All through the Area 6 boys golf season, Olympus and Skyline had some very shut battles, with the Titans narrowly ending with the higher season common.
This week’s 5A state event is shaping as much as be a lot of the identical.
Skyline leads Olympus by 4 strokes following Day 1 of the state event at Oquirrh Hills Golf Course in Tooele on Monday, with Spanish Fork and Bonneville tied for third simply 4 strokes behind Olympus.
The Eagles are searching for a fifth straight state championship, and searching to take action with out one senior competing at state this week.
Skyline coach Kenny James mentioned he likes the place his gamers are in after Day 1, and credit the weekly challenges of Area 6 as an element for that success.
“I’m happy with the way in which the blokes performed. We missed some putts, however this can be a exhausting placing course, they usually’re exhausting pins too,” mentioned James. “We’re battle examined, we’ve been combating those self same groups all yr. Us and Olympus have been backwards and forwards all yr. We received two out of the final three getting into, so we felt good about the place we’re at.”
Skyline was the one crew below par on Monday, taking pictures a 3-under 285. Olympus shot a 1-over 289.
There’s a log jam of groups all inside putting distance of Skyline and Olympus if they've large days. Bonneville and Spanish Fork are tied with 293, whereas Orem, Woods Cross and Park Metropolis are tied with 294. East sits in eighth place with a 295.
Skyline sophomore Jackson Shelley led Skyline with a 5-under 67, and is the Day 1 chief by one stroke over Woods Cross senior Jon Howe.
Shelley made the flip at 1-under, however made 4 birdies on the again 9, together with three straight at No. 13, 14 and 15 to take the lead.
“I really feel fairly good about my spherical. I really feel like I might’ve obtained quite a bit fewer strokes if I’d simply putted higher, however it’s alright,” mentioned Shelley. “My driver was working nicely, and my strategy photographs have been fairly first rate. However my driver is what helped me essentially the most. I drove three greens.”
He missed putts inside 10 ft on No. 17 and 18 that would’ve prolonged his lead, however mentioned nerves weren’t an element all day on the course and expects to play calmly once more throughout Tuesday’s closing spherical.
Howe truly made extra birdies than Shelley throughout Day 1, however alongside along with his eight birdies he additionally had 4 bogeys.
The actual fact he’s only one stroke off the lead after scrambling the way in which he did give Howe loads of optimism heading into the ultimate spherical.
“I’m assured trigger I do know I had some errors, I had 4 bogeys, however I simply know the course is getable, you’ve simply obtained to place your self in good positions,” mentioned Howe, who mentioned he completed with simply 20 putts on the day.
Ten different golfers shot below par on Monday and will make a run at 5A medalist with an excellent day.
Orem’s Maddox Nielsen, Timpanogos’ Noah Moody and Olympus’ Mitt Harris are all tied for third at 3-under, with East’s Sean Lampropoulos, Field Elder’s Dyson Lish, Skyline’s Peter Kim and Salem Hills’ Cooper Nelson at 2-under.
Bonneville senior Ryder Hassell is tied for tenth at 1-under, however it was an adventurous spherical for positive. After making the flip after four-under following bogeys on No. 7, 8 and 9, he made 5 birdies on the again together with 4 of the final 5 holes to place himself able to make a run at a medal.
5A state event
At Oquirrh Hills Golf Course
Day 1 Workforce scores
1. Skyline, 285
2. Olympus, 289
3. Spanish Fork, 293
3. Bonneville, 293
5. Park Metropolis, 294
5. Orem, 294
5. Woods Cross, 294
8. East, 295
Day 1 Particular person outcomes
- 67 — Jackson Shelley, Skyline
- 68 — Jon Howe, Woods Cross
- 69 — Maddow Nielsen, Orem
- 69 — Noah Moody, Timpanogos
- 69 — Mitt Harris, Olympus
- 70 — Sean Lampropoulos, East
- 70 — Dyson Lish, Field Elder
- 70 — Peter Kim, Skyline
- 70 — Cooper Nelson, Salem Hills
- 71 — Jaxon Smith, Woods Cross
- 71 — Rawson Hardy, Park Metropolis
- 71 — Ryder Hassell, Bonneville
- 72 — Aiden Taylor, Park Metropolis
- 72 — Carson Whitaker, Spanish Fork
- 72 — Will Pedersen, Olympus
- 72 — Parker Bunn, Bonneville
- 73 — Austin Wetfall, Orem
- 73 — Nason Jones, Highland
- 73 — Preston Cheney, Jordan
- 73 — Tryce Gordon, Salem Hills
- 73 — Edyn Tueller, Field Elder
- 73 — Jackson Rhees, Spanish Fork
- 73 — Stockton Penman, Bountiful