  {"id":234789,"date":"2026-05-21T12:41:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=234789"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:41:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:41:03","slug":"bercan-golf-scoring-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/21\/bercan-golf-scoring-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic finish: Golfer Bercan sets <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo national championship scoring mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_234790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234790\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hilo-golf-bercan-national-tournament.jpg\" alt=\"golfer hitting a shot\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-234790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hilo-golf-bercan-national-tournament.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hilo-golf-bercan-national-tournament-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hilo-golf-bercan-national-tournament-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dylan Bercan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hiloathletics.com\/sports\/mens-golf\">University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at Hilo men\u2019s golfer<\/a> Dylan Bercan closed with a two-under 70 to finish at five-under and place in a tie for 18th place at the <abbr title=\"National Collegiate Athletics Association\">NCAA<\/abbr> Division II Men\u2019s Golf Championships at Boulder Creek Golf Club near Las Vegas on May 20. In newly released rankings on May 21, Bercan stands at <abbr title=\"Number\">No<\/abbr>. 78 in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The senior from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada finished the three-round tournament with a five-under total&#8212;the best score posted by a Vulcan at a national championship&#8212;following Nick Mason\u2019s four-under score in 2005 (runner up) and seven-over total in 2004 (4th place).<\/p>\n<p>After back-to-back bogeys on holes 11 and 12 to go three-over in the final round, Bercan responded with an eagle on the par-five 13th hole, followed by three consecutive birdies to go two-under in the round. Bercan entered the day tied for 15th after shooting a four-under 68 in round 2 and a one-over 73 in round 1.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/23\/uh-hilo-mens-golf-pacwest-title\/\">back-to-back PacWest Conference champion<\/a> qualified for the national tournament as an individual after tying for fourth at the South Central\/West Regional, placing among the top two individuals not affiliated with a qualifying team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hiloathletics.com\/news\/2026\/5\/20\/bercan-finishes-no-18-at-ncaa-division-ii-mens-golf-championships.aspx\">Read more on the <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo athletics website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The senior from Canada finished the three-round tournament with a five-under total.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":234790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,1537,14,151],"class_list":["post-234789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-golf","tag-uh-hilo","tag-hilo-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hilo-golf-bercan-national-tournament.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234789"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234816,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234789\/revisions\/234816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}