by Patrick McGuire ’14
The Saint Ignatius golf team finished off the 2013 season with a state tournament appearance, finishing eighth amid the wind, rain, and cold.
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Division 1 Golf Results
1 Dublin Jerome 641
2 Pickerington HS North 646
3 Cincinnati St. Xavier 647
4 Toledo St. John’s Jesuit 648
5 Cincinnati Moeller 655
6 Springboro 659
7 Cuy Falls Walsh Jesuit 670
8 Cleveland St. Ignatius 671
9 New Albany 672
10 Lakewood St. Edward 682
11 Findlay 707
12 Twinsburg 710
[/pullquote]The 2013 golf state tournament took place over two days on The Ohio State University’s Scarlet Golf Course. While the Wildcat golfers faced a difficult course, the ‘Cats turned in a 333 on day one and a 338 score day two of the tournament. The weather from the course made for abnormally high scores across the entire field due to the wind and fierce wind. However, these scores were enough to place the Wildcats in 8th for Ohio.
The Wildcats were led by Jack Coyne (80, 78) and Kevin Duncan (82-81). Coach Brian Becker said, “While the 8th place finish wasn’t what the team had hope for it did finalize a very solid season.”
Coach Becker praised his 2013 team for their performance not only in the freezing cold of the state tournament, but throughout all of the regular season. “The 2013 golf team faced a difficult road all throughout the season to even get to the state tournament,” Coach Becker added, “It is very difficult to just advance through the sectional and district tournaments.”
This year’s golf team saw many successes including tying the school’s lowest team score ever, as well as below-par rounds of 68 and 69 by Senior Jack Coyne ‘14. There was more good news for the Coach Becker and the Wildcats: Senior P.J. Malik accepted a golf scholarship to the University of Dayton.
