Washington Boys Golf

Lindwall wins Metro Spotlight Award

Frank Lindwall of Cedar Rapids Washington is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school boys this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday night.

Lindwall, entering his junior year at Washington, has already established himself as one of the top high school golfers in Iowa. He had an 18-hole average of 71.88 strokes last year as a sophomore, which was the second-best average in the state.

Lindwall made a strong showing at the U.S. Junior Amateur championships last month at the Colleton River Plantation Club in Bluffton, S.C. He shot rounds of 77 and 73 for a 36-hole total of 6-over-par 150 in an international field of elite golfers.

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Lindwall falls short at U.S. Junior Am

BLUFFTON, S.C. - Frank Lindwall of Cedar Rapids Washington made a strong showing at the U.S. Junior Amateur golf championships in South Carolina this week, but he barely missed advancing to the Round of 64 of match play.

Lindwall shot rounds of 77 and 73 for a 36-hole total of 6-over-par 150 at the Colleton River Plantation Club in Bluffton, S.C., to finish in a multiple tie for 60th place in the preliminary rounds in the international field. Sixty-four golfers advanced to match play, but Lindwall fell short on a tiebreaker.

Lindwall will be a junior at Washington this year.

Warriors trimmed in MVC triangular

Iowa City High nipped Washington and Waterloo West in a Mississippi Valley Conference triangular golf meet at Gardner Thursday.

The Little Hawks finished with 198 strokes, followed by Washington (200) and Waterloo West (201). Sarah Overton of City High claimed medalist honors with a 5-over-par 41.

Brett Visser led Washington with a 10-over 46.

WASHINGTON: Brett Visser 46, Kandis O'Donnell 50, Grace Claassen 51, Anna Rohde 53, Riley DeWolf 56, Devon O'Donnell 57, Maura Wilkey 68.

Murdock's ace sparks Cougars to district title

The free drinks are on Cole Murdock.

Murdock fired a hole-in-one and claimed medalist honors Tuesday at Hunters Ridge as the Kennedy Cougars won their eighth straight district golf title.

Kennedy will compete for the state title this Friday and Saturday at the Tournament Club of Iowa in Polk City.

Murdock aced the 16th hole at Hunters Ridge with a pitching wedge. The ball hit the bottom of the flag and dropped into the cup.

Murdock knew he hit a good shot, but did not realize the ball was in the hole.

"I've never had a hole-in-one, so I guess I've never really seen what it looks like going in from the distance," he said. "When I heard it hit the flag I was kind of looking around to see where it went."

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