Saturday, October 10, 2009

Golf

So I have a problem with the Utah High School Activities Association. I don't want to blame them for my poor performance in the state golf tournament, but why would they choose to hold the tournament in Pleasant View (near Ogden) when it starts getting cold in October? At the course in the morning it was snowing before things got started. It made for a wet course and it was tough to hit the ball well in the cold weather. It seems to me there must have been a better location for a state tournament than The Barn. The course wasn't in very good shape to begin with. And it is very much out of the way for all 2A teams. The closest were the private schools in Salt Lake and that is nearly an hour away. And why have it on Monday-Tuesday? The timing doesn't really promote low scores for most players because most had their last practice the Saturday before. I think they should have held the tournament at a more central course in a warmer place and waited until the weekend. I know they can't have 2A-5A all on the same day, but why not spread them out through Wednesday-Saturday? It seems like they could make some changes that would promote lower scores and more competition for those players who are headed for college scholarships.

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