CIF/SCGA BOYS' GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP: YOUTH MOVEMENT CONTINUES; WILCOX TOPS AREA CONTINGENT.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer MURRIETA - It was a show of youth again in the CIF/SCGA boys' golf championship Tuesday - at the top of the leaderboard lead·er·board n. A board that displays the leaders in a competition. leaderboard Noun a board displaying the current scores of the leading competitors, esp in a golf tournament and throughout the front end of an 11-player area contingent in the season-ending high school event at SCGA SCGA Southern California Golf Association SCGA Software Carrier Group Alarm Golf Course. Junior Daniel Im of La Mirada La Mirada (lä mĭrä`də), city (1990 pop. 40,452), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1960. La Mirada derives from the Spanish for "the view," referring to the panoramic view of the surrounding valleys from atop the city's hills. won the individual title at 6-under-par 66, and nonseniors turned in the top five area scores at the Robert Trent Jones See: American TV writer Trent Jones Robert Trent Jones, Sr. (June 20, 1906 – June 14, 2000) was a golf course architect who designed (or re-designed) about 500 golf courses in at least 40 US states and 35 other countries all around the world. Sr.-designed SCGA layout, which played to a par of 72 and 6,702 yards for the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, high school final. Camarillo junior Colin Wilcox, a U.S. Junior Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Biennial team golf event first held in 1927. It was originally played between teams of golfers from the U.S. and Britain; since 1979 players opposing the U.S. have been chosen from all of Europe. The trophy was donated by the British seed merchant Samuel Ryder. team member and Daily News Co-Player of the Year last season, topped area entries with a round of 73 that included three back-nine birdies. He tied for 25th place. Sophomores Andrew Ok of Granada Hills (75) and Brett Kanda of Flintridge Prep of La Canada (76), freshman Andrew Lepore of North Hollywood (76) and Granada Hills junior Scott Hoch (77) had the next-best area scores on a day 16 players shot under par. Ryan Marsh, a senior at El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
Area juniors and CIF/SCGA qualifiers Brandon Christianson of Valencia, fourth in the Southern Section final, and Erik Tobak of Taft of Woodland Hills, third in the City Section final, both withdrew before Tuesday's competition. Im's individual title marked the end of a 31-hour, 54-hole marathon for the 18-year-old golfer. He played 36 holes in a U.S. Open Sectional qualifier Monday at El Caballero cab·al·le·ro n. pl. cab·al·le·ros 1. A Spanish gentleman; a cavalier. 2. A man who is skilled in riding and managing horses; a horseman. Country Club in Tarzana, where he included four birdies and an eagle in a 75-77-152 effort but also made eight bogeys and two double bogeys and finished tied for 59th. ``I just played terrible,'' Im said. But he shook that off and overcame fatigue Tuesday with the help of a course he said was both easier and one he was familiar with, recording six birdies in a bogeyless round that won by three strokes over Kevin Chappel of Buchanan of Central California. ``(Monday) was tough,'' Im said. ``The golf course was way harder than this one. When I came out here (Tuesday), I knew this golf course pretty well because I'd played here a couple of times, so I tried my best.'' Torrey Pines had six rounds of 78 or better to win the team title by four strokes over Cerritos and La Costa Canyon (both 370) in the half-state championship, which included the top teams and individuals from the Southern, San Diego, Central and Los Angeles City sections of the California Interscholastic Federation The California Interscholastic Federation (abbreviated CIF) is the governing body for high school sports in the state of California. It mirrors similar governing bodies in other states; however, it differs from others in that it covers most high schools in the state of . The CIF/SCGA championship has been as far as Southern California teams and individuals could go in postseason competition since the state championship was discontinued in 1981. But statewide competition will resume next year, with three teams and six individuals from Northern and Southern California qualifying, CIF/SCGA official Dean Crowley announced Tuesday. Albert Lee, the Fairfax of Los Angeles sophomore who won the City Section individual title, shot 71 to top City entries at CIF/SCGA. |
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