Walker County golfers beginning to round into form as April approaches
The lightning and storms that moved into the northwest Georgia area this past Tuesday evening brought a premature end to the Lady Rambler Invitational at the LaFayette Golf Course.
With players beginning the tournament with a scattered start, only six common holes had been played once the tournament was suspended. At that point, the coaches agreed to use the Stableford scoring system on those six holes to determine the winner.
The Stableford system is a point-based system that assigns a point value for bogeys, pars, birdies and eagles.
Using that system, Dalton won the tournament with 49 points, led by Katelyn Skiffen, who had the best individual score at 22.
Calhoun finished runner-up at 45, followed by North Murray at 40, Gordon Lee at 38 and LaFayette at 25. Heritage (22), Gordon Central (18) and Carrollton (13) rounded out the field.
Macall Miller of Gordon Lee tied for fourth overall with 19 points.
Gordon Lee girls edge LaFayette
In a very close match last Monday at the LaFayette Golf Course, the Lady Trojans pulled out a four-stroke victory over the Lady Ramblers, 192-196.
Miller paced Gordon Lee with a 43, followed by Jessica Hickman (48), Hannah Willerson (49), Emmalee Hughes (51), Alexandria Maynor (52) and Emma Cate Dendy (56).
Individual scores for LaFayette had not been provided as of press time.
Lady Trojans place eighth in Athens
The Gordon Lee girls also played in the Athens Area Junior Golf Tour’s Athens High School Classic at the Landing at Reynolds Plantation near Lake Oconee on Saturday. Gordon Lee, easily the smallest school in the 18-team field, finished
eight overall.
Miller finished with a 96 on a tough layout. Willerson shot an even 100, followed by Hickman (103) and Maynor (111).
Marist won with a 252, while Mill Creek (259) won a tiebreaker with Woodward Academy for second. Franklin County (272) was fourth, followed by Colquitt County (276), North Oconee (291), Oconee County (293) and Gordon Lee (299).
Team scores were not available as of press time.
Three LaFayette girls finish in Top 20
The Lady Ramblers headed to Social Circle on Saturday for an individual tournament, held at The Creek at Hard Labor Golf Course.
McKinley Langford was eighth overall with a solid round of 88. Catie Martin (93) placed 14th and Maci Johnson’s 95 was good for 17th place. Hannah Bowman (108) and Rebecca Benson (119) also played in the tournament.
Ramblers win Nob North Invitational
Six different LaFayette golfers shot scores in the 70’s on Saturday, allowing the Ramblers to win the Nob North Invitational and allowing the JV Ramblers to place third in the eight-team field.
LaFayette got a 70 from Gage Smith as LaFayette finished at 301 and won the tournament by 19 strokes over Northwest Whitfield (320). Riley Grant was second on the squad with a 76, followed by Cole Ingram (77) and Matthew Ingram (78). Carter Grant (79)
and Jon Morgan (92) also teed it up for the varsity team.
The JV team carded a 330, led by a 76 from Tyler Jackson. Mason Cain shot an even 80, followed by Zack Whittle (84) and Jon Durham (90). Kyle Moore (92) and Josh Bettis (113) also played on Saturday.
Christian Heritage (339) was fourth, followed by Southeast Whitfield (343), Calhoun (341) and Dalton and Gordon Central, who tied at 354.
LaFayette boys win three-team match
The LaFayette Ramblers got a 34 from Cole Ingram and a 35 from Riley Grant as they carded a 144 on Thursday and beat Gordon Lee by 21 strokes in a nine-hole match at the LaFayette Golf Course.
Carter Grant shot a 36, while Smith ended
his day with a 39.
The Trojans (165) got a trio of 40’s from Justin Hickman, Tucker Windham and Gray Weldon, while Jacob Carlock had to settle for a 45.
LaFayette’s junior varsity (172) finished seven shots back of the Trojans. Jackson led the way with a 39, followed by a 40 from Whittle, a 46 from Moore and a 47 from Cain.
Trion (186) also competed as Noah Hankins was low man for the Bulldogs with a 40. Walker Weaver had a 45, while Cooper Malone (49) and Noah McQuese (52) also teed it up for Trion.
Ridgeland boys split matches
The Ridgeland High School golf team traveled to Trenton on Wednesday to face off with Dade County at the Trenton Golf Club.
The Panthers and Wolverines played a three-man match on the boys’ side with Dade winning, 136-177. Tristin Banks shot a team-best 56 for the Panthers.
Ridgeland’s girls played the course, but only by themselves as Dade County is not fielding a girls’ team this season. The Lady Panthers finished up at 173 behind a low score of 51 by Christa Parrish.
One day later, the Panthers played a twoman match against LFO at Brown Acres and lost, 104-119. Justin Carver carded a 58 for the Panthers, while Xavier Meyers shot a 61.
The Lady Panthers got a 54 from Christa Parrish, a 58 from Kylie Mason and a 62 from Lauren Cain to claim a six-shot victory, 174-180.
Individual scoring for LFO was not provided as of press time.