April 01, 2025

PCM boys golf team battles tough conditions at Des Moines Christian Invitational

Mustangs finish sixth at Bondurant-Farrar

By Troy Hyde

PCM junior Grant Van Veen, right, led the Mustangs at Bondurant-Farrar on Monday and at Des Moines on Thursday. The Mustangs finished sixth as a team in both tournaments. (Troy Hyde/Newton News file photo)

GRANGER — Facing extremely difficult conditions, PCM’s boys golf team finished sixth during the Des Moines Christian Invitational on Thursday.

It was brutally cold and very windy at the par 72 Jester Park Golf Course. The Mustangs shot a 405 and were several strokes better than both Panorama and Earlham.

“The feels like temperature when we started was low 20s and when we ended it was still only 32 with the wind,” PCM boys golf coach Collin Harrison said. “The wind gusts were up to 55 to 60 miles per hour. It was a tough day on the course, but the kids really showed a lot of mental toughness and most performed better on their second nine holes than their first.”

Grant Van Veen led the Mustangs with a 98 and was 22nd overall. Keaton Thomas fired a 101 and was 26th followed by Easton Van Veen’s 102. He finished 27th.

The final counting scorer was Tate Tangeman, who shot a 104 and finished 31st.

The two non-counting scorers were Drake Roorda and Jeffrey McDanel, who both shot a 111.

Host Des Moines Christian won the team title with a 349. The rest of the eight-team field included Hampton-Dumont (370), Treynor (372), Greene County (377), Coon Rapids-Bayard (404), PCM (405), Panorama (411) and Earlham (417).

Des Moines Christian’s Jake Weissenburger won medalist honors with an 81. Treynor’s Ethan Konz was the runner-up with an 82.

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Mustangs finish sixth at B-F Invitational

ALTOONA — Four Mustangs shot under 100, but PCM still finished sixth in the six-team field at the Bondurant-Farrar Boys Varsity Invitational at the par 71 Terrace Hills Golf Course on Monday.

Grant Van Veen finished 16th overall with an 88 and Thomas shot a career-best 89 to finish 17th.

The other two counting scorers were Easton Van Veen and Tangeman, who both carded career-best 98s. The non-counting golfers were Roorda (105) and Nick Farver (113).

Gilbert won the team title with a 306. North Polk shot a 328 in second, Bondurant-Farrar turned in a 336 to finish third and Nevada (352) and South Hamilton (354) rounded out the top five.

Gilbert’s Spencer Clatt won medalist honors with a 74 and Gilbert’s Joey Currans carded a 75 to take runner-up medalist.