NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, Calif. –
Navy Lieutenant Jacob Meloche of Naval Base San Diego, California captured gold in his World Military Golf Championship debut held at the San Diego’s Admiral Baker Golf Course.
Seventeen nations arrived in San Diego, California for the 14th edition of the Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) World Military Golf Championship held from 1-8 October.
Meloche earned a spot on the U.S. team after competing at the Armed Forces Championship also held at Admiral Baker.
From the start, Meloche turned in a dominate performance fending off a competitive field scoring 11-under over the four-day tournament.
France’s Maxime Mathey and Nicolas Muller fought back two tough days on the front end of the tournament, each going 10-under by the end of the tournament.
In the end, Meloche maintained his lead to win his first title, with Mathey and Muller winning silver and bronze.
Meloche, along with teammates Marine Capt Nicholas Brediger of OSS Charlottesville, Virginia, AIr Force 1st Lt Joesph Crisostomo of Vance AFB, Okla., Air Force Tech Sgt. Kyle Wesolowski of Lackland AFB, Texas, Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Brian King of Fort Novosel, Ala., and Marine Staff Sgt. David Banks of MCAS New River, N.C., took the lead on day one and never looked back.
Banks and Crisostomo finished five and four under par, with Brediger going even to keep USA 27-strokes ahead of second place France for the team gold.
France finished with a team score of 3-under, good for silver, as Team Ireland took bronze to cap the podium.
Wesolowski and King turned in solid performances, tying each other in the end going 5-plus. With both men over forty and tied for first in the Seniors Division, Wesolowski and King faced each other in a playoff to determine the winner, with Wesolowski taking the crown. Ireland’s Joe Hannigan took bronze in the senior’s division.
Players competed in four rounds of stroke-play golf, with teams of three women each. The top two scores from the team counted for the team tally.
Final team results:
1st: USA - 1122 (-30)
2nd: FRA - 1149 (-3)
3rd: IRL - 1183 (+31)
4th: CAN - 1213 (+61)
5th: GER - 1219 (+67)
6th: BHR - 1229 (+77)
7th: NED - 1264 (+112)
8th: DEN - 1277 (+125)
9th: DOM - 1388 (+236)
10th: ITA - 1393 (+241)
11th: ZIM - 1465 (+313)
12th: SRI - 1549 (+397)
Final Individual Results:
1st - Jacob Meloche (USA) 277 (-11)
2nd - Maxime Mathey (FRA) 278 (-10)
3rd - Nicolas Muller (FRA) 278 (-10)
4th - David Banks (USA) 283 (-5)
5th - Joesph Crisostomo (USA) 284 (-4)
6th - Niklas Starcevic (GER) 286 (-2)
7th - Nicholas Brediger (USA) 288 (E)
8th - James Everard (IRL) 289 (+1)
9th - Kyle Wesolowski (USA) 293 (+5)
10th - Brian King (USA) 293 (+5)
11th - Richard Finn (IRL) 297 (+9)
12th - Joe Hannigan (IRL) 298 (+10)
13th - Joel Simms (CAN) 298 (+10)
14th - Charles Larcelet (FRA) 298 (+10)
15th - Berend den Engelsman (NED) 300 (+12)
16th - Raymond Doiron (CAN) 303 (+15)
17th - Thibault Tranchant (FRA) 304 (+16)
18th - Khalifa Alkaabi (BHR) 304 (+16)
19th - Kevin Khamala Mabele (KEN) 304 (+16)
20th - Frederic Alba (FRA) 305 (+17)
21st - Fabrice Rond (FRA) 306 (+18)
22nd - Bryan Hudon (CAN) 307 (+19)
23rd - Mark Doyle (IRL) 307 (+19)
24th - Yannic Kock (GER) 309 (+21)
25th - Naser Yaqoob (BHR) 310 (+22)
26th - Simon Peter Hansen-Nord (DEN) 311 (+23)
27th - Rupert (Paul) Swansburg (CAN) 311 (+23)
28th - Niall Kennedy (IRL) 312 (+24)
29th - Sultan Mubarak (BHR) 313 (+25)
