Palm Desert High golf cruises to CIF-SS Division 1 title by nine strokes
The Palm Desert boys' golf team has high aspirations this season and completed phase one of their postseason plan Monday, picking up the CIF-SS Division 1 title with relative ease at Bear Creek Golf Club in Murrieta.
The Aztecs shot a team total of 363 in the six-play-five-count format, which was nine strokes better than runner-up San Marcos.
It's Palm Desert's sixth CIF-SS boys' golf title. They also earned that honor in 1992, 1993, 1998, 2017 and 2019.
The Aztecs have a lot of young talent, but on this day it was senior Mason Montogmery who turned in his best round with a 3-under-par 69, one stroke away from bringing home the individual title which went to Shaoujun Stephen Luo of Anaheim Discovery Christian with a 68.
Behind Montgomery for the Aztecs was Luke Ringkamp and Austin Woods who both fired a 70, tying for third place overall. Max Margolis added a 75 and twins Landon and Caden Breisch both shot 79, one of which counted and one of which was the score that went unused.
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Margolis and Landon Breisch logged some frequent flyer miles, taking a red-eye flight from Pennsylvania where they played in the USGA Four-Ball Championship, a national championship they qualified for last October, to make it to Monday's competition.
Palm Desert and all of the top 10 teams from this event advanced to Thursday's CIF-SS individual championship and team CIF-SCGA qualifier at Temecula Creek Golf Club.
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Champions! Palm Desert High golf cruises to CIF-SS Division 1 title
