Year: senior

Sammi Grunder carded an 11-over par 83 Monday to lead the Portage girls golf team, which counted 375 strokes to finish fourth at the Waunakee Invitational.

Portage High School will host its second annual "Golfing In Pink" event when it meets Mount Horeb in a prep girls golf dual meet on Friday at the Portage Country Club, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

It wasn't Portage's best day on the golf course, but it was plenty good enough to claim victory in its Northern Badger Conference season opener. Let by a nine-over-par round of 45 from Kati Rataczak, the Portage girls golf team beat host Reedsburg 192-230 on Friday morning at the Reedsburg Country Club.

With an impressive field of high school talent, the Madison Edgewood Invitational at Yahara Hills' West Course serves as a barometer of the upcoming girls golf season.

2009 FLASHBACK

With a heat index near 105 degrees predicted for this afternoon, the WIAA has issued its own heat warning on its Website to give football, boys soccer, girls tennis and girls golf coaches guidelines to follow in the event outdoor practices need to be altered.

Monday was a day 14 years in the making for me, but — as I left my freshman daughter at Tumbledown Trails for the first day of golf practice — I wasn’t convinced I was ready to become a high school sports parent.

Ask Jon Turcott to talk about Dewey Stendahl and he hardly mentions golf.

Platteville senior Josh Udelhofen earned WIAA Division 2 state runner-up honors with the best 36-hole showing of any area golfer at the WIAA state tournament, shooting 69-76 at University Ridge to finish 6 shots behind winner Charlie Danielson of Osceola.

Mike Schilling shrugged off how he had just played the two best rounds of his high school career and earned medalist honors at the WIAA Division 1 boys state golf tournament.

As his double-bogey putt on the final hole skirted past the right edge of the cup, Madison Edgewood’s Scott Hird thought he saw a second straight WIAA Division 2 state title narrowly trickle away, seeing as the gap between the Crusaders and Appleton Xavier was minuscule at best.

Halfway through the final round of his high school career, any dreams Eric Wolfe had of the Division 3 individual state golf title were dashed.

The WIAA state boys golf tournament concludes Tuesday at University Ridge Golf Course, and the Madison.com coverage team will provide updates throughout the competition.

Despite a steady rain that began falling just after 2:30 a.m. and a radar that was as green as the University Ridge fairways, the second round of the WIAA state boys golf tournament has started as scheduled.

So anxious was Platteville senior Josh Udelhofen to break 70 Monday at University Ridge that his own impatience almost derailed the quest on the very last hole.

As he turned in his scorecard Monday afternoon, Chris Allen admitted something felt odd.

Relaxed doesn’t usually describe the vibe at the WIAA Division 1 state boys golf tournament — especially when one shot can be the difference between winning and losing an individual title.

The WIAA state boys golf tournament kicks off Monday at University Ridge Golf Course, and the Madison.com coverage team will provide updates throughout Day 1 of the two-day competition.

It’s not easy replacing a legendary player.