By Nick Brockman, Messenger Sports Reporter nbrockman@the-messenger.com
For the Hopkins County Central boys' golf team, Tuesday's match against Hopkinsville marked the season-opening match at Madisonville Golf and Country Club. As a team, the Storm did not yield the results they had hoped for, but senior Heath Williams made the best of his nine holes.
Williams claimed medalist honors with a score of 36, but as a team Central fell by 11 strokes to Hopkinsville, 163-174. Lady Storm golfer Taylor Howerton bested Hopkinsville's lone girls golfer 44-58.
Central's boys will see plenty of action at the Madisonville golf course as the Storm host this year's 2nd Region tournament.
"It was nice starting off here," Williams said. "We're going to be here pretty much the whole year. I think we have four away matches, maybe three, but other than that we're going to be here. I would say I would probably take 36 every day."
As a new member to the country club, Williams has been taking advantage of his access to the course playing multiple times a day during the summer including Saturday and Sunday's 41st-annual Eli Barron Tournament.
"He's going after it and playing well," coach Mark Rutledge said. "Just coming off the Eli Barron, he's got the course down and playing it constantly. That's the main thing you have to do. His concentration was there as you can see with a 36, that's an excellent score."
Behind Williams, Joey Watkins fired a 44 and Landon Griffith shot 45. Senior Andrew Schniepp carded a 49 while KO Taylor turned in a 52.
Williams claimed medalist honors with a score of 36, but as a team Central fell by 11 strokes to Hopkinsville, 163-174. Lady Storm golfer Taylor Howerton bested Hopkinsville's lone girls golfer 44-58.
Central's boys will see plenty of action at the Madisonville golf course as the Storm host this year's 2nd Region tournament.
"It was nice starting off here," Williams said. "We're going to be here pretty much the whole year. I think we have four away matches, maybe three, but other than that we're going to be here. I would say I would probably take 36 every day."
As a new member to the country club, Williams has been taking advantage of his access to the course playing multiple times a day during the summer including Saturday and Sunday's 41st-annual Eli Barron Tournament.
"He's going after it and playing well," coach Mark Rutledge said. "Just coming off the Eli Barron, he's got the course down and playing it constantly. That's the main thing you have to do. His concentration was there as you can see with a 36, that's an excellent score."
Behind Williams, Joey Watkins fired a 44 and Landon Griffith shot 45. Senior Andrew Schniepp carded a 49 while KO Taylor turned in a 52.
Rutledge, a first-year golf coach, said it was pleasing to see his golfers implement lessons from practice.
"They worked on stuff, but you could also see as they were playing, they were checking off in their mind, 'OK, I did well to the green, now I have to work on putting,'" he said.
"Overall, I was thrilled first time out...We'll get better as it goes along and I'll get more comfortable with everything. That's what I'm looking forward to."
Central's boys return to action Saturday at the annual Madisonville-North Hopkins Invitational at Lakeshore Country Club, a course Williams said he's looking forward to playing.
"I think going into Lakeshore will be a good test to see how we are," Williams said. "I think it's a really easy course. It's a lot easier than out here (at Madisonville). If I play like I did out here (Tuesday), I can probably shoot 70, 71. I guess we'll see how it goes."
"They worked on stuff, but you could also see as they were playing, they were checking off in their mind, 'OK, I did well to the green, now I have to work on putting,'" he said.
"Overall, I was thrilled first time out...We'll get better as it goes along and I'll get more comfortable with everything. That's what I'm looking forward to."
Central's boys return to action Saturday at the annual Madisonville-North Hopkins Invitational at Lakeshore Country Club, a course Williams said he's looking forward to playing.
"I think going into Lakeshore will be a good test to see how we are," Williams said. "I think it's a really easy course. It's a lot easier than out here (at Madisonville). If I play like I did out here (Tuesday), I can probably shoot 70, 71. I guess we'll see how it goes."
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