PREP GOLF : Placeres Walks Off With Title

Most of the top high school seniors playing in the Southern Section individual golf championship Monday already have college scholarships.

But none of them, or anyone else in the tournament, could come close to Vic Placeres, who plans to walk on at San Jose State.

Placeres, of Whittier La Serna High, shot a four-under-par 68 at Canyon Country Club and walked away with the title. No one else in the 128-player field broke par.

Dan Visosky of La Verne Damien, Ryan Klassen of Ridgecrest Burroughs and Randall Hunt of Cerritos Valley Christian each shot a 72. Visosky won a playoff for second place on the sixth extra hole. Klassen finished third.

The top 22 players, not including those who advanced with a team last week, move on to the CIF-Southern California Golf Assn. tournament June 7 in San Diego.

Placeres, two-time champion of the Del Rio League, hit 17 of 18 fairways and 16 of 18 greens in regulation. He had four birdies and no bogeys while matching the score Tiger Woods posted in winning the title on this course in 1991 and ’93.

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In the City Section championships at Rancho Park Golf Course, Darren Angel, a senior from Granada Hills, shot a three-under 68 to win his third consecutive individual championship. Angel finished with a 36-hole total of 147, good for a four-shot victory over Greg Goodfried of Birmingham.

Granada Hills finished with a two-round total of 791 to win its third consecutive team title. The Highlanders had four of the top eight individual scores.

Times staff writer Steve Elling contributed to this story.