Golf

Tommy finished 16th out of the 101 invited players at the state championship. He played as the team number one. Last year, as a freshman, he finished 48th, so good improvement. He’s been struggling lately with his swing, but that said, he’s pretty amazing to watch even when he’s struggling hitting the ball. Hole 7 is a pretty good example -see https://youtu.be/tA9i_g6AQDM?t=11m23s. He made the sports cover of the local paper and here’s a link to more pics from the paper Daily Herald.

Region play is over and Tommy made 1st team All-Region again. In fact, he was ranked second overall, but, for awards, they dropped the worst score from the year. This action boosted another kid and bumped Tommy to third. Last year he finished 11th, so good improvement. It was a good run, really consistent. It was amazing that every one of his tournament scores was within a 5 stroke range, so, again, really consistent. The Timpview team, coincidentally, also finished second. So the team will now move on to play in the State Championship at Talon’s Cove next week.

Some pics the school posted of yesterday’s tournament.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=timpview.tbirds&set=a.822018667966096

Tommy shot the low round in region play at Glenmoor GC in rainy/windy conditions, winning by two strokes for his second varsity high school tournament win. This clip shows his chip-in birdie on the par 3, hole no. 16. Timpview, as a team, placed fourth, but I think they should still be in second place overall.

Here’s an article from a while ago about Timpview Golf with a couple mentions of Tommy – Timpview is still in second place a month later. Also, here’s the remaining high school golf schedule:

September 19th Glenmoor (Region Covers) 9am shotgun

September 26th Fox hollow 9am shotgun ($16 per player)

October 2-3 State Tournament at Talons Cove.

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