DUNCAN, SC - Despite a delay in the event, the Chesnee girls' golf team was able to put together an impressive round of golf to walk away with the championship trophy from the 2023 Lady Rebel Invitational on Tuesday.
The Eagles defeated an impressive field of teams that included the defending 5A state champions, the Dorman Cavaliers, in a tournament that was interrupted in the middle by a thunderstorm that rolled through the area on Tuesday. Chesnee head coach Kyle Scruggs said that the poise from his team came from struggles this past weekend that his team faced in another tournament. "We played in a tournament in Aynor this weekend and struggled," said Scruggs. "We practiced yesterday to work on some things we saw as weaknesses, and I think they done a great job of trying to make those changes as we saw some really good improvements from each of the players. It was nice to get a win against a strong field today after such a bad tournament this weekend." Scruggs said that his team was poised coming out of the weather delay because they had faced the same thing this weekend. "I think our girls were ready to go today after the break," said Scruggs. "We had a weather delay in Aynor too and we just struggled and couldn't get back going. This one they were playing well going into the weather delay and were looking forward to getting to finish the tournament strong." Chesnee fired a tournament low score of 308 at the course at River Falls, which was three shots better than second place Dorman and 25 shots better than third place Spartanburg Day. The Eagles were led on Tuesday by Olivia Roberts who won the individual title with a tournament low score of 66, which was one shot better than second place Caroline Hawkins from Blythewood. Roberts said that her short game was strong on Tuesday and said that her only regret was not being able to match her older sister Sydney's low score of 65. "I feel like I had everything going and my putter felt really good as when I looked at each putt, I just felt like I was going to make everything," said Roberts. "It feels good to win the individual title like my sister, but I wish I could have made the par putt on the final hole to tie her low score." Both Roberts and Hawkins were joined on the all-tournament team by Daniel's Peyton O'Brien, Mauldin's Olivia Pellerin, and Kate Gunnells. The other Eagles players also had a good tournament as Addy Parker and Olivia Shields each fired a score of 79 while Abigail Watson shot an 84 and Abby Herrington shot a score of 88. Chesnee wasn't the only local team competing as fellow district school Boiling Springs shot a score of 391 and Chapman shot a score of 392. The Eagles will return to action on September 5th when they compete in the Palmetto Preview at the Mid-Carolina golf course. Comments are closed.
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