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Well Oregon actually outplayed us on the back nine, but the massive front nine leads were too much to overcome. At the turn I thought we were going to run them off the course.

No comment about turtling?   The Stanford players with big leads were playing quite conservatively, playing for ties.
I would say Oregon scored better than Stanford on the back nine, not outplayed.  The aim for the team is to win, not win big.

The announcers talked a lot how Oregon was letting Stanford win the early holes with pars.  Not much pressure on us in the front nine.  And Seay and Krauter made just about every putt that mattered.

Oregon played really nervous on the front nine. I think Stanford won somewhere around 15 holes making par, which is a pretty high number. Once they settled in on the back nine they played much better, and I'd argue they played better than Stanford down the stretch but it wasn't enough to overcome the leads that Zhang, Seay and especially Krauter built up on the front nine. Krauter was 6 up through 8 holes!

[winflop]

Well Oregon actually outplayed us on the back nine, but the massive front nine leads were too much to overcome. At the turn I thought we were going to run them off the course.

No comment about turtling?   The Stanford players with big leads were playing quite conservatively, playing for ties.
I would say Oregon scored better than Stanford on the back nine, not outplayed.  The aim for the team is to win, not win big.

The announcers talked a lot how Oregon was letting Stanford win the early holes with pars.  Not much pressure on us in the front nine.  And Seay and Krauter made just about every putt that mattered.

Oregon played really nervous on the front nine. I think Stanford won somewhere around 15 holes making par, which is a pretty high number. Once they settled in on the back nine they played much better, and I'd argue they played better than Stanford down the stretch but it wasn't enough to overcome the leads that Zhang, Seay and especially Krauter built up on the front nine. Krauter was 6 up through 8 holes!