invitational, the Oregon State Invitational and the Fighting Irish Classic.

"It was pretty impressive. It's fun to watch," Murray said. "These guys have worked hard over a long period of time and it's paying off. They're playing really good golf, and you see confidence growing, but they are by no means getting complacent."

The UW men will get back to work very quickly as they'll have just one day off before playing in the Goodwin this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Stanford Golf Course.