Golf: Richland High's McCullough flirts with Canyon Lakes course record
Richland High’s Drew McCullough was hotter than the spring weather Wednesday.
McCullough fired a 9-under-par 63 at the Canyon Lakes Invitational in Kennewick, flirting with the course record throughout his round.
The course record is 61, and he pulled within a stroke of that on the par 5 15th after a birdie, but couldn’t quite reach the record.
His blistering round was good enough for first place, as Southridge’s Nick Mandell took second at 68.
Richland won the event with a 279 — which is 9-under as a group — setting the record for low round in the four-year history of the event. Hanford took second at 302 and Southridge third at 316.
McCullough started his day by driving the par-4 first hole and making a 25-foot eagle putt. He continued his strong play throughout, holding off Mandell who recorded a double-bogey on No. 18 to finish 4-under.
Richland’s Hunter Thompson and Hanford’s Tanner Martin tied for third place at 69.
Canyon Lakes Golf Course (par 72)
Team scores—1. Richland, 279; 2. Hanford, 302; 3. Southridge, 316; 4. Moses Lake, 329; 5. Wenatchee, 335; 6. Walla Walla, 339; 7. Kamiakin, 345; 8. Eastmont, 346; 9. East Valley, 349; 10. Hermiston, 354
11. Kennewiick, 375; 12. Chiawana, 380; 13. Prosser, 383; 14. Othello, 416.
Top 10—1. Drew McCullough, Richland, 63; 2. Nick Mandell, Southridge, 68; t 3. Hunter Thompson, Richland, 69; and Tanner Martin, Hanford, 69; 5. Jeffrey Marcum, Richland, 72; t 6. Zach Betzsold, Hanford, 75; and Brenden Cox, Moses Lake, 75; and Jeremiah Mason, Richland, 75; t9. Taylor Gant, Prosser, 77; and Garrett Neswick, Southridge, 77.
Chiawana—Levi Dronen, 90; Grant Barker, 86; Tyler Boles, 105; Ben Woodward, 100; Kyler Mangus, 104. Hanford—Tanner Martin, 69; Eric Dahl, 78; Zach Betzsold, 75; Thomas Hannu, 81; Josh Garza, 80. Hermiston—JD Thacker, 85; Keegan Crafton, 84; Zac Adams, 84; Noah Engelbrecht, 101. Kamiakin—Shae Gurney, 82; Ty Mashaw, 89; Colton Powers, 85; Brunson Craythorn, 89; Kyle Morgan, 100. Kennewick—Brady Sanders, 85; Roger Alvarado, 96; Preston Van Winkle, 91; Jenner Beauchamp, 103; Seth Gorham, 109. Othello—Tyler Amoruso, 91; Caiden Hall, 108; Ethan Towle, 108; Eric Taylor, 113; RJ Garza, 109. Pasco—Daniel Haug, 81; Ryan Rickman, 107; Jordan Brown, 141. Prosser—Taylor Gant, 77; Devon Murray, 93; CJ Hawley, 103; Anthony Underwood, 110; Ky Swift, 112. Richland—Drew McCullough, 63; Hunter Thompson, 69; Jeffrey Marcum, 72; Jeremiah Mason, 75; Evan Hattori, 88. Southridge—Nick Mandell, 68; Garrett Neswick, 77; Austin Brown, 80; Kenny Miller, 91; Ryan Thomas, 91. Walla Walla—Dean Atkinson, 80; Nick Atwood, 78; Konor Clark, 90; Troy Aguilar, 91; Tyler Morrison, 91
This story was originally published March 27, 2013 at 11:03 PM with the headline "Golf: Richland High's McCullough flirts with Canyon Lakes course record."