Chalk up a strong showing for a couple of former Valor Christian High School golfers against a very strong field in the The Goodwin tournament that ended Saturday in Stanford, Calif.
Coby Welch (pictured), a freshman for the University of Northern Colorado, finished 11th out of 126 players. That was particularly impressive given that the tournament featured 22 of the nation’s top 100 college golfers, according to Golfstat.
Welch, the CGA’s Junior Player of the Year in 2015, posted rounds of 69-74-70 for a 3-over-par 213 total at the Stanford Golf Course. He ended up seven strokes behind winner Rhett Rasmussen of Brigham Young.
It’s been a very solid freshman season for Welch, who won the Mark Simpson Invitational in September.
Meanwhile, Coloradan Wyndham Clark, another former Valor golfer and currently the top-ranked college player in the nation, ended up one stroke behind Welch, sharing 13th place at 214.
Despite the strong showing, Clark saw his streak of top-10 finishes in his senior season at Oregon end — although just barely. Clark had been 10th or better individually in each of his first eight tournaments of the season. This time around, he rebounded from a first-round 77 with a 68 and a 69. Clark was playing his 10th tournament round in 12 days.
The Goodwin
March 30-April 1, 2017 (final) in Stanford, Calif.
8. (out of 24 teams) Northern Colorado 292-295-287–874
11. Coby Welch 69-74-70–213
20. Joshua Matz 73-72-70–215
69. Li Chen 79-74-71–224
87. Andrew Romano 71-77-79–227
106. Sam Marley 79-75-76–230
15. Colorado 298-301-285–884
36. Ethan Freeman 69-77-72–218
41. Spencer Painton 75-76-68–219
63. Jeremy Paul 76-76-71–223
80. John Souza 78-74-74–226
93. Yannik Paul 78-75-75–228
17. Colorado State 292-298-297–887
46. Colton Yates 72-75-73–220
63. Jake Staiano 73-69-81–223
75. AJ Ott 72-80-73–225
87. Blake Cannon 75-75-77–227
93. Max Oelfke 75-79-74–228
Also
13. Coloradan Wyndham Clark, Oregon 77-68-69–214
69. Coloradan Cole Nygren, Cal Poly 77-72-75–224
114. Coloradan Glenn Workman, Wyoming 79-78-75–232
