South Mountain wins eighth NJCAA Div. II men's golf national championship
South Mountain Community College won its eighth NJCAA Div. II men’s golf championship Friday at Twin Hills Golf and Country Club in Joplin, Missouri.
The Cougars finished strong, posting a 5-over team score on the final day to finish at 31 over. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and Tyler Junior College finished tied for second at 50 over. Parkland College was fourth at 56 over, Kirkwood CC was fifth at 59 over and Glendale Community College came in sixth at 60 over.
South Mountain last won the national title in 2019. There was no championship in 2020 due the COVID pandemic. In 2021, the Cougars finished second. SMCC also took home the trophy in 2004, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016.
South Mountain's Cecil Belisle led the way for the Cougars. He posted scores of 71-71-72-74 to win medalist honors at even par. Matthew Creighton of Glendale Community College shot 69-73-73-78 to finish tied for fourth.
Ottawa AZ finishes fifth
Ottawa University AZ finished fifth at the 2022 NAIA Men's Golf Championships at TPC at Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. Ottawa shot 13 over on the final day to finish at 21 over, two shots back of fourth-place Houston-Victoria.
Keiser University won the title at 6 under, followed by Dalton State at 3 under. Every other team in the 17-team field finished above par.
Ottawa's top individual finisher was Byron Evans, who tied for 13th at 1 over. Trevor Lewis of Embry-Riddle in Prescott finished tied for seventh at 3 under.
Mueller misses cut at PGA Championship
Grand Canyon University Director of Golf Jesse Mueller opened his week at the 2022 PGA Championship with a hole-out eagle on the 10th hole, his first hole of the tournament.
With his wife Jessie working as his caddie, Mueller went on to shoot a 2-over 72 in the first round at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A second-round 78 in blustery conditions doomed his chances of making the cut as he finished at 10-over, but, he did tie for second among the 20 PGA Professionals in the 156-player field in the second major championship of the season.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: South Mountain wins NJCAA Div. II men's golf national championship
