High school girls golf: Rowland Hall’s notable year-over-year improvement leads to 2A repeat, Arden Louchheim repeats as medalist

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Rowland Corridor’s women golf workforce poses for a photograph after profitable the 2A state championship at Mountain View Golf Course in West Jordan on Tuesday.

James Edward

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The highest 10 golfers on the 2A women golf state match at Mountain View Golf Course in West Jordan pose with their medals after Tuesday’s match.

James Edward

A yr after profitable the 2A women golf state championship by a razor-thin 4 strokes, the Rowland Corridor Winged Lions left their friends within the mud on Tuesday.

Rowland Corridor shot a 357 at Mountain View Golf Course in West Jordan to complete comfortably forward of runner-up Waterford, which shot a 390.

Beaver completed third with a 401.

The system for achievement was fairly easy for Rowland Corridor — everybody play higher.

Of the 5 Rowland Corridor golfers who competed at state the previous two years, all 5 shot higher at Mountain View on Tuesday than they did at Rose Park a yr in the past.

“They labored their butts off for the final month. We have been at follow 4 days per week on our personal as a workforce, and Arden (Louchheim) was taking part in tournaments on the weekend and the ladies have been taking part in rounds on the weekend,” mentioned Rowland Corridor coach Brianna Coopman.

The common stroke enchancment of these 5 Rowland Corridor golfers from one state tourney to the subsequent was 9.4 strokes.

It began on the high with Rowland Corridor junior Louchheim, who ran away with medalist honors by 10 strokes for the second straight season after sooting a career-round of 67.

Throughout her 5-under spherical she made seven birdies — together with all 4 par-5s — and loved tap-in putts a lot of the day.

“That was an enormous objective for me, and clearly in these highschool tournaments these par-5s play fairly brief. If I've an extended iron or midiron in for my second shot I all the time need to take benefit,” mentioned Louchheim, who shot a 72 to win 2A medalist final yr.

She burned the perimeters on three eagle putts from inside 20 toes, in any other case the Mountain View golf professional would possibly’ve needed to begin wanting up the course document e-book.

“In golf you possibly can all the time stroll off and say I left a stroke on the market, however I’m actually proud of how the day went,” mentioned Louchheim.

Her teammate Jasmine Le completed runner-up for the second straight season after a five-stroke enchancment from final yr with a 77.

Beaver’s Tawni Eyre shot an 89 to complete third, whereas Waterford’s Evelyn Azares was fourth with a 91 and North Summit’s Sadie Batt fifth with a 92.

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The highest 10 golfers on the 2A women golf state match at Mountain View Golf Course in West Jordan pose with their medals after Tuesday’s match.

James Edward

Rowland Corridor’s third golfer, Katerina Gianoulis, shot a 102 to complete simply exterior the highest 10 in 11th place. Final yr she completed 40th with a 122.

“She was our most improved golfer this yr. She labored her butt off,” mentioned Coopman.

Allison Mayetami shot a 111 in comparison with a 118 final yr and Anna Rodriguez shot a 114 in comparison with 124 a yr in the past.

The complete Rowland Corridor workforce has benefitted by seeing the work ethic that Louchheim places in on the course.

Rowland Corridor assistant coach Howard Schindler mentioned Louchheim’s deal with the golf course on Tuesday was almost flawless.

“Her capability to plot out a golf course is what units her above the remaining. She will be able to see a golf course loads in a different way than most. She is aware of precisely the place to play the ball within the fairway, precisely the place to place the ball on the inexperienced to make a putt,” mentioned Schindler. “She continually units objectives for herself all through the spherical.”

Louchheim’s consistency all season has been the results of going all-in on golf in hopes of incomes a scholarship to golf on the Division I degree.

Previous to this previous winter, she break up her time as a aggressive downhill ski racer for the Rowmark Ski Academy.

With extra time for golf this previous winter Louchheim spent hours making an attempt to enhance her size and accuracy off the tee. Her success on the par-5s on Tuesday was proof of that tough work, and going ahead this summer time at tournaments in each Utah and out of state she hopes it results in extra rounds within the 60s and extra faculty coaches taking discover.

“My greatest a part of my sport that I’ve been engaged on the previous seven months or so is my driver, and immediately I actually felt prefer it got here collectively and I used to be in a position to swing freely and have it go wherever I needed,” she mentioned. 


Class 2A state match

At Mountain View Golf Course

Workforce scores

1. Rowland Corridor, 357.

2. Waterford, 390.

3. Beaver, 401.

4. Millard, 415.

5. North Summit, 458.

6. Gunnison Valley, 467.

6. South Sevier, 467.

8. St. Joseph, 496.

9. North Sevier, 524.

Particular person outcomes

67 — Arden Louchheim, Rowland Corridor.

77 — Jasmine Le, Rowland Corridor.

89 — Tawni Eyre, Beaver.

91 — Evelyn Azares, Waterford.

92 — Sadie Batt, North Summit.

96 — Samantha Cassell, Waterford.

96 — Heidi Harris, Beaver.

100 — Lindsay Starley, Millard.

101 — Kaylee Kim, Waterford.

101 — Paige Cummings, Millard.

102 — Lexi Peterson, Waterford.

102 — Katerina Gianoulis, Rowland Corridor.

104 — Austyn Bennett, Millard.

106 — Katie Ferry, North Summit.

106 — Mia Harris, Beaver.

107 — Soraya Leatherwood, Gunnison Valley.

110 — Breylan Okerlun, South Sevier.

110 — Annie McNeill, Beaver.

110 — Avery Brown, Beaver.

110 — Carlie Derden, Millard.

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