MCC golf inks Baton Rouge standout

(MERIDIAN, Miss.) – Meridian Community College golf coach Sean Covich has announced the signing of Brandt Garon out of Parkview Baptist High School in Baton Rouge, LA.

Garon is currently ranked as the No. 2 golfer on the Arrowhead Junior Golf Tour and is ranked as the No. 4 junior golfer in Louisiana according to the Junior Golf Scoreboard. He has been named to the Baton Rouge All Metro golf team four consecutive years (2006-2009) and has an 18-hole tournament scoring average of 74 the past two seasons.

Since 2007, Garon has participated in over 35 events claiming 24 top five finishes including 11 wins. During which he also posted 18 rounds of even-par or lower.

Garon’s low rounds came in the 2008 AJGT Coca Cola Stroke Play Championship at Beaver Creek Country Club in Zachary, Louisiana. He shot 9-under par (67-68) to tie for first.

In 2008 Garon won the AJGT Tournament of Champions at the Peninsula Golf Club in Gulf Shores, Al. shooting 73-74 to win first place.

This season Garon has claimed two tournament titles, the first at Acadian Hills Country Club in Lafayette, LA in the Teurlings High School Golf Tournament shooting even-par 72.

During the 2009 Palmetto High School Golf Championships in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Garon fired the low round of the qualifier, shooting 3-under par, 69 and was the low score out of 300 high school golfers from around the country. He was named to the Palmetto High School Championship All Tournament team.

Just this past week, Garon won again at the Baton Rouge Metro Championship played at the LSU Golf Course. He once again shot even-par, 72 to win that event.

"We feel great about the addition of Brandt and what he brings to this year's recruiting class," said Covich

"MCC golf has a great tradition of Louisiana golfers, from All America Dustin Petit to current freshman Garrett Westbrook, we are certain that Brandt will follow in that great tradition."

Garon will be joining Adam Monsen (San Antonio, TX) and JT Soley (Laurel, MS) in the 2009 MCC golf recruiting class.