The Waynesville Tiger Golf Team competed in a 26 team tournament at Old Kinderhook Golf Course in Camdenton today.  Wow, the weather was perfect, the golf course in great shape, and 135 golfers from all over Missouri there to compete! 

The tournament was won by Kansas City Rockhurst with a very nice team score of 293. The individual medalist was Rockhurst's own Michael Bessenbacher with a 3 under par, 69.

Tigers had their best performance of the year as I was able to finally have all of my top 5 players. Waynesville finished with a 421, 34 strokes better than our previous best of 455. Senior Dylan Reynolds led the tigers with a 97 after being out all last week with an illness that really took away a lot of his energy. He was a little rusty, but is very close to putting his complete game together to make the final push towards districts on May 1st.

The biggest standout for the young tigers was freshman Aaron Choi. He continues to get better each time he plays. It has been a while since I have had a freshman score anywhere close to a 100. Aaron came in with a 101 today on the toughest course and greens he has faced yet. Conditions were much better than at his other tournaments, but he took advantage of great playing conditions today. Kinderhook is a course that can lead to penalty strokes after every shot from the tee to the green on every hole. For him to score a personal best today, was awesome! He really like the greens and putted very well. At his last tournament, we discussed how to get better at putting, and he did a great job of taking the advise as it helped him greatly today.

Other tiger scores were Collin Ronje (111), Alec Chapman (112), and Ben Pollman (119).

Next up, the Tigers will host their Waynesville Invitational on Monday, April 17th at the Piney Valley Golf Course on Fort Leonard Wood. It is a non-traditional tournament with 3 scoring formats made up of medal play, best ball, and scramble. As the 17th is a non-school day, we hope that some of the community can get a chance to come out and see the 13 teams in action.