Carleton University Ravens Men’s Golfer Humphrey Yeung (Markham, Ontario) claimed the individual men’s golfing title at the 2008 OUA Golf Championships held Saturday, October 18-21, at Crosswinds Golf Course hosted by McMaster University.
Yeung, a first year golfer for Carleton, had an impressive performance leading the men’s field. On Saturday Yeung shot a 75, followed by a 73 in his final round for a combined score of 148 to earn the individual championship.
Patrick Forbes (Toronto, Ontario) of the Queen’s Gaels shot a 149 to take the silver, while John Atherton (Toronto, Ontario) of the Laurentian Voyageurs and Toronto’s Cord finished tied for third with a score of 150.
Yeung has successfully made his mark amongst the top golfers in the province in the 2008-09 season taking home a well-deserved gold medal.To cap off a strong season for Yeung, he was honored with a 2008 OUA First-Team All-Star award following his performance at the OUA Championships.
The Carleton men’s team shot for a combined total of 632 in the tournament and placed 6th overall tied with Laurentian University and the University of Ottawa who had identical team scores over the two days.