Hunter Vest hits a fairway shot at the Brainerd Invitational golf tournament in this 2012 file photo.Hunter Vest knows his tee time for Saturday at the Brainerd Invitational golf tournament.
“It’s 12:50,” he said. “I won’t be late.”
Vest learned a valuable lesson during the recent State Amateur. He suffered a two-stroke penalty for being late for his first stroke of the third round because the second round finished about 90 minutes earlier.
The Lee University junior from Walker Valley High School will be at Brainerd Golf Course long in advance of his tee time and then will begin to defend the championship he won in a two-hole playoff over Caleb Roberson and Neil Spitalny in early May of 2012.
“It’s kind of funny that I’ve had the trophy for so long instead of one year,” Vest said. “The longer I can keep it in my possession, the better.