Cal Pac News
Wed, Apr 29, 2009 - [Men's Golf]

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.  
 
 
 
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