High school girls golf: Sunbin Seo leads Timpview to 5A state title

With a 41-stroke benefit after Day 1 of the 5A state event, Timpview’s repeat state title on Tuesday was as inevitable as they arrive in excessive school sports activities.

Knowing that, and wanting to ensure his golfers stayed targeted and motivated for his or her ultimate spherical, Timpview coach Jeff Ward gave his gamers a objective to shoot for on Tuesday at Spanish Oaks Golf Course. It was comparable to what he’d been doing all 12 months, however contemplating it was state, he actually needed to make the problem notable.

Ward’s objective for Timpview on Day 2 was to shoot a crew 309, a modest enchancment over Monday’s 311. The T-Birds did him one higher, capturing a 308 to run away with their second straight state championship. It inevitably would’ve been a three-peat, however final 12 months’s season was canceled due to COVID-19.

“I strive to set a crew objective every day, and that’s what we fear about. I inform them if we will shoot this we’ll be OK,” mentioned Ward.

Timpview completed with a two-day 619, adopted by Olympus in second with a 730 and Bonneville in third with a 732.

Timpview’s Sunbin Seo pulled away from teammate Rachel Lillywhite on the again 9 to declare medalist honors by capturing a sensational two-day 7-under, together with a 5-under on Tuesday.

Seo birdied 4 of the ultimate six holes, together with a birdie on 18 with all her teammates surrounding the inexperienced watching. Lillywhite was behind her within the ultimate group and likewise birdied to end second with a two-day 142.

Seo and Lillywhite had been the one two golfers to shoot beneath par in both spherical in the course of the 5A state event, they usually did it on each days.

“I’m normally fairly good beneath strain so I like the sensation of being in a strain state of affairs,” mentioned Seo, who mentioned profitable the crew title was simply as particular. “I believe it’s a blast. I like my crew, and I like the crew facet of it, as a result of golf is such a person sport I’m all the time so targeted on myself however having a crew facet of it.”

Skyline freshman Ashley Lam completed second with a 148, with Timpview freshman Emma Lillywhite ending fourth with a 153 and Bountiful senior Vanna Einerson rounding out the highest 5 with a 154.

Rachel Lillywhite truly had a one-stroke benefit over Seo after Monday’s opening spherical, and Seo knew that pulling forward of her teammate and claiming a state title to go together with her area title wasn’t going to be straightforward.

She mentioned that having assistant coach Michelle Landers stroll along with her for almost all of the spherical helped her keep relaxed and have enjoyable.

Seo mentioned she was hitting her irons fairly shut all day, however solely might get two birdie putts to drop on the entrance 9. She rolled in a 10-footer for birdie on 13, and her confidence swelled the remainder of the spherical.

“That one pumped me up to make extra, trigger I lastly made one thing,” mentioned Seo.

As excited as coach Ward was to see Seo and the Lillywhite sisters have success close to the highest of the leaderboard, he mentioned watching junior Kami Howard shoot a season-best 91 was simply as thrilling.

“That was large for her and it was large for us too. We want 4 scores and she or he shoots her greatest spherical of the 12 months which is improbable,” mentioned Ward.

After capturing a 110 in her opening spherical, Howard’s 91 on Tuesday was Timpview’s fourth rating that counted towards the 308 crew rating.

All six golfers for Timpview are underclassmen, which implies a 12 months from now it is going to be the overwhelming favourite once more.

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Class 5A state event

At Spanish Oaks Golf Course

Team scores

1. Timpview, 619

2. Olympus, 730

3. Bonneville, 732

4. Alta, 748

4. Skyline, 748

6. Park City, 751

7. Bountiful, 763

8. Lehi, 767

9. Farmington, 792

10. Springville, 800

Individual outcomes

139 — Sunbin Seo, Timpview

142 — Rachel Lillywhite, Timpview

148 — Ashley Lam, Skyline

153 — Emma Lillywhite, Timpview

154 — Vann Einerson, Bountiful

166 — Aubree Johnson, Bonneville

170 — Rachel Moore, Olympus

175 — Patiola Uluave, Lehi

179 — Josie Marshall, Park City; Brooke Anderson, Lehi

181 — Emily Hawksworth, Park City; Parker Nolan, Alta

183 — Thea Maxwell, Olympus

185 — Lori Hwang, Alta; Lilly Wagstaff, Olympus

188 — Maura Hawkes, Farmington; Mikelle Burdett, Bonneville

189 — Gwen Poelman, Skyline

190 — Sami Gibson, Alta; Aubi Eaves, Farmington