Waterford’s Carson Reynolds shot two-day 7-under to assert the 2A particular person state title at this 12 months’s 2A state championship. James Edward
Waterford’s Carson Reynolds strains up a shot on the 2A state golf match at Mountain View Golf Course in West Jordan on Thursday, Oct. 6. Offered by Kory Carpenter
Beaver Excessive Faculty’s boys golf staff gained its sixth straight state championship at this week’s 2A state golf match at Mountain View Golf Course in West Jordan. James Edward
Carson Reynolds picked the optimum time to put up a career-low spherical.
The Waterford senior shot a 6-under 66 within the opening spherical of the 2A state match on Wednesday, after which backed it up with one other quantity within the purple on Thursday at Mountain View Golf Course in West Jordan to seize the state title that narrowly eluded him the 12 months prior.
“I truthfully observe just about each single day, engaged on placing primarily trigger I believe placing type of let me down final 12 months, so coming into this 12 months’s state (match) I believe I putted phenomenally higher,” mentioned Reynolds.
That placing stroke allowed him to simply distance himself from the remainder of the 2A subject, ending with a seven-stroke benefit of runner-up Sky Moon from Beaver.
He did a lot of his harm throughout a three-hole stretch within the first spherical going birdie, eagle, birdie on No. 9, 10 and 11. That gave him a cushion that no person might catch.
Reynolds admits feeling the stress of the four-stroke lead heading into Thursday’s last spherical, however after a tough entrance 9 he settled right down to shoot a 1-under 71, ending the match with a 7-under, 137.
Waterford’s Carson Reynolds strains up a shot on the 2A state golf match at Mountain View Golf Course in West Jordan on Thursday, Oct. 6.
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“It takes plenty of stress off my shoulders,” mentioned Reynolds, who mentioned enjoying UJGA golf all through the summer time actually helped put together for the state match format.
Reynolds’ victory snapped a streak of three straight years of Beaver particular person medalists. As for the staff trophy, the Beaver dynasty marches on.
Beaver shot a two-day 600 to roll previous the 2A subject as soon as once more, ending 36 strokes forward of runner-up Rowland Corridor for its sixth straight state championship.
Beaver is now tied for third within the state report e book for consecutive state championships with Highland (1965-1970) and Waterford (1999-2004). Richfield gained seven straight from 1977 to 1983, and Park Metropolis holds the state report with 11 straight championships from 2008 to 2018.
With the rising curiosity in golf in Beaver — which included 80 golfers within the Beaver junior golf program this summer time — the dynasty doesn’t present any indicators of slowing down.
What’s thrilling for Beaver coach Jason Pollard is that most of the 2A golf applications are getting higher as nicely.
“The good factor is 2A golf has now three groups within the 320 common, so when you might have that it makes just a little extra competitors and offers you just a little extra motivation to push exhausting, and we did. We practiced exhausting anticipating this state championship to be just a little more durable than these previously,” mentioned Pollard.
Beaver Excessive Faculty’s boys golf staff gained its sixth straight state championship at this week’s 2A state golf match at Mountain View Golf Course in West Jordan.
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Of Beaver’s six state titles, Pollard mentioned this was essentially the most nervousness he felt arriving on the golf course for the second spherical. In Beaver’s earlier 5 titles, its Day 1 lead was 15, 36, 62, 39 and 27 strokes. On Thursday, it was a miniscule seven strokes forward of Rowland Corridor.
Led by Sky Moon, Hoyt Blomquist and Dallas Yardley, who all shot within the 70s and equaled or improved their opening-round scores, Beaver’s last margin of victory swelled to 36 strokes after the ultimate spherical. It was the closest the staff competitors has been since 2017 when Beaver gained by 26 strokes.
Moon, who was final 12 months’s 2A medalist, completed runner-up this 12 months with back-to-back 72s to shoot 144. Blomquist tied for third with Rowland Corridor’s Matt Siegal with 145, with Draper APA’s Easton Toone wrapping up the highest 5 with a 149.
Heading into the season Pollard had some considerations about his golfers No. 5 by means of 8, however collectively all of them made enhancements, and it confirmed at state because the Beavers’ staff rating was 32 strokes higher than a 12 months in the past.
Beaver’s fourth scoring golfer, Ashton Bartlett, completed tied for 13th with a 158.
2A state match outcomes
Workforce scores
At Mountain View Golf Course
- Beaver, 600
- Rowland Corridor, 636
- South Sevier, 646
- Millard, 654
- Waterford, 659
- St. Joseph, 673
- Kanab, 676
- North Summit, 686
Particular person outcomes
- 137 — Carson Reynolds, Waterford
- 144 — Sky Moon, Beaver
- 145 — Hoyt Blomquist, Beaver
- 145 — Matt Siegal, Rowland Corridor
- 149 — Easton Toone, Draper APA
- 153 — Dallas Yardley, Beaver
- 155 — Jex Jones, Enterprise
- 157 — Gavin Wolf, St. Joseph
- 157 — Kale Glover, Kanab
- 157 — Kelton Ferriter, Rowland Corridor
- 157 — Konner Hunt, South Sevier
- 157 — Braxton Stubbs, South Sevier
- 158 — Hunter Rhodes, Millard
- 158 — Ashton Bartlett, Beaver
- 159 — Bradley Woolstenhulme, North Summit
- 162 — Maddix Baird, Kanab
- 162 — Rhett Woolstenhulme, North Summit
- 162 — Cannon Thornock, South Sevier
- 163 — Mace Robinson, Beaver
- 164 — Derk Memmott, Millard
- 164 — Rexton Hollingshead, Beaver
- 164 — Keaton Hallows, North Sevier