Langford three-peats, Ringgold wins team title at NGAC Golf Championships
A little bit of history was made at the North Georgia Athletic Conference Golf Championships at the Lafayette Golf Course last Tuesday.
For what is believed to be the first time in conference history, one individual golfer made it three consecutive low medalist awards as Lafayette’s Grant Langford shot a 41 to win the overall individual title yet again.
Then, in the team standings, the Ringgold Tigers put together their best round of the season to claim the conference championship for the first time since 2006.
“It feels great,” Langford said. “When (current Lafayette High School golfer) Tyler Jackson lost in his eighth grade year, I told him that I was going to win all three for him. To be standing here now and to have done it for him, it feels great to do what I told him I was going to do.”
Langford’s score of 41 gave him a three-shot cushion over his next closest competitor.
“The score was definitely not what I wanted today,” he lamented. “It was rough out there and I really couldn’t get anything going, but it turned out that I still won, so I appreciate what I got.”
High school is up next for Langford, who knows he will be called upon to produce for the varsity from the outset.
“High school (golf) is going to be different for sure, but I’ll have (Jackson) and Riley Grant up there with me next year,” he added. “Hopefully, I can help them out so we can try and win a state championship.”
While Lafayette took home the individual title, the team title went to Ringgold, who picked a perfect day to shoot their lowest score of the season.
The Tigers’ total of 194 was paced by individual runnerup Maclaine Donovan’s 44. Cohen Shattuck and Christian Hensley-griffith both carded 49s. Anna Roy had a 52 and Elli Grace Roy shot a 53, while Noah Marreti had a 55.
While only the four lowest scores counted towards the team total, the Tigers had five players on the All-tournament team, which consisted of the 10 lowest individual scores plus ties.
Head coach Brian Mountjoy was ecstatic over his team’s play in the biggest tournament of the season.
“When this current group was sixth graders, they ended up finishing second (at the NGAC Tournament),” he