St. Regis golfers set sights on home meet, state

St. Regis golfers got the weekend off compliments of Mother Nature. A cold and rainy Saturday ended up calling for the cancellation of the meet that was supposed to take place at Deer Lodge. Aside from the cancellation, Coach Dan Park said that the season has been going okay for the Tiger golfers.

Currently, Park has two girls qualified for state, Shelby Berg and Jocelyn Dockter. Park said that Berg is doing everything she needs to be doing to be getting ready for a top notch performance at state.

"She is coming along really good," Park said. "She's getting better all the time. She's really trying hard and working on what she needs to work on. And that's what it's going to take to do well at state."

Park said Dockter should also be able to perform how she needs to at state. Dockter qualified at the very first tournament back at the beginning of April and has since continued to improve well. He noted that she's missed a couple of weeks, having being gone, but he said she's been getting back into form and he suspects she'll perform well.

Park is also hoping that Broean Teeters will qualify on Tuesday at Seeley Swan or this tomorrow, May 6, at Trestle Creek when the golfers will tee off at home. He said three players make a team for state.

So far, only one boy has qualified for state, Zane Worrall. Park said while Worrall is a good golfer and has been to state before he doesn't believe Worrall's shot his potential yet for this season. Park said that Worrall knows that he can do better than what he's doing and Park is hoping it will come out about the time state rolls around. Worrall won't see any competition the rest of the week before state, but doesn't believe that will hinder the golfer.

The team plays their first meet at home this week and Park said that it's "pretty important" to do well on your home course as they'll have a home field advantage.

"We're the ones that practice on it so we should be shooting a little better than everywhere that we've been where you only see the course one time," Park said. "It's pretty narrow; we'll have to keep our shots between the trees. Our greens can be as tough as anywhere. We're lucky to have it to practice on."

Park said that he's hoping the home field advantage might give a couple more players the opportunity to qualify for state that they need. He said that he's impressed with the team and how they've been doing all season, despite not having the best weather conditions at time.

"I'm proud of them. They've been showing up and they put in the full time," Park said "No one's been crying about the weather."

The golfers were scheduled to play at Seeley Swan on Tuesday and will be at Trestle Creek in St. Regis on Thursday. The match is set to begin at 9:30 a.m.