Colorado School of Mines Takes Home 2018 RMAC Men's Golf Championship Title
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CHANDLER, Ariz. – Colorado School of Mines wins the 2018 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Men’s Golf Championship title on Tuesday at the Ocotillo Golf Resort in Chandler, Arizona. The Orediggers scored a three-round total team score of 839 (-13) to secure the title by one point.
THE CHAMPIONS
Heading into the third and final round of the RMAC Championship Regis, CSU-Pueblo and Colorado School of Mines were within one point of each other. As the victory came down to the final hole, the Orediggers prevailed shooting team scores of 276, 285, and 278.
CSM was led by George Markham who placed second with a total score of 203 (-10) having shot 67, 68, and 68. Teammate Tim Amundson tied for fifth overall with 209 (-4). With the win, the Orediggers recieve the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
UCCS’ Colin Prater won the individual title for the second-consecutive year. Prater shot 63, 69, 67 going 14 under par for a total score of 199.
TEAM & INDIVIDUAL FINISHES
Regis finished second overall with a total team score of 840. The Rangers were led by Tyler Zhang’s tied for third-place finish. Zhang went five under par for a three-round score of 208. Nicholas Tenuta tied for seventh with three under par and a total score of 210.
CSU-Pueblo finished in third with a total score of 846 (-6). The Pack was tied for first heading into the third and final round. The team was lead by Neil Tillman’s three-round score of 209 (-4). Tillman tied for fifth with Regis’ Zhang. Nathan McCann tied for seventh with 210 (-3).
UCCS placed fourth overall with 849 (-3). Aside from Prater’s first place finish, teammate Jack Duguid tied for third in the individual standings. Duguid scored 68-71-69 for a total score of 208 (-5). Teammate Tanner Comes finished tied for 14
th going one over par for a three-round score of 214.
Colorado Chrisitan placed fifth with 860 (+8). The Cougars were led by Noah Woolsey and Chase Carlson. Both Woolsey and Carlson tied for ninth with a 211 total score (-2).
Fort Lewis, Colorado Mesa and South Dakota Mines finished sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively.
Westminster was ineligible to compete as a team due to their NCAA provisional status. In the individual standings, the Griffins were led by Alex DeBry. DeBry tied for 21
st place with a score of 219 (+6).
Top Five Medalists
1. Colin Prater, UCCS
2. George Markham, CSM
T3. Jack Duguid, UCCS
T3. Tyler Zhang, RU
T5. Tim Amundson, CSM
T5. Neil Tillman, CSUP