It’s going to be wet – probably with some squishy steps- at Willowbrook Golf Course today for the TSSAA’s Division II-AA state championships.
Golfers for Girls Preparatory School, McCallie and both Baylor teams know the conditions will not be optimal for scoring. But the six teams in each tournament will face the same challenges.
They’ll certainly need rain gear, gloves, extra towels, maybe even a full change of clothes to deal with the elements, which could produce plugged lies, standing water and maybe even flyer lies from the fairway.
“Any time we’ve not had success, the weather has been bad,” said Baylor coach Gary Partrick, whose boys’ team won in 2012, with the girls also claiming titles that season and in 2013.
Both Baylor teams trekked up to Manchester on Saturday and had the entire course to themselves. Instead of playing in order from No. 1 to No. 18, they tested about 15 holes, including the most difficult stretch of Nos. 13-16.