Logee’s 82 Wooster’s top score at OCC’s as Arrows dominate

  • By Brian Questel
  • September 28, 2011
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Ashland played the Mohican Hills Golf Course straight as an arrow. That’s a lesson that Wooster golf coach Mark Snowbarger hopes his team can learn as well in the final days of the 2011 season. The Arrows rolled to an easy victory in the Ohio Cardinal Conference Golf Championships Sept. 22, cruising to an easy victory by shooting a 300 to win its fourth consecutive league title. Clear Fork was a very distant second with a 333, followed by Lexington (337), Madison (342), Wooster (345), West Holmes (350), Orrville (354) and Mansfield Senior (391). “Ashland is way above the rest of us,” said Snowbarger. “I think this year Clear Fork proved they were the second-best team since they were 6-1 going into the tournament. They were 12 strokes ahead of us in the tournament and they beat us by six strokes at our place over nine holes. I feel that us, Madison, Orrville, Lexington and West Holmes are all in a little bunch. The five of us are pretty equal. Senior was last in both the season and tournament, but the rest of us on any given day are capable of beating each other. It’s very even in the middle. “We were in fifth place and really only a few strokes out of third place,” he added. “A couple more places would have helped us in the combined finish. In the OCC, you get points for the season and points for the tournament. If we could have moved up two more places, instead of sixth, we would have been fourth. We were only eight strokes off the team finishing third and we were three strokes off the team that was fourth. That could have been made up on one or two holes. We had quite a few double and triple bogeys; on the backside we needed to keep the ball in play. In the middle part of the back nine we had too many high scores. … Keep it in the fairway – that’s been the demise of our team. “For the most part, our boys tried hard, but they have a hard time righting the ship once it starts sinking. I’m not saying they aren’t giving it effort, but they don’t know what to do to right the ship lots of time. They don’t trust their swing and they have too many things going through their head. It’s a very mental game. In order to make it where they are good, they have to practice under match conditions. I don’t think we do (enough of that) and we need to learn to do that. That’s hard for teenagers in any sport.” The Generals, who were 1-6 in OCC play this season, were led by Grant Logee with an 82. That score earned him second-team OCC honors, the lone General to grab a spot on the OCC teams. Logee, a junior, opened with a 39 on the par-72 Mohican Hills course before closing with a 43 to account for his 11-over round. He was followed by 87s from senior Evan Bahler and junior Nick Buckingham, while Tom Huettner, a sophomore, rounded out the top four with an 89. “Grant just goes out and does his job. He may not be the most talented golfer we have, but I can count on him not being too far off every time he goes out,” said Snowbarger. “He does what he can do. With a little more work, hopefully he can stay where he’s at (for next year). If the other guys do the same, we can build on this year for next year.” The Generals had one more match, a tournament at Lexington on Sept. 30, before entering postseason play. “We had a practice round (Sept. 27) at Barberton Brookside Country Club, which is where Sectionals will be (Oct. 4),” said Snowbarger. “We’re in practice mode now. We have one more set up, a tournament in Lexington on Friday, so we’ll go to that, which we’ve done the last three years. I’d rather practice for Sectionals rather than sit down and do nothing. “We’ve got to learn how to keep the ball in the fairway. The main thing is course management and keeping the ball in the fairway. That’s our theme for Sectionals. This week we’re working on putting and chipping and saving shots in those areas and keeping it in the fairway and knowing what clubs to hit. We’ll work on that most of the week.” Sectionals will begin at 9 a.m. Oct. 4. The top four teams and the top four individuals not on a team will qualify to Pine Hills Golf Club and Districts.


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