At one point Monday, Oregon sophomore Aaron Wise was 8 under overall and four shots ahead of anyone else in the field as he played his fourth round at the NCAA Championships on Eugene Country Club. A double bogey at No. 12 brought Wise back to even for the day. Four holes later, his tee shot at the par-3 16th found water. His golf ball was wet, but his lead had evaporated, as Wise moved to No. 17 at 4 under for the tournament and tied for the lead. Wise proceeded to birdie the par-4 17th, rolling in a putt of about 12 feet to put the final flourish on a 1-over round of 71. That left him 5 under for the tournament, good enough to make Wise the individual national champion by two strokes over Rico Hoey of Southern California.
