On Monday, October 27th, five Jesuit golfers went to the Stonebridge Dye golf course to participate in the McKinney Boyd Golf invitational. Accumulating a total team score of 678, the team eventually finished in 6th place out of 16 teams, 2 strokes behind the 5th place team, Lake Highlands.
The Jesuit Golf team played against fifteen other teams in Texas, and all five of the participating Jesuit golfers placed inside the top 40 in the large field of golfers. Senior JC Campbell achieved a score of 167, leading the team and placing 25th in the tournament. He followed up his performance at the Tiger Classic where he shot 144 and placed 2nd in the tournament. Cambell’s impressive performances display his consistency and the significant impact he has on his team.
Although the team performed well, junior golfer, Ross Frick, was rather critical of his performance. He explicitly stated that the playing “conditions were very tough and that the wind was harshly blowing.” He felt that “putting was one of [his] main struggles so [he] could’ve worked on factoring in the wind on [his] putts and getting the speed right.” While he believed he performed subpar when putting, he felt that he “drove the ball well and consistently put it in the fairway.” In the tournament, Ross shot 174 and placed 39th overall.
Following the McKinney tournament, the Jesuit Golf team traveled to the Gentle Creek golf course on November 10th to participate in the Prosper Invitational. The Jesuit golfers combined to score 359 and finished in 14th place.
Jesuit Golf played against twenty-one other teams and scored higher than they usually do. Junior golfer, Chase Fetrow who shot 85, led Jesuit Golf and placed in the top 30 in the larger than usual field of golfers. He has played very well through the fall season as he shot 80 during the Coyote Fall Classic and 82 in the Richardson Tournament. Even though he scored a little higher than usual, he has remained very consistent throughout this fall season.
Head Golf Coach Cathy Marino felt that “Gentle Creek was extremely similar to Stonebridge Dye because it was extremely windy and we dealt with difficult pin placements.” She went on to describe the experience as “difficult the whole way round” and then said the “wind was going nearly thirty miles per hour!”
Although disappointed, Coach Marino felt that the meet was a “good learning experience.” She then stated that “she was happy with how everyone persevered and how everyone kept composure through the harsh conditions.” Coach Marino was ultimately “happy to see that the team did a really good job and had very good effort all the way through.”
Overall, Coach Marino and the rest of the team hold very high expectations for themselves and hope to do better in their spring tournaments. Through hard work, willpower, and persistence, they will strive to be the best and hope to obtain success at future meets.
