GOLFERS GET SHOT AT TITLE COURSE.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer First-place College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. and the rest of the Western State Conference golf teams will get a test run Monday on the course that will be used for the state community college men's championship. Coach Gary Peterson's Cougars, coming off a sweep of the fifth WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) tournament of the season, will take a 26-4 conference record to SCGA SCGA Southern California Golf Association SCGA Software Carrier Group Alarm Golf Course in Murrieta, the site of the May 8 state championship. Canyons and the rest of the conference teams are playing the SCGA course to take advantage of the WSC's neutral-site week for the sixth WSC tournament. Phil Martinez, who in his senior year helped Granada Hills High win the eighth of its nine City Section titles, led Canyons' conference sweep Monday on the Cougars' home course, TPC (Transaction Processing Performance Council, San Francisco, CA, www.tpc.org) An organization devoted to benchmarking transaction processing systems. In order to derive the number of transactions that can be processed in a given time frame, TPC benchmarks measure the total performance of Valencia. Martinez shot 72 for tournament medalist honors, followed by Riley Marshall (74), Kyle Marshall (76), Joe Greiner (77) and Damian Yi (77), as Canyons totaled 376 to hold off runner-up Moorpark by four strokes. Canyons entered the competition at TPC Valencia tied with Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. for the conference lead and finished the day with a three-win lead as Santa Barbara (23-7) placed fourth at 390, behind a 383 compiled by Hancock of Santa Maria Santa Maria, city, Brazil Santa Maria (sän`tə mərē`ə), city (1991 pop. 217,592), Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil. It is a major railroad terminus and the site of an important military base. . Ventura (399), Bakersfield (400) and Citrus (401) completed the team scoring. Martinez was the second tournament medalist in three weeks for the Cougars, following Edgar Reyes, who led Canyons to the title in the Citrus Invitational at Glendora Country Club - the third invitational championship of the year for Peterson's team. "I think we're down to eight golfers," Peterson said. "On any given day, any one of them can be low. It's good, because they're all beating each other up." The Cougars have plenty of experience, as only Reyes and Greiner are freshmen, and Peterson is guardedly optimistic about another strong postseason by his program, which has produced three state champions. "I think we'll be OK," he said, "but Santa Barbara is good, and Moorpark (in third place at 16-14) is coming on, so we'll see what happens." Moorpark is host school for the conference finals, scheduled for April 24 at Lost Canyons Golf Club in Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. . 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, finals are scheduled for the following week - May 1 at Santa Maria Country Club - with the top four finishers advancing to the state tournament. --Rain makeup: The second Foothill League tournament of the season, rained out Tuesday at Elkins Ranch Golf Course in Fillmore, was rescheduled for Friday at Wilson Golf Course in Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. . Valencia (385), Hart (394) and Burroughs of Burbank (402) took the top three spots in the first league tournament, played March 21 at De Bell Golf Course in Burbank. Valencia freshman Max Homa was medalist, at even-par 71. Saugus, fourth at 424 in the opener, also is expected to contend for one of three postseason berths, determined in five six-team tournaments. The remaining team tournaments are scheduled for April 18 at Hansen Dam Golf Course in Pacoima, April 25 at Encino Golf Course and May 3 at Harding Golf Course at Griffith Park. The league final for individuals is scheduled for May 4 at Griffith Park's Wilson Golf Course. dave.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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