REDLANDS, Calif. – The University of Redlands Men's Golf team is set to take part in the 2022 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Championships set to be played at Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon in Beaumont, Calif. this Sunday-Tuesday, April 24-26. The tee times for the championships are scheduled for 8:56 a.m. on Sunday and then 10:00 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday.
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The SCIAC Championships are a culmination of what will be a total of seven rounds with the final three coming at these championships after the previous four came from the first two SCIAC events.
The Bulldogs took second at the SCIAC Championships last year in an event that included the University of Redlands, Chapman University, and Cal Lutheran. Due to COVID-19, the 2020 iteration was cancelled. During the last full SCIAC Championship in 2019, La Verne claimed the team title by four shots over Redlands, notching a seven-round total of 2057. The Bulldogs finished second with 2061, while CMS was third with 2063.
This season at SCIAC No. 1, which was hosted by Cal Lutheran (CLU) and the University of La Verne (Olivas Links Golf Club), the Bulldogs tied with the Leopards for second overall after a two-round total of 589 (300-289), which included erasing a seven-stroke gap between rounds after shooting a +1 across the final 18 holes as a team. This put them nine strokes ahead of the fourth place Kingsmen, but 17 strokes behind Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS). First year Jake Yim (Lake Oswego, OR) put together an amazing two days for the Maroon and Grey during that tournament, shooting career lows with a 73 in Round 1 and then dropping two strokes in Round 2 to fire off a 71 moving him up four spots into a tie for 2nd. He finished E over the two days with a -1 on the final round.
Other top performers for the Bulldogs included Jared Stone (American Canyon, CA) who finished just outside the Top 5 dropping six strokes between the two rounds going 76-70 (+2) that put him 6th. He had one of the biggest jumps within the standings moving up 11 spots after shooting -2 over the final 18 holes.
Senior Kyle Sharp (Laguna Beach, CA) rounded out the Top 10 improving over the two days with a 75-72 (+3) that bumped him up three spots into 9th.
At SCIAC No. 2, which was hosted by Pomona-Pitzer and Whittier College at Mountain Meadows Golf Club in Pomona, Calif. the Bulldogs took third with a two-round score of 584 (290-294). 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).
Overall, through four rounds as a team, the Bulldogs (1173) are currently in second place, but find themselves back 27 strokes behind Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (1146). They do hold a nine-stroke advantage over Pomona-Pitzer (1182) and eighteen ahead of Cal Lutheran (1191) and the University of La Verne (1191).
Heading into the SCIAC Championships the University of Redlands is unranked but receiving five votes within The Golf Coaches Association of America Top-25 Poll. According to Golfstat the Maroon and Grey are ranked as the 53rd best team in Division III. Individually the top ranked Bulldog is Fambro who comes in at 70th according to Golfstat with an adjusted scoring average of 74.20.