William Yang of Cal State Dominguez Hills claimed the individual title and led the Toros to their second straight victory in the 33rd PGA WORKS Division II Men’s National Championship (formerly Minority Collegiate Championship) at PGA Golf Club https://www.pgavillage.com/golf in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Cal State Dominguez Hills won for the fourth time in the last five years.
“This week was very special,” said Coach Ron Eastman of Cal State Dominguez Hills, which won by 32 strokes over Lincoln University.
“It had a different feeling as far as what the PGA of America is doing as far as diversity and inclusion. We’re the most diverse team in our conference. It’s special for us to be here.”
The Toros finished with a score of 299-300-309—908, 48-over-par, followed by Lincoln University at 314-296-330—940, Livingstone at 306-324-340—970, Miles College at 333-330-328—991 and Fayetteville State at 331-328-333—992.
Kentucky State was sixth at 338-337-332—1007, followed by Paine at 327-351-338—1016, Saint Augustine at 336-339-347—1022, Virginia State at 336-346-350—1032 and JC Smith at 360-344-351—1055.
Yang, a senior from Chico, claimed the title with a score of 75-74-77—226, 11-over, and was followed by two Toros teammates, Andrew Banuelos at 71-77-80—228 and Andrew Fernandes, whose score of 84-70-75—229 tied for third with Michael Sutton of Livingstone, who finished at 72-75-82—229.
“I poured the last four years into every single shot and every putt today,” Yang said. “This school and team have helped make me who I am.”
Jordan Barnett of Lincoln was fifth at 81-73-78—232, followed by Stephen St. Clair of Paine at 73-81-79—233, while Christian Copen of Miles College shot 76-77-82—235 to tie for seventh with Rob Duff of Kentucky State, who finished at 80-82-73—235, and Logan Sessoms of Fayetteville State, who wound up at 82-79-74—235.
Raynard Belmonte of Cal State Dominguez Hills carded as core of 73-80-83—236 to tie for 10th with teammate Dylan Hall, who finished at 80-79-77—236, and Gabe Trowbridge of Lincoln, who came in at 78-71-87—236.
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