“She’s a long way off the tee, but there are some shots that can be taken off if she can further improve her putting and chipping.”
Perhaps it was that potential and its past achievements that attracted the interest of the SIU women’s golf program. Vaughan gave the Salukis a verbal commitment on Friday, becoming the third area player in recent years to choose the Missouri Valley Conference school.
Vaughan also considered Murray State, but the opportunity to play college golf just over an hour from McLeansboro couldn’t be overlooked.
“I am thrilled to be able to play Division I golf close to home,” he said. “I like the campus and the coaching staff.”
Massac County used their home court advantage to win the team title by a score of 322. The Patriots appear to have lost no beats under first-year manager Mallory Gentry, having scored a double-digit win at the start of the week over South Seven’s favorite Marion.
The same statement could be made about Benton’s boys. Even though they only have one senior player and have lost three of their top four players to a section champion, Rangers don’t have years of rebuilding.
They simply reload, as shown in a 305-team score that was a whopping 35 shots away from runner-up Hamilton County. Benton didn’t have to count a round higher than Peyton Sieveking’s 82, which would have made him the short man in four other teams.
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