VENTURA, CA- Cypress men's golf traveled to Ventura for the CCCAA Southern California Regional at Olivas Links GC on Monday, May 9th. The Chargers were able to squeak past the Saddleback Bobcats with a combined score of 733 to claim the Southern California crown.
The ten-team tournament ended how much of the Cypress golf season has gone so far - the Chargers and Bobcats fighting for first place. Saddleback's Arthur Hess and Ventura's Nick Burns carded the lowest scores of the day as they both finished with a 67 in round one of the tournament. Cypress was led by Bryan Urip who finished with a 69 in round two and led the team with a combined score of 142. The All-SoCal Team was made up of the six athletes with the lowest combined scores between the two rounds. The results are below:
2022 All-SoCal Team
- Hugo Amsallem, Canyons 137
- Nick Burns, Ventura 140
- Bryan Urip, Cypress 142
- Denis Watson, Saddleback 143
- Steen Zeman, Ventura 143
- John Dearth, Citrus 144
The Chargers were the most well rounded team in the tournament as no player shot above a 154 (77 average). 154 proved to be the magic number as the SoCal Championship came down to a tie breaker between the 6th man's score due to Cypress and Saddleback both finishing with 733 total strokes. The full results can be seen below:
| 1. | Cypress* | 365 | 368 | 733 | |
| 2. | Saddleback | 362 | 371 | 733 | |
| 3. | College of the Canyons | 363 | 371 | 734 | |
| 4. | Ventura | 367 | 375 | 742 | |
| 5. | College of the Desert | 376 | 370 | 746 | |
| 6. | Orange Coast | 380 | 385 | 765 | |
| 7. | Mt. San Antonio | 382 | 392 | 774 | |
| 8. | Glendale | 391 | 385 | 776 | |
| 9. | Citrus | 387 | 391 | 778 | |
| 10. | Riverside City | 393 | 385 | 778 | |
| * - Cypress wins based on 6th man's score | |||||
Head Coach Dana Bedard said, "We our very happy with the result and the SoCal Regional Championship, but we all know the big prize is right around the corner. We want that state championship and our team has been focused on that trophy since the very beginning."
UP NEXT: Coach Bedard and Cypress men's golf will make the trip to the Soboba Hot Spring GC on Monday, May 16th for the 36-hole State Championship. Cypress golf is the last team to bring home a team state championship (2019) and will look to repeat that feat in 2022.
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