On Monday, the Holy Names University Hawks clinched the 2008-2009 California Pacific Conference men's golf championship. The Hawks came in second to CSU East Bay but still won the overall championship by six points over the Pioneers. The California Pacific Conference golf tournaments were applied a point system this season with first place taking ten points, second place taking seven points, third place taking five points, fourth place taking four points, fifth place taking three points, sixth place taking two points and last place taking one point, respectively.
Holy Names won four out of the seven league tournaments that were held; the first coming in October at the CSU Maritime Invitational in Vallejo. The other tournaments that they won were the William Jessup Invitational and the Menlo Invitational. The fourth tournament, the Holy Names Invitational, the Hawks came in second overall, but won the league portion of the event for ten points. Second place CSU East Bay won three tournaments, including the Dominican Invitational, the Simpson Invitational, which concluded on Monday, and their own invitational earlier this year.
As follows are the final conference standings for the 2008-2009 golf season:
Holy Names University 61 points
CSU East Bay 55 points
Simpson University 34 points
William Jessup University 28 points
Dominican University 23 points
Menlo College 13 points
CSU Maritime 3 points
Holy Names University will go onto the NAIA National Championship in Silvis, Illinois at TPC Deere Run. TPC Deere Run is the annual host of the John Deere Classic, which is a part of the annual FedEx Cup schedule.