Hitting the Greens
The South Mountain Community College men’s golf team, led by coach Jake Harrington, has proven itself to be one of the best in the west.
The Cougars have won six out of the last seven Region 1 tournaments and placed second in the 2007 NJCAA national tournament.
This years team is expected to have even better results with five Sophomores returning from last year's National Runner-Up team, and a strong Freshman class who is out to prove that they are the best in the nation.
The team competes in tournaments in February, March, and April, with Regional and National Championships occuring in May.
Check back frequently for updated news, schedules and special events. We look forward to seeing you on the course.
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Jake Harrington
Head Coach
602.243.8240 Office
602.750.8272 Cell
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March 31, 2008
South Mountain takes 2nd at John A. Logan Tournament
Marion, Illinois---The Men’s Golf Team traveled to Illinois this past weekend and finished 2nd place in a 12 team field (featuring 3 other teams ranked in the top 10 in the nation) only 5 shots off the pace of the host team John A. Logan College and 5 ahead of the next closest team Indian Hills CC. Sundays opening round was met with rain and thunder storms as the team arrived at Kokopelli Golf Club causing a 4 ½ hour delay to the start the day. After a long wait the Cougars showed that they belonged shooting a 306 opening round, just 3 behind JALC who has never lost their invitational at Kokopelli. SMCC was also the only team not to have a player shoot in the 80”s. “I told the team before the round that we need to put ourselves in position to win the tournament, and that is exactly what they did.” said Coach Harrington. More 
03/25/08
Cougars Get Edged Out at Gateway Invitational
Phoenix, Arizona—After a promising first round lead, the Cougar men’s golf team comes back with a strong second day performance, matching their 2-under team total from day 1, leaving them 4-under for the tournament. However, Mesa CC and Scottsdale CC had the hot sticks on day 2 posting 9-under and 8-under respectively to edge out the Cougars. Sophomore Nic Banfield carded 69 the final day to lead South Mountain. Adam Winwood continued to ride his newly found confidence to a 2-under par final round 70, birdying 2 of his final 3 holes, which was good enough to put him in 2nd place individually at 5-under par for the tournament.
Other notable Cougars were Scott Brace 72-72-144, Nic Banfield 77-69-146, Keenan Holt 72-75-147, and Chace Nathe 73-75-148.
03/24/08
Cougars Lead After 1st Round
Phoenix, Arizona--The Cougars run out to 1st round lead at the Gateway Invitational at Papago Golf Course by posting a 2-under 286 putting them 1-shot ahead of Scottsdale CC and 2-shots ahead of Mesa CC. Leading the way for SMCC is Freshman Adam Winwood carding an opening round 69 in his first college tournament. The Cougars played consistent all around with Scott Brace and Keenan Holt shooting even par 72, and Chace Nathe carding a 1-0ver 73.
March 21, 2008
Men's Golf Update
By Jim Richards
No.2--With a Bullet!
The SMCC men’s golf team doesn’t appear to have let up a bit despite the losses of several players off last year’s NJCAA Division II national runner-up squad and its head coach. First-year coach Jake Harrington has the Cougars ranked second in the nation (golfstat.com/ JUCO-Division II) with an exciting ACCAC race under way and another expected in 2009 with several elite high school golfers already committed. “We’re just building every year,” said Harrington, a former Cougar golfer. “We trying to stay in the top five in the nation every year.”
In four ACCAC tournaments thus far, the Cougars have a first place finish, a second and two thirds. The top feather in their caps thus far was the team victory at the Paradise Valley CC tournament March 4 at the Golf Club of Estrella, where the Cougars toppled even No.1-ranked (Division I) Scottsdale CC by five strokes behind Nic Banfield’s two-round score of 148 with teammates Cody Patterson (150) and Scott Brace (151) not far behind. More
March 7, 2008
Men’s golf comes from 9-shots back to capture title at Paradise Valley Invitational
Goodyear, Arizona--- The South Mountain Community College Cougar men’s golf team continued conference play March 3rd-4th at the Golf Club of Estrella in the Paradise Valley Invitational. The Cougars played good golf in severely windy conditions Monday afternoon, however, only two of their 6 players were able to finish before dark fell over the course. This forced 4 of SMCC’s players to finish the opening round early in the morning before they competed in the final round Tuesday afternoon.
After Round 1 completed Tuesday morning, Chandler-Gilbert had a commanding lead at 298, followed by Scottsdale and Mesa at 306, and South Mountain at 307. Although the lead was big, South Mountain knew they had the potential and talent to overcome the gap even though they were trailing three strong colleges including Scottsdale Community College, last years NJCAA Division I National Champions. More
Feb 19, 2008
Men's Golf Update
RIO RICO, AZ – South Mountain’s Men’s Golf Team started conference play this past weekend at Rio Rico Resort, in the Pima Community College Invitational. The Cougars played steady golf both days battling windy conditions the first day firing 290 with a second place finish firing 290 the first day followed by the low team score the second day of 289 which was good enough to land them in 2nd place, 9 shots clear of Mesa Community College and just behind Scottsdale Community College. More
Feb 14, 2008
Chace Nathe finishes tied for 3rd at Cactus Thaw
Silver City, NM---South Mountain Freshman Chace Nathe carded rounds of 73 71 at Silver City Golf Course this past weekend to finish tied for 3rd with Ben Lange of Scottsdale C.C. and Greg Pool of Western New Mexico University. More
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