Golf Sectionals

Cal's team teed off at 8 a.m. this morning.  They were all pretty pumped up to start and very optimistic about their chances.  They played with Triton and Northfield in threesomes.  Mom, Dad and Parce were there to watch Cal play.  By the time Meg, Cam and I showed up at noon, he was already on the 18th hole.  At that time I found out that Jayce and Kyle came to follow Cal around as well.  I thought that was just awesome, and they seemed to have a great time being his gallery with Parce.

Cal had some problems putting, but overall played well. He shot an 80.  Rasmus surprised everyone with a 36 on the front, but had some trouble on the back.  He still finished well with an 81.  Tristen shot a 79 with an eight on the last hole and Jeffrey came in at 75.  The boys were in second at the turn with a 151 and overall were looking pretty good with a 315.

As they were the first group off, we had to wait at least two hours for the other 11 teams to finish.  We knew they had a chance, so it was worth the wait.  Parce and Mom took Cam home with them as Dad had already left to play in the best ball.  Meg went to Brooklyn and Avery's for a little while.  Cal, Jayce, Kyle, Tristen and Jeffrey passed the time by eating Little Caesar's, telling stories and playing poison.  Mason headed home early as he did not have a great round which left only Rasmus and I to hover around the scorer's table awaiting the teams finishing.

In the end it was pretty disappointing.  Wawasee finished in the dreaded fourth place with only three teams advancing.  Columbia City shot an outstanding 299 to win the sectional.  Warsaw was at 308 and Culver Military Academy finished third with 310.  Tristen was inconsolable.  His beloved Grandpa died on Wednesday and he really wanted to make it out of sectionals in his memory.  When the team didn't advance, the boys only hope was to advance as individuals.  Tristen missed it by two shots and Cal by three.  Jeffrey does get to move on.  I was proud of Cal for congratulating him before we left.

I know today was very disappointing for Cal, but when Doug and I reflect upon the golf season we are very proud of him.  He improved over last year.  He worked very hard this week with the goal of helping his team.  He posted his best nine hole match score ever this year with a 36 and he finished third as an individual in the Bruin open.  All of this and he still has two more years to go.