October 17, 2001|By Herky Cush, Sentinel Staff Writer
LEESBURG
-- Closing out its regular season on a high note, Leesburg's boys golf
team turned away Mount Dora 159-160 Tuesday at Silver Lake Country Club
in the final for both teams.
With the victory, Leesburg (6-9) won six of its final eight matches, coming on strong after a 0-7 start.
Jordan Holmes and Sean Green carded 38s for the Yellow Jackets and were backed up with a 39 from Adam Wagner.
The Hurricanes (9-6) did not get a peak performance from their top
player as Mike Vedder started with a triple-bogey 7 on the first hole
and closed at 41, nearly four shots higher than his season average.
"I
am really proud of these young men,'' Leesburg Coach David Dawkins
said. "They have really come on strong since our 0-7 start.
"They seem to be peaking at the right time.''
The
Yellow Jackets are getting top performances from different players. In a
163-166 win over Tavares on Monday at Deer Island, Zack Tucker shot 37
and Green 39.
"I played a pretty solid round today,'' Green said
of his 38 Tuesday at Silver Lake. "My rounds could have been a lot
better. It has been just one or two bad shots each time out that has
hurt me.''
Green said he has been doing a better job of course management and that has been crucial to his play.
Green
was three 3-over after the first four holes, then came in with five
straight pars. Included was a nifty 2-putt par on the ninth hole, where
his first putt came from some 40 feet.
Wagner made four straight
pars. They included one on the 170-yard fifth hole, where his tee shot
hit high up a pine tree and stayed in bounds. His bunker shot came up
well short, but he made the putt from off the green.
A major sigh
of relief followed. On the par-4 third hole, which plays some 371 yards,
Wagner had but 90 yards to the hole, cutting the corner on the dogleg
left with a booming tee shot.
"I am comfortable hitting my driver
out here,'' Wagner said. "A lot of guys do not like to use the driver
here because the course is short.''
Wagner said his short game was
not where it usually is, or his score could have been much better. On
the finishing hole, a second shot from 95 yards came up short and his
par putt lipped out.
Mount Dora freshman Michael Jolliff, who led the Hurricanes with 38, had his short game working to perfection.
"That
is the strength of my game,'' said Jolliff, who has been playing for
just over a year. "I depend a lot on my chipping and putting.''
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