Players to Watch
* Brett Armstrong, Mission Viejo, Sr.
* Austin Berger, San Clemente, Sr.
* Nico Bollini, Servite, So.
* Steve Conway, Santa Margarita, Jr.
* Brett Dolch, Los Alamitos, Sr.
* Ryan Dwight, Santa Margarita, Sr.
* Jeff Greenfield, Fountain Valley, Sr.
* Dave Hawkins, Santa Margarita, So.
* William Hulse, Cypress, Sr.
* Mike Kendall, Aliso Niguel, Sr.
* Candie Kung, Fountain Valley, Sr. (USC)
* Mike Lavery, Irvine, Sr. (UC Irvine)
* Alex Oh, Brea Olinda, Sr.
* James Oh, Brea Olinda, Sr.
* Scott Osterhout, Marina, Sr.
* Casey Peete, Capistrano Valley, Jr.
* Vince Poncino, Mission Viejo, Jr.
* Donald Rhee, El Toro, Sr.
* Brian Sinay, University, Jr.
* Mark Warman, San Clemente, Sr.
* Ron Won, University, Sr. (Stanford)
League Favorites
Century: Villa Park; Empire: Sunny Hills; Garden Grove: Pacifica; Golden West: Servite; Olympic: Cerritos Valley Christian; Orange: Brea Olinda; Pacific Coast: University; Sea View: Santa Margarita; South Coast: Mission Viejo; Sunset: Fountain Valley.
Key Dates
May 10, Southern Section team regionals; May 13, Southern Section team finals; May 17, Southern Section individual regionals; May 20, Southern Section individual finals; June 8, CIF/SCGA championship, SCGA Member’s Course, Murrieta.
1998 Final Poll
1. University; 2. Servite; 3. Santa Margarita; 4. San Clemente; 5. Brea Olinda; 6. Fountain Valley; 7. Huntington Beach; 8. Sunny Hills; 9. Aliso Niguel; 10. El Toro.
Notes
Candie Kung of Fountain Valley is ranked No. 1 in the Golfweek/Titleist girls’ national rankings. . . . Newport Harbor travels to Pebble Beach, Palm Springs and Maui for matches this season. . . . Ron Won was the 1998 SCPGA boys’ 16-17 year-old player of the year. . . . Orangewood Academy has a team for the first time. . . . Mater Dei and Concord de la Salle, which met in a highly publicized football game last fall, play a golf match March 22.