Page 16 - 2015-16 Boys Golf State Finals Program

2015 Tournament in Review

Harrison’s Bradley wins Playoff,

Westfield Edges Center Grove for Team Title

Harrison’s (West Lafayette) Cole Bradley and the In the team competition, third-ranked Westfield (584)
Westfield Shamrocks were hailed as the newest IHSAA held off top-ranked Center Grove (588) by four strokes
state champions at Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel on for its second state championship in three seasons. The
Wednesday. Shamrocks and coach Jon Hoover also finished as the
Bradley emerged the victor in a two-man playoff with runner-up in 2014.
Columbia City junior Spencer Klimek after two holes. Zionsville (603) placed third behind the two front-
Bradley parred No. 2 while Klimek settled for a bogey in runners while Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger and Hamilton
the 10th playoff in state finals history and first since 2008. Southeastern (605) tied for fourth in the team competition.
Both players had tied at 143 after 36 holes forcing the Also of note, Castle sophomore Austin Bratton used a
playoff. 4-iron to score a hole-in-one on the par-3, 180 yard, 15th
The Harrison sophmore became the first state medal- hole. It was the fifth hole-in-one in boys state finals history
ist in his school’s history after starting the day tied for and first since 2004.
fifth place with a first round 71 on Tuesday. He finished
the final round with a 72 but it was enough as Klimek fell
back to the pack.
Klimek began the day with the lead after posting a first
round 68 which included and eagle on the fifth hole and
three birdies. He slipped on Wednesday finishing with 75
with two bogeys and a doube-bogey for a two round total
of 143.
A six-way tie for third place followed the playoff pair
including Center Grove’s Austin Crowder, Fort Wayne
Bishop Dwenger’s Callahan Elzey, Westfield’s Timmy Hil-
debrand and Thomas Lewis, Lebanon’s Zach Schroeder
and Muncie Central’s Zach Bronnenberg. Each finished
one stroke back at 144.

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