Ducks Primed for NCAA Auburn Regional

EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon men's golf team will make its 18th-consecutive NCAA Regional appearance under head coach Casey Martin next week when it tees off at the Auburn Regional starting Monday.

The sixth-seeded Ducks will play 18 holes of golf at the Auburn University Club on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The top five teams from each of the six regional sites, along with the top six individuals not on qualifying teams, will advance to the national championships at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., from May 23-28.

While never having played at the par-72, 7,326-yard course before, Oregon is not unfamiliar with having to travel to the southeast for the regional round, as UO was the three seed at the Baton Rouge regional a season ago where Greyson Leach, Aiden Krafft and Eric Doyle were all in the lineup.

The Ducks are looking to make their third appearance at the NCAA Championships in the last four seasons. Oregon has made the championships 35 times in program history, winning the 2016 national title and finishing as runner-up in 2017.

The Ducks finished fourth in their Big Ten Championships debut last time out, combining for a 15-over 855. Greyson Leach matched his best result of the season, placing second individually with a 4-under 206. It marked the best finish at a championship meet by a Duck since Wyndham Clark medaled at the 2017 Pac-12 Championships. Jay Gould-Healy added his top result of the season, finishing even par to place tied for seventh.

THE COURSE
Dates – May 12-14
Site/Course – Auburn, Ala. / Auburn University Club
Course Information – Par 72, 7,326 yards
Live Scoring – Clippd Scoreboard

THE FIELD
No. 1 Auburn, No. 2 Texas A&M, No. 3 UCLA, No. 4 Southern Methodist, No. 5 Georgia Tech, No. 6 Oregon, No. 7 Purdue, No. 8 Little Rock, No. 9 Texas Christian, No. 10 Charleston, No. 11 New Mexico State, No. 12 Loyola Maryland, No. 13 South Carolina Upstate

THE LINEUP
1) Greyson Leach (Sr.) – Runner-up at the Bandon Dunes Championship and Big Ten Championships.
2) Aiden Krafft (Jr.) – Medaled at the Sahalee Players Championship at -4 (212).
3) Eric Doyle (Sr.) – Three top-10 finishes this season; Shot -17 at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate.
4) Ramil Saelim (Fr.) – Finished T6 at the Bandon Dunes Championship and T3 at the Duck Invitational.
5) Jay Gould-Healy (Jr.) – Two top-10 finishes, including a T7 result at the Big Ten Championships.
Sub) Jeffrey Kwak (So.) – Finished T10 at the Duck Invitational, shooting 3 under.

TEE IT UP

» Four Ducks were recognized by the Big Ten Conference when it released its postseason awards last week. Greyson Leach was named to the All-Big Ten first team while Eric Doyle and Aiden Krafft both garnered second team recognition. Ramil Saelim earned a spot on the all-freshman team as well as being recognized at the Ducks' sportsmanship honoree. Leach also earned a spot on the Big Ten all-tournament team after his runner up finish at the Big Ten Championships.

» Oregon won back-to-back events for the first time since the 2022-23 season by finishing atop the leaderboards twice in the state of Oregon, taking home the team title at both the Bandon Dunes Championship and UO's own Duck Invitational. Oregon led wire-to-wire at Bandon Dunes as Greyson Leach (2nd, -4), Aiden Krafft (4th, -1) and Ramil Saelim (T6th, +5) all finished in the top 10 individually. Saelim led the charge at Eugene Country Club, tying for third with a 7-under 206, and Eric Doyle added his third top-10 result of the season with a 5-under 208.

» Greyson Leach became just the 12th Oregon golfer to eclipse 400 career birdies since the 1993-94 season, making his 400th in the final round of the Big Ten Championships. Now sitting at 401, he needs just seven more to move into a tie for the 10th-most in program history. Eric Doyle (296) and Aiden Krafft (295) are also rapidly approaching 300 career birdies. Krafft leads all Ducks this season with a career-high 123 birdies.

» The Ducks' 284.67 scoring average in their 10 5-count-4 events this season is the third-lowest in program history. This season's tally only trails those of the 2023-24 (282.74) and 2009-10 (283.44) teams.

» Eric Doyle ended the fall and kicked off the spring with his best rounds of the season, tallying back-to-back top-five finishes. Doyle posted a career-low 199 (-17) at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate that included a 9-under 63 in the opening round, spurring a fifth-place result individually. He became just the sixth UO golfer in program history to shoot under 200 in a 54-hole tournament and the first to do so on a par-72 course, and his Day 1 score was the fifth lowest by a Duck and the second-lowest score to par.

» Aiden Krafft started his 2024-25 season off with his first collegiate victory at the Sahalee Players Championship. The junior carded a 4-under 212 over a challenging two days at Sahalee, leading the field in par-5 scoring average (4.33, -8) and tying for second in total birdies (12). The result marked both Krafft's first career top-20 and top-10 finish.

» Greyson Leach ranks fifth in program history with a 71.72 career scoring average thanks to a career-best 70.88 mark during his senior campaign. Leach leads the team with 19 rounds of par or better this season and is tied for the team lead with 14 rounds under par alongside Aiden Krafft, who sits in eighth in career scoring average with a 71.91 mark. Norman Xiong holds the Oregon team record at 69.05.

» Aiden Krafft (123), Greyson Leach (104) and Eric Doyle (100) have combined for 327 of Oregon's 522 birdies this season. The UO lineup is averaging 15.82 birdies per round heading into Auburn.

» Oregon's lineup for the Auburn Regional has combined for 13 top-10 and 18 top-20 finishes so far in the 2024-25 season. Greyson Leach leads the way with three individual top-10 results while Aiden Krafft leads the team with five top-20 results in 11 events. Ramil Saelim has finished in the top 10 in two of his six career events.