April 22, 2025

PCM boys golf wins at Des Moines Christian

Mustangs finish third against tough field at Bondurant-Farrar

By Troy Hyde
Jeffery McDanel

PCM senior Jeffery McDanel putts during a tournament last week. McDanel led the Mustangs to a win at the Des Moines Christian Invitational on Thursday. (Troy Hyde/Newton News)

URBANDALE — Jeff McDanel shot 2-under-par on the back nine, carded 10 pars over the course of his 18-hole round and earned medalist honors at the Des Moines Christian Boys Golf Invitational on Thursday.

All six Mustangs finished in the top 20 and PCM won the tournament with a 319. Easton Van Veen joined McDanel in the top six of the final standings.

PCM was seven shots clear of host Des Moines Christian (326) and the rest of the eight-team field included Coon Rapids-Bayard (329), Panorama (332), Earlham (334), Greene County (368), Treynor (382) and Hampton-Dumont/CAL (390).

Pete Kiernan

PCM senior Pete Kiernan lines up a putt during a tournament last week. (Troy Hyde/Newton News)

McDanel won the tournament with a 2-over-par 74 at Jester Park Golf Course. His career-best 18-hole score included splits of 40 and 34, and he registered three birdies on the back nine.

Van Veen finished sixth with a 79. He shot 37 on the front nine, including a birdie on No. 2.

Charlie Ford and Trent Nickelson both shot 83 as the final counting scorers. Ford’s back nine was a 39 and he birdied the No. 11. Nickelson’s career-best 18-hole score featured birdies on No. 9 and No. 10.

Pete Kiernan and Tate Tangeman had non-counting 86s. Kiernan birdied the No. 11.

Des Moines Christian’s Parker Osthus was the runner-up medalist with a 76. He shot 37 on the front nine and registered two birdies.

Charlie Ford

PCM junior Charlie Ford chips onto a green during a tournament last week. PCM won the Des Moines Christian Invitational on Thursday and finished third at Bondurant-Farrar on Tuesday. (Troy Hyde/Newton News)

Mustangs finish third at B-F Invitational

ALTOONA — Ford, Van Veen and McDanel all finished in the top 10, but the Mustangs came in third against a tough field at the Bondurant-Farrar Invitational on Monday.

PCM shot 314 at the par 71 Terrace Hills Golf Course. Gilbert and Nevada both turned in 308s, but the Tigers won the tournament due to a better fifth score.

The Mustangs edged North Polk (315) for third and the rest of the field featured South Hamilton (335) and host Bondurant-Farrar (365).

Ford finished fourth with a career-best 74. He posted a 35 on the back nine and his round included a birdie on No. 11 and an eagle on No. 16.

Van Veen was sixth with a 77 and McDanel took 10th with an 80. Van Veen carded back-to-back birdies on No. 11 and No. 12 and McDanel’s round featured a birdie on No. 1 and an eagle on No. 16.

The final counting score came from Tangeman, who shot an 83. Kiernan (87) and Finn Wilson (87) had non-counting scores. Wilson, who was making his 18-hole varsity debut, birdied the No. 9 hole.

Easton Van Veen

PCM senior Easton Van Veen finished in the top 10 in both of the Mustangs' tournaments last week. (Troy Hyde/Newton News)

Nevada’s Parker Rodgers earned medalist honors with a 7-under-par 64. He had five birdies and two eagles.

Gilbert’s Ryan Lynch finished second with a 69. His round featured four birdies.

Notes: The Mustangs competed in the Dutch Masters Classic at Bos Landen Golf Course on Friday and Saturday. PCM shot 341 and finished 13th in the 16-team field on Friday and fired a 334 and took 10th on Saturday. Individual results for the Mustangs were unavailable at press time.