Cara Stuckey wins 20th Women’s City Golf Tournament
FROM THE WABASH VALLEY CHEVY DEALER SPORTS DESK. HERE’S GARRETT DRAKE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME BACK THE TERRE HAUTE SOUTH GIRLS GOLF TEAM IS SET TO BEGIN THEIR 2025 SEASON ON AUGUST 5TH. HOWEVER, WE GOT A LITTLE SNEAK PEEK THIS MORNING WITH A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR’S FINAL ROUND OF THE TERRE HAUTE WOMEN’S GOLF ASSOCIATION CITY OPEN. AND ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS COACH TAKING ON PLAYER WITH SOUTH HEAD GIRLS COACH KARA STUCKEY. SHE IS SEEKING HER NINTH STRAIGHT TITLE AND 20TH OVERALL. BUT AGAIN, SHE WOULD HAVE TO DEFEAT SOUTH SENIOR AVERY CASTLE, WHO JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, CAPTURED THE GIRLS JUNIOR CITY CHAMPIONSHIP ON THURSDAY. AND WE GO TO THE FIRST HOLE. STUCKEY. SHE’S GOING TO GO PIN HUNTING WITH THE CHIP. IT CATCHES A PIECE OF THE FLAGSTICK ON THE WAY BY, BUT WOULD STAY OUT. STUCKEY ENDED UP TAPPING IN FOR BIRDIE TO GO ONE UP. NOW, SAME SCORE ON THE FOURTH HOLE. AND ANOTHER BEAUTY OF A TRIP FROM STUCKEY. THAT LED TO ANOTHER BIRDIE TO PUT HER TWO UP THROUGH FOUR. CASTLE NOW DOWN THREE ON THE SIXTH, BUT SHE’S ABLE TO GET UP AND DOWN. SINKS THE NICE BIRDIE PUTT RIGHT HERE. AND THAT LEAD FOR STUCKEY WOULD BE TWO THROUGH NINE HOLES. AND NOW AVERY TRYING TO MAKE A COMEBACK. SHE’S DOWN FOUR ON THE PAR THREE 13TH. BUT LOOK AT THIS CLUTCH PUTT FOR BIRDIE. SHE’S BACK TO WITHIN THREE AS HER DAD AND BOYS COACH CHRIS CASTLE LOVES THAT ONE AS WELL. BUT KARA STUCKEY WOULD FINISH THIS ONE OFF ON THE 15TH. A BIRDIE PUTT TO END THE MATCH AND EARN TITLE NUMBER 20. HERE’S STUCKEY ON THE WIN AND WHAT IT’S LIKE GOING AGAINST CASTLE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. FOR THE WAY THE SEASON STARTED, I WAS PLAYING. IT FEELS PRETTY GOOD CONSIDERING I WASN’T PLAYING THAT GREAT TO START THE SEASON, BUT THANKS TO A COUPLE FRIENDS SENT MY VIDEO TO SOME OF MY SWING AND GOT A LITTLE QUICK FIX. BUT TODAY WAS PRETTY GOOD. LUCKILY FOR ME, AVERY DIDN’T MAKE SOME PUTTS, SO HOPEFULLY SHE’LL MAKE FOR US IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SEASON BECAUSE SHE’S GOT AN UNBELIEVABLE TALENT. I DON’T LIKE IT BECAUSE I LOVE THE KID AND ROOT FOR HER, SO EVEN WHEN SHE MISSED SOME PUTTS, I WAS HOPING THEY WOULD GO IN. BUT I’M JUST GLAD SHE’S ON MY SIDE FOR ONE MORE YEAR AND HOPEFULLY THE RIGHT COLLEGE