BOILING SPRINGS, SC - A quick change after a church golf tournament on Saturday brought Chesnee golfer Peyton Lawter some good luck as he went out on Monday to the Woodfin Ridge golf course firing a score of 68 to win the Spartanburg County individual championship.
According to Lawter and Chesnee head coach Adam Jolley, they played on the same team at the church golf tournament where Lawter was struggling with his putting, After the struggles, Jolley suggest he switch his putter and he did just that and it paid off for him. "Coach Jolley told me at that church tournament on Saturday was my putter wouldn't set up for me," said Lawter. "So my dad gave me his old putter and it changed a bunch as I probably made the most one putts I've ever made in a round, I probably only had two or three two-putts all day today." Jolley said he was glad the change was able to give Lawter the confidence boost he needed to play such good golf on Monday. "It shows that one little change can just boost your confidence like that," said Jolley. "He executed and made the putts and I'm glad that change gave him the confidence to be able to do that." Jolley said that the whole putter conversation happened because the guys from the team signed up for the church tournament just to enjoy playing golf for a day before the county tournament. "It's all about consistency, we've shot some good scores and not some good scores," said Jolley. "It's just about being consistent day in and day out and putting the work in at practice. It was good for us all to play in that tournament this weekend together where we just had fun. It was good to show them that golf doesn't have to be so much pressure that they put on themselves." Lawter said he was a little emotional about his performance on Monday, because it was such a turnaround from last year when he shot in the 90's. "I was kind of in shock (when I looked at my scorecard)," said Lawter. "I cried a little bit when I saw the card because I think I shot a 95 in this tournament last year. It's great to come back to shoot the score I shot today." With his score of 68, Lawter was five shots better than the second-place golfers in Granger Amick from Spartanburg Day along with Hugh Lemonds and Emmet Walsh from Spartanburg shot a score of 73, as Amick claimed the runner-up title after winning a playoff hole. Those four were joined on the All-Tournament team by Clayton Taylor (74) and Lawson Miller (77) from Boiling Springs along with Will McGraw (75) from Chapman. Spartanburg won the team title with a score of 299, which was nine shots ahead of second play Boiling Springs who shot a score of 308. Spartanburg Day was third with a score of 316 while Chesnee finished fourth as a team after they shot a score of 317 and Chapman finished eighth after shooting a score of 341. TEAM FINAL STANDINGS 1. Spartanburg 299 2. Boiling Springs 308 3. Spartanburg Day 316 4. Chesnee 317 5. Byrnes 325 6. Gaffney 328 7. Clinton 332 8, Chapman 341 9. Broome 355 10. SCA 373 11. Laurens 376 12. Boiling Springs (2) 383 13. Woodruff 393 14. Landrum 419 Comments are closed.
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