Men's golf places fifth at SCIAC Championships

BEAUMONT, Calif. – The Chapman University men's golf team placed fifth in the eight-team SCIAC Men's Championship at Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont this week. The Panthers shot a 964 over three rounds Sunday through Tuesday, finishing 61 strokes back of winner Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. Chapman went into the tournament as the No. 5 seed and ranked No. 28 in Division III.

In his final tournament as a Panther, senior Rohan Bahri was one the team's top two golfers, finished tied for 19th by carding a 241 (81-78-82) on the par-72 course. Bahri finished with 27 pars over the three days, and earned his seventh top-20 finish of his senior campaign.

Junior Steven Meyer also finished tied for 19th (79-83-79). Over the course of the 46-man tournament, Meyer fired off six birdies, which was good enough for a 10th-place tie with seven other golfers including junior teammate Giovanni Chiappano, who finished tied for 33rd with a 249 (75-81-93). Chiappano had the single best round for the Panthers over the three-day event, shooting a 75 (3-over) on Sunday.

Senior Josh Hurst shot a 79 and a 78 on the first two days respectively, but as the wind swirled throughout the final round at Oak Valley, Hurst shot a 90 to give him a 247 final score and a 30th place finish in his final match as a Panther. Freshman Bryan Wise placed just ahead of Hurst with a three-round total 246 (79-80-87).

The Panthers finished the season in fifth place in the SCIAC final standings and No. 34 in the NCAA Division III rankings according to Golfstat.com.

by Michael Schwartz
Sports Information Intern

Results: https://chapman.prestosports.com/sports/mgolf/2013-14/files/SCIAC_mens_champs.pdf

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