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Lemont’s Kling ties for second at Coed Classic
Updated: September 3, 2011 9:10PM
Low numbers on scorecards preceded high winds on the golf courses Saturday at Green Garden Country Club.
When the skies cleared, Prospect came away the clear winner, capturing both the boys and girls competitions in the Green Garden Coed Classic in Frankfort.
Prospect’s boys scored a four-stroke victory over Waubonsie Valley (302-306), while the girls beat Marian Catholic by 12 strokes (312-324). In the combined competition, Prospect scored a 25-stroke victory over Illinois State University High, its 614 strokes translating to an average score of 76.75 per player.
Sylvie Brick and Bree Veazey were the 1-2 punch for the Spartans, scoring 2-over-par 74 and 3-over 75, respectively. Veazey’s round came after she had been ill for two days. Brick was steady all day, hitting 16 greens to take third place.
“I got up-and-down once, and that leaves one hole unaccounted for,” Brick said. “But I had 37 putts, and I’m not happy with that at all. It just wasn’t my day (to win), but I’m happy with a 74. And I’m excited about the team. We root for each other, and we want to get better.”
The Spartans have taken over the area favorite’s role from co-host Homewood-Flossmoor, which finished 11th, totaling 94-over 382. Elizabeth Hassett led the Vikings with a 9-over 81.
Illinois State University High’s Katherine Hepler led the girls side with a 2-under-par 70.
Sandburg (22-over 310) was third in the boys competition, paced by Ben Gresla’s 3-over 75. The 2-over 74 of Lemont’s Kevin Kling was the lowest area score, putting him in a three-way tie for second.
Gresla, Mitch Zavesky (Marian Catholic) and Gehrig Hollatz (Lockport) shared fifth place, while Luke Ostrom (Sandburg) and Matt Stoner (Lincoln-Way East) tied for ninth at 5-over 77, eight strokes behind individual winner Alec Meyer, of Waubonsie Valley.
“I was putting myself in good position today,” Kling said. “Hit the center of the green and try to two-putt.”
That old-fashioned theory worked, and Kling received bonuses along the way in the form of an eagle, thanks to a 15-footer, and a birdie, rolling in a 25-footer.
“They just fell in,” Kling said. “The front nine, I played well. The back nine, I got kinda shaky but poked my way through.”
Play was completed just before a severe thunderstorm, complete with torrential rains and 60 mph wind, lashed the course.
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