Men's Golf Claims Championship Title at Pacific Lutheran Invitational

TACOMA, Wash. – The Willamette University Men's Golf team captured the championship title at the Pacific Lutheran Invitational, held at Canterwood Golf and Country Club.

The Bearcats secured the victory with a combined Total Gross score of 576, finishing Even (E) with respect to par for the tournament. Willamette's consistent play across both rounds—a 292 in Round 1 and a tournament-low 284 in Round 2—was enough to narrowly edge out the host Pacific Lutheran, which finished just two strokes back at 578(+2). The third-place team was Bellevue, with a score of 588(+12).

Bearcats Dominate Individual Leaderboard

The individual competition saw strong representation from the Bearcats near the top of the leaderboard, though the overall individual champion was Soren Bostrom of PLU (−5).

• AJ Papajohn led the way for Willamette, finishing in 3rd place overall. Papajohn shot a Total Gross of 141 and finished three strokes under par (−3).

• The Bearcats had two players tie for 8th place with a Total Gross of 145(+1):

  • Brock Olson finished 73−72.

  • Michael Baldwin matched that score, driven by a strong second-round 70(75−70).

Additional Standout Performances

• Jack Carr was tied for 11th place, carding a Total Gross of 146(+2), also shooting a 70 in Round 2(76−70).

• Oliver Smith rounded out the primary team's top performances, finishing tied for 18th at +4 with a Total Gross of 148.

The Willamette (B) team finished in 10th place with a +36 score (612 Total Gross). Bryce Toledo-Lue was their top individual performer, tying for 22nd place at +5 with a Total Gross of 149(77−72).