Rounds Finishes 46th at State Golf Tourney
Junior Cards 81-81
by Erik Hall- News Tribune
October 20, 2008
A Twin City finish
Monday, October 20, 2008
By Erik Hall
sports@newstrib.com
BLOOMINGTON — Saturday afternoon Hall junior Nick Rounds had his
head up and he was smiling. He posted the same 9-over 81 score
during Saturday’s second round of the IHSA Class 1A Boys Golf State
Meet that he shot Friday. Saturday’s 81 just felt a lot better than
Friday’s 81.
“For some reason, I feel like I played better than yesterday,”
Rounds said Saturday. “The bogeys were more spread out, and that
kind of made me feel like I played better. I finished so bad
(Friday) that it just made me feel like I shot 100. The bogeys were
more spread out (Saturday). I hit some good shots; I hit some bad
shots; and I hit some real bad shots. Overall, I feel like I played
a little better.”
Rounds had one birdie, eight pars, eight bogeys and one double
bogey Saturday at Prairie Vista Golf Course in Bloomington. His
36-hole score of 162 put him in 46th of the 105 golfers that
started competing Friday.“It’s not quite as high of a finish as I
would like, but it’s experience and I expect to compete for a high
finish next year,” Rounds said. The 36-hole score Rounds shot this
weekend is the best 36-hole score by a Hall boys golfer at the
state meet since Jim Thompson posted a 156 in 1996. Thompson is the
only Hall boys golfer to have a better 36-hole score at the state
meet in the last 32 years than Rounds posted this weekend. Thompson
shot a 157 in 1995 along with his 156 in 1996. Rounds finished with
his score of 162 despite back-to-back days where he struggled
putting. Rounds said he had between 26 and 32 putts during 18-hole
rounds this season prior to state. He had 37 putts Friday and 37
putts Saturday.
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