Men’s Golf Takes 3rd at SCIAC No. 2 | Joshua Fambro wins Individual Title

image credits: Aaron Gray
image credits: Aaron Gray

POMONA, Calif. – The University of Redlands Men's Golf team put together a strong showing during the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) No. 2 Tournament, which was played at Mountain Meadows Golf Club.

The Bulldogs finished 3rd overall with scores of 290-294 (584 | +8).  After the opening round they sat in 2nd three shots out of first and a stroke in front of Pomona-Pitzer.  But after the second 18 the Sagehens would come out with a 290 to jump the Bulldogs into 2nd (581).    

Redlands did beat out Cal Lutheran University (4th – 593), Whittier College (5th | 598), the University of La Verne (6th | 602), Occidental College (7th | 604), and Chapman University (8th | 634).  

Over the two days Redlands was No. 3 in Par 3 Scoring (3.42 | +20) and Par 5 Scoring (4.73 | -13).  They were No. 4 in Par 4 Scoring (4.27 | +32), totaled 121 Pars (No. 2), 36 Birdies (No. 4) and added an Eagle, which came from Ryan Crema (Surrey, England).

Joshua Fambro (Taos, NM) put together his best two-day tournament on the year taking home the individual title after shooting rounds of 67-70 (137 | -7).  The 67 was a tournament and career low and he finished -2 across the final 18 holes to beat the next closest competitor by five strokes.  He now ranks No. 13 in the University of Redlands record books with the 67. 

Over 36 holes he collected twelve birdies, which led the field with six coming in each round.  He was also No. 2 in Par 3 Scoring (3.00 | E), No. 2 in Par 4 Scoring (4.00 | E), and capitalized on Par 5 Scoring leading the field (4.13 | -7).

Senior Kyle Sharp (Laguna Beach, CA) came in a tie for 9th after going 71-75 (146 | +3), but did finish 4th in total birdies (9).  Spencer Leader (Oakland, CA) followed in a tie for 18th and made a six-spot jump posting scores of 77-73 (150  | +6).  He was No. 3 in Par 3 Scoring (3.13 | +1) and totaled 22 pars.  Jared Stone (American Canyon, CA) was consistent over the two days leading the field in pars with 24 and finished with a 75-76 (151 | +7).  That one stroke made the difference dropping him nine spots into a tie for 21st.

Jake Yim (Lake Oswego, OR) despite shaving off four strokes between both rounds and moving up two spots into a tie for 36th was unable to shake off the opening round as he went 84-77.  The final Bulldog to score was Crema who with the Eagle shot an 80-81 (161 | +17) that put him in 43rd, dropping him eight spots.             

Redlands gears up for the SCIAC Championships set to be played from April 24-26 in Beaumont, CA at Morongo Golf Club (Tukwet Canyon).