30th - Hauke Mersmann (GER) 314 (+26)
31st - Smerling Rodriguez Minaya (DOM) 314 (+26)
32nd - Khalifa Khalifa (BHR) 314 (+26)
33rd - Hamad Mubarak (BHR) 314 (+26)
34th - Jan Feldborg (DEN) 316 (+28)
35th - Edgar Seemann (GER) 317 (+29)
36th - Christopher Topshee (CAN) 319 (+31)
37th - Jan Maree (NED) 319 (+31)
38th - Idde Quik (NED) 321 (+33)
39th - Malius Mareale Kajuna (TAN) 321 (+33)
40th - Kristian Bjerre (DEN) 323 (+35)
41st - Rudy Clerkx (NED) 324 (+36)
42nd - Nikolaus Nücken (GER) 324 (+36)
43rd - Alberto Menicucci (DOM) 325 (+37)
44th - Christian Wichmann (GER) 326 (+38)
45th - Duman Koibagarov (KAZ) 328 (+40)
46th - Isa Alsaeedi (BHR) 328 (+40)
47th - Dans Patriks Dukurs (LAT) 330 (+42)
48th - Joe Andersen (DEN) 331 (+43)
49th - Brendan Healy (IRL) 332 (+44)
50th - Alessandro Monaco (ITA) 338 (+50)
51st - Henrik Skovhus (DEN) 343 (+55)
52nd - Ed Schelkers (NED) 345 (+57)
53rd - Ruslan Batiyev (KAZ) 345 (+57)
54th - Alessio Rimoldi (ITA) 348 (+60)
55th - Terran Berger (CAN) 351 (+63)
56th - Massimiliano Cerimonia (ITA) 352 (+64)
57th - Norris Gono (ZIM) 354 (+66)
58th - Alessandro Carresi (ITA) 355 (+67)
59th - Ain Adamson (EST) 357 (+69)
60th - Marnix Bel (NED) 360 (+72)
61st - Jabulani Mwale (ZIM) 362 (+74)
62nd - Weerasooriya Wijekoon (SRI) 365 (+77)
63rd - Tendai Chimusasa (ZIM) 366 (+78)
64th - Teet Anier (EST) 376 (+88)
65th - Luis C. Rodriguez Ballista (DOM) 377 (+89)
66th - Søren Bois Thomsen (DEN) 379 (+91)
67th - Joe D. Yunen (DOM) 380 (+92)
68th - Roberto Castillo (DOM) 384 (+96)
69th - Ambiorix Diaz (DOM) 386 (+98)
70th - Fibion Chitungo (ZIM) 388 (+100)
71st - Yerbol Bukharbayev (KAZ) 389 (+101)
72nd - Jayalathge Gunanandana Jayalath (SRI) 390 (+102)
73rd - Prasad Mangala Mummullage (SRI) 395 (+107)
74th - Padukka Mahesh (SRI) 403 (+115)
75th - Baleni Bhebhe (ZIM) 404 (+116)
76th - Shewanth Asela Kulatunge (SRI) 415 (+127)
77th - David Mziray (TAN) 459 (+171)
78th - Appu Lanka Gaya Amarapala (SRI) 465 (+177)
Final Seniors Division Results:
1st - Kyle Wesolowski (USA) 293 (+5)
2nd - Brian King (USA) 293 (+5)
3rd - Joe Hannigan (IRL) 298 (+10)
4th - Kevin Khamala Mabele (KEN) 304 (+16)
5th - Frederic Alba (FRA) 305 (+17)
6th - Fabrice Rond (FRA) 306 (+18)
7th - Naser Yaqoob (BHR) 310 (+22)
8th - Rupert (Paul) Swansburg (CAN) 311 (+23)
9th - Sultan Mubarak (BHR) 313 (+25)
10th - Smerling Rodriguez Minaya (DOM) 314 (+26)
11th - Hamad Mubarak (BHR) 314 (+26)
12th - Jan Feldborg (DEN) 316 (+28)
13th - Jan Maree (NED) 319 (+31)
14th - Kristian Bjerre (DEN) 323 (+35)
15th - Joe Andersen (DEN) 331 (+43)
16th - Brendan Healy (IRL) 332 (+44)
17th - Alessandro Monaco (ITA) 338 (+50)
18th - Henrik Skovhus (DEN) 343 (+55)
19th - Ed Schelkers (NED) 345 (+57)
20th - Alessio Rimoldi (ITA) 348 (+60)
21st - Massimiliano Cerimonia (ITA) 352 (+64)
22nd - Alessandro Carresi (ITA) 355 (+67)
23rd - Ain Adamson (EST) 357 (+69)
24th - Jabulani Mwale (ZIM) 362 (+74)
25th - Weerasooriya Wijekoon (SRI) 365 (+77)
26th - Tendai Chimusasa (ZIM) 366 (+78)
27th - Teet Anier (EST) 376 (+88)
28th - Søren Bois Thomsen (DEN) 379 (+91)
29th - Joe D. Yunen (DOM) 380 (+92)
30th - Ambiorix Diaz (DOM) 386 (+98)
31st - Fibion Chitungo (ZIM) 388 (+100)
32nd - Jayalathge Jayalath (SRI) 390 (+102)
33rd - Prasad Mangala Mummullage (SRI) 395 (+107)
34th - Padukka Vidanalage Mahesh (SRI) 403 (+115)
35th - Baleni Bhebhe (ZIM) 404 (+116)
36th - Shewanth Asela Kulatunge (SRI) 415 (+127)
37th - David Mziray (TAN) 459 (+171)
38th - Appu Hannadige Amarapala (SRI) 465 (+177)