FREMONT – The Little Giant golf team is just one hole away from taking off.
Over the last year, Ross has gone from a team raw and learning the game and has become a solid squad making consistent strides with gradually lowering scores.
Cole Druckenmiller
In their previous two matches, the Little Giants posted a team score of 186 – a number they never came close to last season.
Thursday afternoon, Cole Druckenmiller shot a 42 – tying the team’s individual low-round of the season.
As solid as that score is, however, a triple bogey on the final hole not only robbed him of an opportunity to shoot in the 30s, but also encapsulated were Ross currently sits in its development as a team: Even in a good round, there seems to be one hole that just gets away from the Little Giants.
“I would say that’s a pretty good analysis,” Ross coach Jim Scharer said. “Simply because, you have to play all nine holes. It’s like any other sport. You want to play four quarters, play three periods in hockey, you got to play all nine holes. We let one hole get away from us and sometimes it costs us. For a team, (one hole costs) seven or eight strokes. That’s where we’re at.”
In all, Thursday, Ross played a solid round. In addition to Druckenmiller’s 42, Braxton White shot a 48 and Mike Keegan and Zane Rusch both shot a 51 for a team score of 192, 18 shots behind Eastwood’s 174.
Mike Keegan
“It was a really good night for Cole,” Scharer said. “He had a great chance to shoot in the 30s and, right now, for anybody in our program to shoot in the 30s would be a great accomplishment and we’re just one hole away right now.
“Mike Keegan played really well tonight,” Scharer added. “He, again, finished with a triple bogey or he would have been in the 40s. We easily, easily, could have had four scores in the 40s tonight.”
The Little Giants return to the course Monday for the district preview tournament at Red Hawk Run.
“Going to Red Hawk on Monday is going to be a challenge for our kids psychologically because our kids just haven’t played well there and it might be in their heads,” Scharer said. “If we can be around 410, I’d be really happy.”