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By Stan Olenik
For Hometown News
Lexington held their first round lead and won their sixth straight 4A golf title by four shots over Dorman at Three Pines Country Club in Woodruff. Lexington shot rounds of 318 and 324 for a four shot victory over the Cavaliers.
Maureen Dunnagan may have set a state record by being a member of each of the schools six straight championships. Dunnagan won the individual title by three shots over Dorman’s Morgan Webber.
Webber was in the final group that not only had to play number 16 out of sequence but also nearly in the dark. Tournament play was interrupted twice by heavy rain forcing the golfers off the course. When they returned after the second rain delay the sixteenth green was under water, forcing the change in the order of play for the final group.
The Dorman golfer shot a second straight 76 to finish as the runner-up. “I’ve played in bad weather that was worse than this but having to finish in the dark was pretty tough, I had never had to do that before,” said Webber. “I think I played pretty well considering the conditions,” she added.
The Cavaliers finished second to Lexington for the fourth straight year. “Coach Terry told us that a tournament could come down to just one stroke from each of our players and that is the way it turned out today,” said Webber.
The Cavaliers fired a final round total of 318 but only made up six of the ten-stroke lead held by Lexington after the first round.
“We played in some very difficult conditions and some extra pressure because this was on our home course,” said Dorman head coach Lewis Terry. “We responded with solid rounds by all four girls and I was very pleased with that,” he said.
After Lexington and Dorman, Wren and Easley finished third and fourth in the team competition.
Torey Johnson of Byrnes tied for third in the tournament. Kaitlin Matheson and Maegen Higgens of Wren, Taylor Pleier and Brittany Lowe of Dorman along with Katy Funk of Spartanburg finished in the top-ten and earned All-State honors.
“I know we are disappointed that we were not able to win but we had three girls make All-State and that is the first time we have done that,” said Terry. “We have a very good group of girls coming back for next year and we should have a chance to contend for a title again. Maybe we can win it next time,” concluded the Dorman coach.
The Three Pines staff and volunteers managed to “squeege in” the 4A girls championship on a day when even ducks didn’t fly. Most tournaments would have been cancelled but because the event was a state championship play continued.
“The committee has the right to make a change in unusual circumstances,” said Todd Marshall, Three Pines head professional and tournament manager. “Playing out of order gave 16 a chance to drain and us to squeegee it off. I was going to do everything I could to get the tournament in,” he said.
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