LEESBURG
-- Jay Cook lost the individual battle again to Travis Owens, but this
time Cook had the smile on his face when the day ended because he and
his Leesburg teammates claimed a victory over Mount Dora Bible on
Thursday in the dual match at Silver Lake County Club.
The Yellow Jackets closed with a score of 156 to easily win over the Bulldogs' 167 total.
Victory was sweet for Leesburg Coach Jim Jarrett.
"We really wanted this one,'' Jarrett said. "We have beaten every other team on our schedule.
"They were the only one we had not beaten.''
Cook had medalist honors in his grasp on Thursday, but a double bogey six left him with a 3-over-par 38, one shot more than Owens. In an earlier duel at Black Bear Golf Club, Owens carded 34 and Cook 36. But Mount Dora Bible (8-6) won that match.
"I have not played in a week,'' Cook said. "My back was acting up. It is more than a muscle this time. But I'll have to play through it. It hurts when I bend over to pick up a ball.''
Cook was one over par heading to the ninth hole because of a nifty chip in birdie on the par-3 fifth hole. But he narrowly missed a few birdie putts on other holes.
"I thought I had one on the eighth hole,'' Cook said. "The putt went right over the hole.''
Owens said he has not been playing well of late and much of it has to do with his putting.
He 3-putted the fourth hole for one of his two bogeys and missed a par putt on the eighth hole.
"Both [missed] putts were no more than three feet,'' Owens lamented. "My putting has been hurting me of late.''
Leesburg (11-4) got another solid performance from an ever-improving Sean Green, a sophomore who carded 39.
"My iron play has been the difference for me,'' Green said. "For a while I was hitting my irons everywhere.
"Now I am getting a lot of GIRs [greens in regulation] and it has made a big difference.''
On the sixth hole, Green stuck a 5-iron from 176 yards with two feet of the hole and made birdie.
Green said he still has to work on his chipping. Even so, he chipped to within a foot on the seventh hole to save par.
"That was one of the few times I have chipped well,'' Green said. "I've got to work on it more.''
Jordan Holmes also added 39 for Leesburg and George Singletary shot 40. Kyle Mitchell's 42 was second to Owens' 37. Mitchell was cruising early on. He punched a low shot on the fourth hole to within six feet and made birdie and made a sand save on the par-3 fifth hole. But then his luck ran out with a double bogey on both six and eight.
The teams head to district tournament play on Monday, with Mount Dora Bible hosting its tournament at Black Bear Golf Club and Leesburg going to Hunter's Creek in Orlando.
Cook had medalist honors in his grasp on Thursday, but a double bogey six left him with a 3-over-par 38, one shot more than Owens. In an earlier duel at Black Bear Golf Club, Owens carded 34 and Cook 36. But Mount Dora Bible (8-6) won that match.
"I have not played in a week,'' Cook said. "My back was acting up. It is more than a muscle this time. But I'll have to play through it. It hurts when I bend over to pick up a ball.''
Cook was one over par heading to the ninth hole because of a nifty chip in birdie on the par-3 fifth hole. But he narrowly missed a few birdie putts on other holes.
"I thought I had one on the eighth hole,'' Cook said. "The putt went right over the hole.''
Owens said he has not been playing well of late and much of it has to do with his putting.
He 3-putted the fourth hole for one of his two bogeys and missed a par putt on the eighth hole.
"Both [missed] putts were no more than three feet,'' Owens lamented. "My putting has been hurting me of late.''
Leesburg (11-4) got another solid performance from an ever-improving Sean Green, a sophomore who carded 39.
"My iron play has been the difference for me,'' Green said. "For a while I was hitting my irons everywhere.
"Now I am getting a lot of GIRs [greens in regulation] and it has made a big difference.''
On the sixth hole, Green stuck a 5-iron from 176 yards with two feet of the hole and made birdie.
Green said he still has to work on his chipping. Even so, he chipped to within a foot on the seventh hole to save par.
"That was one of the few times I have chipped well,'' Green said. "I've got to work on it more.''
Jordan Holmes also added 39 for Leesburg and George Singletary shot 40. Kyle Mitchell's 42 was second to Owens' 37. Mitchell was cruising early on. He punched a low shot on the fourth hole to within six feet and made birdie and made a sand save on the par-3 fifth hole. But then his luck ran out with a double bogey on both six and eight.
The teams head to district tournament play on Monday, with Mount Dora Bible hosting its tournament at Black Bear Golf Club and Leesburg going to Hunter's Creek in Orlando.
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