Ironton golfers 3rd at PIT
Published 2:04 am Friday, August 13, 2010
PORTSMOUTH — It was the kind of day the Ironton Fighting Tigers would have liked to have taken a mulligan.
Ironton didn’t have a golfer break 80 and finished third Thursday in the Portsmouth Invitational.
After winning their own invitational by 27 strokes on Monday and shooting a 305 as a team, Ironton managed a 325 total, one stroke behind runner-up Gallipolis and five shots off winner Logan Elm.
Josh Cooke bounced back from an 89 on Monday to lead Ironton with an 18-hole score of 80. Andy Holtzapfel and Josh Zornes were one shot back at 81 while Jonathon Williams and Mason Weisgarber each carded an 83.
West Union was fourth at 335 and the Chesapeake Panthers were fifth with a 338-team score.
The Panthers’ Nick Duffield shot a 76 to finish fifth overall in the individual standings and teammate Seth Waggoner tied for seventh with a 79 score.
The Fighting Tigers (27-2) travels to Greenup County, Ky., Monday for a 4 p.m. match.
Portsmouth Invitational
Team Scores
Logan Elm 320
Gallipolis 324
Ironton 325
West Union 335
Chesapeake 338
Hillsboro 344
Notre Dame 352
Leesburg Fairfield 355
Portsmouth 362
Wheelersburg 363
Southeastern 367
Circleville 370
Huntington Ross 373
Portsmouth Clay 387
Jackson 389
Chillicothe 395
Zane Trace 402
South Point 471
South Webster NTS
Northwest NTS
Individual Leaders
McKee, Southeastern 72
Greenelee, Logan Elm 73
D. Irvin, Huntington Ross 74
B. Smith, Gallipolis 75
Nick Duffield, Chesapeake 76
Huntley, West Union 78
Arthur, Gallipolis 79
Canady, Gallipolis 79
Seth Waggoner, Chesapeake 79
Josh Cooke, Ironton 80
McKenzie, Portsmouth Clay 80
Schector, Logan Elm 80
IRONTON: Josh Cooke 80, Andy Holtzapfel 81, Josh Zornes 81, Mason Weisgarber 83, Jonathan Williams 83.
CHESAPEAKE: Duffield 76, Waggoner 79, Hoback 88, Saunders 95, Sias 103.
SOUTH POINT: Taylor 103, Suttles 112, Wellman 120, Jones 127, Gambill 139.
WHEELERSBURG: Ballard 87, Pennington 88, Cline 93, Boyer 95, Arnold 100.