2017 Women's Golf News
The 2019 women's golf schedule started this past week and College of the Desert has taken the early lead through two rounds of Orange Empire Conference play.
The Orange Empire Conference had four individual representatives playing in the CCCAA State Championship this week at the Morro Bay Golf Course and all four golfers finished near the top of the leaderboard to represent the conference well.
All three Orange Empire Conference women's golf teams participating in the CCCAA Southern California Regional Championship failed to qualify for the CCCAA State Championship this weekend in Morro Bay. However, the top player from four OEC teams will advance to participate in the state championship as individuals.
Saddleback College swept the all-conference awards this year after capturing the 2017 Orange Empire Conference women's golf title on the first day of November.
The Saddleback College women's golf team captured the Orange Empire Conference title this week with a two-day, 36-hole team total of 679. It marked the second consecutive season that the Gauchos have taken the conference title and the first time they've captured back-to-back titles since the 2005 and 2006 seasons.
The Saddleback women's golf team claimed at least a share of the 2017 Orange Empire Conference title on Wednesday as the Gauchos won the final regular-season conference match which was played at the Arroyo Trabuco Golf Course in Mission Viejo, Saddleback's home course.
Saddleback extended its lead in the Orange Empire Conference standings this week by winning the conference match hosted by Irvine Valley at the Tustin Ranch Golf Course despite shooting a season-high score of 363.
After finishing second in the season-opening conference match, the Saddleback College women's golf team has now won three consecutive conference matches to take over the lead in the conference standings.
Saddleback freshman Brittney Do carded a 1-over-par 71 to earn medalist honors and lead her Gaucho teammates to the team title in an Orange Empire Conference match at the Costa Mesa Country Club's Mesa Linda course this week.
The 2017 Orange Empire Conference schedule got underway recently at the Royal Vista golf course in a match hosted by Fullerton College.