HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS \u2014 After rallying to second, just two strokes behind, going into Day 2 of the Class 2A Golf State Championships at Mission Inn Golf Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Bishop Moore coach Marvin Snyder said his guys \u201cfelt good and were confident.\u201d<\/p>\n
But a tough stretch on the back nine of the El Campeon Course set the Hornets back in the standings, and they could only rebound to fourth place with a two-day score of 601 (+25).<\/p>\n
They finished 12 shots behind champion Coral Springs Charter on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a tough day,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cIn the first nine holes, we were in a battle, but the back nine didn\u2019t go our way with some bad breaks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the bad breaks was the tee shot for junior Jack Mokris, who finished third individually with a second straight round of 71.<\/p>\n
He was in the running to improve upon his runner-up finish last year when Bishop Moore won the 2A title after birdies on 3 of 5 holes, but the tee shot on the 17th hole, a par-5, just leaked off the fairway on the right next to a small tree with low branches.<\/p>\n
After a punch-out to the fairway, he dropped a 190-yard approach to about 15 feet behind the hole, but was unable to drain another birdie.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel I could have been closer if my tee shot was better,\u201d Mokris said. \u201cI played the last three holes so well with my irons, driver and putter. It\u2019s been a solid two years (at state) and this gives me motivation going into next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Motivation was a theme for the Hornets as they also got a third-place individual on the girls side at the Las Colinas Course.<\/p>\n
Freshman Abigail Royer followed up her 75 on Day 1 with an even-par 71 to finished tied for third, while the Bishop Moore girls team placed eighth.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a great start to my back nine with birdies on 9 and 10,\u201d Royer said. \u201cMy season started slow with me shooting in the low 40s and high 30s (for nine holes), but I started learning the playing patterns, and I\u2019m happy with how the season ended. This gives me motivation for next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hornets coach Margaret Bennett added that Royer pushed their senior No. 1 player, Emma Sanabria, all season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think (Royer) helped motivate Emma,\u201d Bennett said. \u201cShe just loves golf, and she\u2019s a delight to be around.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sanabria finished tied for 19th with 154. The individual girls champ was Fleming Island\u2019s Sophia Moody, who shot 66 on Wednesday for a two-round total of 139. Downtown Doral won the girls team title.<\/p>\n
The boys individual champ was South Fork\u2019s Gatlin Albright, who placed his approach shot on 18 about 3 feet from the hole, and drained the easy birdie to win by one stroke.<\/p>\n
In its first state finals appearance as a team, the Eustis boys had a score of 612 to place seventh with senior Taylor Hayes tying for 16th with 151 (76-75). Freshman Bobby Jones Potash and senior Ryan Jeffers were both one stroke behind Hayes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS \u2014 After rallying to second, just two strokes behind, going into Day 2 of the Class 2A…","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_volume":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[786,787,905,1031,1032,121],"class_list":["post-25914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-golf","tag-high-school-sports","tag-social-sports","tag-social-varsity-sports","tag-sports","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@fogolf\/117604453166358305","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogolf.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}