Behrend Men's Golf Places Sixth at AMCC Championships

BUTLER, Pa.  – The Penn State Behrend men's golf team placed sixth overall at the 2024 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships with a two-day score of 692 on Tuesday. The championship was held at Butler Country Club.

Teams: 8
Golfers: 40
Course: Butler Country Club | Butler, PA
Results: Behrend places sixth at AMCC Championships (353-339-692)

Key Moments:

* Owen Blum (Warren, PA/Warren Area) shaved 11 strokes off his first-day performance to card a team-low 77 on day two for a 165 total
* Blum tied with four others for 15^th place overall and had three birdies on the back nine
* Johnny Palmieri (Warren, PA/Eisenhower), competing in his first AMCC Championship, tallied a two-day total of 177
* Palmieri tallied an 86 on day two to shoot +31 for the tournament to come in 24^th place
* JR Hufnagel (Evans City, PA/North Catholic) had an identical score on both days, shooting an 88
* Hufnagel tallied a final score of 176 to tie 26^th place
* Daniel McMaster (Murrysville, PA/Greensburg Central Catholic) and Liam Good (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) each tied for 33^rd overall
* McMaster finished with a 90 on day two and Good shaved six strokes from day one with an 88
* The final total for McMaster and Good was a 182
* The reigning champions Penn State Altoona won their fourth straight title, carding a 612 for the two days

Behrend Individual Scores:
Johnny Palmieri (87-86)
Owen Blum (88-77)
JR Hufnagel (88-88)
Daniel McMaster (90-92)
Liam Good (94-88)

Team Scores
Penn State Altoona (1 – 612)
Mt. Aloysius (2 – 639)
Pitt-Greensburg (3 – 647)
Pitt-Bradford (4 – 665)
La Roche (5 – 674)
Penn State Behrend (6 –692)
Hilbert (7 – 709)
Carlow (8 – 721 )