2015 Men's Golf News
Riverside City College held a narrow lead over Santiago Canyon College heading into the 36-hole conference championship on Wednesday at the Los Serranos Country Club in Chino Hills, but the Tigers easily walked away with the conference title this season while the rest of teams were left seeing red.
Riverside sophomore Wes Hatton played the Oak Creek course like it was his home course, posting an even-par 71 to win medalist honors and help his Tigers win the conference match with a team score of 376 to take over first place in the conference standings.
Santiago Canyon College sophomore Byron Busse fired a 2-under par round of 70 on the Victoria Club course in Riverside on Monday to lead the Hawks to a team score of 366 and back into a share of the conference lead with just one match remaining before the conference championship event.
Santiago Canyon picked up the pace in capturing the OEC men's golf match at the Santa Ana Country Club on Wednesday (March 18) to pull within one victory of defending state champion Riverside and put a little pressure on the Tigers.
The Riverside Tigers won the latest Orange Empire Conference men's golf match which was held on the tricky Tijeras Creek Golf Club course on March 9 with a five-man team score of 371.
Riverside captured the conference match at El Prado this week with a team score of 359 to easily outdistance Santiago Canyon (375) and take over sole possession of first place in the conference standings.
Santiago Canyon posted a team score of 363 to edge past Riverside (369) and Orange Coast (377) in capturing this week's conference men's golf match hosted by Cypress and held at the Navy Course.
The 2015 Orange Empire Conference men's golf season has begun and Riverside City College is the defending state champion after taking the 2014 title on its home course.