COD Men’s Golf grabs 8th place finish at Beaumont

COD Men's Golf participated in their third event of the 2018 season at the annual Mt. San Jacinto Classic, as the team finished 8th out of 16 teams.

The Roadrunners sent six participants to its third event, which was hosted at the Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon - Champions Course in Beaumont.

This tournament really brought out the heavy hitters, as the 2017 CCCAA State Finals runner-up Cypress Chargers, along with the entire Orange Empire and most of the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference. Desert would finish with 390 points, just 13 strokes back of winner, Orange Coast.

Sophomore Tyler Smith (Palm Desert H.S.) led the way for the Roadrunners as he shot a strong four-over 76 on the day.

There was a Desert log jam for second place on the team as three players hit a six-over 78. Freshman Mitchel McComber (Redlands Citrus Valley), sophomore Steven Wang (Taipei (TW) Municipal Nei-Hu Senior) and freshman Nicklaus Marshall (Bermuda Dunes) all put in a solid effort on the course, this was Marshall's first event of 2018.

Freshman Joseph Bogaert (Ghent (BE) Sint-Barbara College) shot an 8-over 80 and freshman Clement Heurtin (Nantes (FR) NDTA) wrapped up the top six for the Roadrunners with a 12-over 84.

COD will make their next appearance at Victoria Country Club in Riverside on Monday, February 26 as they participate in the Riverside City Invitational.

Information, Photos & Story provided by COD Sports Information.