Richmond's Diego San Pedro Signs With OSU Beavers
Richmond, B.C.'s Diego San Pedro, Seen Here Holding The 2014 BC Juvenile Boys Championship Trophy, Has Signed A National Letter Of Intent To Join The Oregon State Men's Golf Team Program For The 2016-17 Season - Image Courtesy Richmond-News.com
via OSU Beavers website
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State men’s golf head coach Jon Reehoorn has announced that three student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to join the program for the 2016-17 season.
The class includes Kyosuke Hara from Honolulu, Hawai’i, Shawn Lu, from Honolulu, Hawai’i and Diego San Pedro from Richmond, British Columbia.
“One question I’m often asked is what do I look for in recruits,” Reehoorn said. “A key factor or maybe predictor of success at the college level is how they finish in junior events on what I know to be a difficult course. Last summer, Shawn, Kyosuke, and Diego all finished inside the top 15 at the Junior Americas Cup at Shaugnessy Golf Club in Vancouver, British Columbia.
“Shaugnessy Golf Club is a tremendously difficult course, which has played host to the PGA TOUR’s Canadian Open. In winning the event, Shawn was the only player to finish under-par for three rounds. At the beginning of next year, 10 of the top 20 players in this event will be on a Pac-12 roster.
“As freshmen, these three young men will add great depth to a team next fall returning almost everyone. But I know they aren’t looking to add just depth. They expect to help us compete at a high level immediately and I wouldn’t be surprised to find all three of them in our starting lineup in the same event at some point next year.
“Diego, Kyosuke, and Shawn will bring a passion for the game of golf, competitive nature, and most importantly a love for Oregon State. After visiting campus last year, each of them quickly knew Oregon State was a place they could call home for four years. Just as important as identifying individuals who we believe can help us compete at the Pac-12 is finding individuals who fit who we are culturally and are excited about what we can accomplish at Oregon State.”
Diego San Pedro
San Pedro is the No. 1 ranked 2016 player in British Columbia by the Junior Golf Scoreboard. In 2015 he finished seventh at both the B.C. Junior Boys Championship and CN Pacific Future Links Championship, eighth at the Western States Junior Players Cup and 14th at the Canadian Junior Championship.
In 2014 San Pedro won the B.C. Juvenile Boys Championship and finished second at the FCG National Tour Fall Championship. He also placed sixth at the San Diego Junior Amateur and tied for 15th at the Junior America’s Cup.
Jon Reehoorn (OSU Men's Golf Head Coach) on Diego San Pedro: “Diego is the kind of person you meet and want to spend more time with. When talking with people about Diego during the recruiting process it was easy to recognize just how much people truly like him. As a golfer Diego has a very strong overall game.
“Each time I watched Diego play a tournament the last few months something different about his game stood out to me. He is a very good iron player who also has a very solid short game, and has a tight miss pattern off the tee. All of these things add up to someone who I hope will develop into a very consistent player who can be counted on to post solid rounds each time he tees it up.”
Kyosuke Hara
Hara is the 59th ranked player in the class of 2016 according to the National Junior Golf Scoreboard. He qualified for the US Junior Amateur, the IMG Junior World Championships and the PGA Junior Championship, and represented Hawaii at the Junior America’s Cup.
He finished in a tie for 16th place at the IMG Junior World Championships and tied for second at the Hawai’i State High School Golf Championships. Hara advanced to the Round of 16 at the USGA Four Ball Championship, where he made the first hole-in-one in the history of the tournament, and helped Team Hawai’i win the title at the 2014 Junior Americas Cup.
Shawn Lu
Lu won the 2015 Hawai’i State Amateur Championship by six shots and finished seventh at the AJGA Under Armour/Hunter Mahan Championship that same year.
In 2014 he claimed medalist honors at the AJGA Preseason Junior and Junior America’s Cup. Along with Hara, he helped Team Hawai’i win the title at the 2014 Junior Americas Cup.