Men's Golf 4/24/2019 2:49:48 PM

Heetae Yang Leads Holy Names To School's First PacWest Title

LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. -- Holy Names won its first PacWest title in school history, taking the 2019 PacWest Men's Golf Championships title with a score of 15-over-par 879, and Heetae Yang won the individual title on Wednesday at the Wigwam Golf Club.

FINAL RESULTS

Dominican was on top of the leaderboard for the first two rounds and much of the third round, but the Hawks finished strong to, taking the lead in the final three rounds to win the title. Holy Names finished the third round at 2-over-par 290, and Yang got a birdie on hole 17 plus a par on hole 18 to secure the title. Yang had six birdies on the day, including three in a row on the back nine to finish at 4-under-par 68, which is one of the top-20 rounds in tournament history.

Academy of Art finished in a tie for second place with Dominican. The Urban Knights led the final round with a 3-under-par 285 on Wednesday, getting as close as within two strokes of the final before finishing at 18-over-par 882. Gabriel Manotoc and Otto Homruen finished in a tie for second place at an even-par 216 over three rounds.

Dominican was led by Nick Rivera, who finished in a tie for seventh place with a 3-over-par 219. Brandon Brame had an eagle for Dominican on his first hole of the day and he tied for the best score in the third round for the Penguins with Matt Fry at 1-over-par 73.

Hawai`i Hilo took fourth place at 21-over-par 885 for the entire tournament. Andrew Otani was the tournament leader midway through the third round and finished in a tie for fourth place with Caleb Keohokapu from Notre Dame de Namur. Keohokapu was tied for first place after the first round and was in and out of first place several times throughout play on Wednesday.

Hawai`i Pacific was led by Chad Vander Dussen, who finished under par on Wednesday for a three-day score of 2-over-par 218 to take sixth place. Hawai`i Hilo's Jared Kinoshita finished a shot behind in a tie for seventh place after shooting the second-best third round at 2-under-par 70. Biola was led by Austin Bishop in the school's final men's golf tournament. The senior finished inside the top 10 with a three-day score of 4-over-par 220, tying for ninth place with Fry.

The West Region qualifiers for the postseason will be announced later. Holy Names has the conference's automatic bid, and the Hawks took third place in the super regional last year.