2013 Oakland County Girls Championships at Pontiac Country Club- Surprise Champion

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GIRLS GOLF: Seaholm wins first ever county tournament by the slimmest of margins

By KEITH DUNLAP
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Ellie Miller, of Detroit Country Day, watches her tee shot during the Oakland County golf tournament at Pontiac Country Club, Wednesday September 18, 2013 (Oakland Press Photo:Vaughn Gurganian)

Veronica Haque, of Rochester High School, watches her tee shot during the Oakland County golf tournament at Pontiac Country Club, Wednesday September 18, 2013 (Oakland Press Photo:Vaughn Gurganian)

Jennifer Cui, of Troy High School, watches her tee shot during the Oakland County golf tournament at Pontiac Country Club, Wednesday September 18, 2013 (Oakland Press Photo:Vaughn Gurganian)

Rylie Miller, of Birmingham Seaholm High School, chips onto the green during the Oakland County golf tournament at Pontiac Country Club, Wednesday September 18, 2013 (Oakland Press Photo:Vaughn Gurganian)

WATERFORD TWP. — The expression that every stroke counts in golf applied more than ever at the Oakland County Division I girls golf tournament on Wednesday. On a perfect late summer day for golf, four shots ended up separating the top-four teams and only two shots separated the top-three finishers at Pontiac Country Club.

By the narrowest of margins, Birmingham Seaholm ended up taking home the first-place trophy at the Division I tournament for the first time in school history, besting the 18-team field with a final total of 325, one shot ahead of second-place Birmingham Detroit Country Day, two shots ahead of third-place Troy and four shots ahead of Stoney Creek.

Defending champion Farmington Hills Mercy shot a 336 to round out the top-five.

Typically, Seaholm head coach Leon Braisted doesn’t have his best golfers compete at the county tournament, whether it is because his top players have other school obligations going on or he simply wants to save the days they are allowed to miss school in order to golf for other tournaments throughout the season, including the regional and state tournaments.

But other than top player Rachel Wilson, a junior who Braisted said might be out for the season with a shoulder injury, Seaholm had its top guns on the course this time.

“They were all committed to playing,” Braisted said. “They said this was one they wanted to win. They wanted to come out here and send a message that we can play. It is the first time that all five of them have played together since the first league meet, which we lost to Stoney Creek. It’s awesome and a great feeling. The girls worked hard.”

Leading the way for Seaholm was sophomore Allegra Cunningham, who shot a 79 to finish in a tie for 10th place. Junior Megan Lam (80), sophomore Jordan Michalak (81) and junior Jamie Greene (85) also contributed to what was a balanced effort for the Maples, one of the state’s top teams in Division 2.

Right behind was Country Day, which saw senior Ellie Miller shoot a 77, senior Monika Hedni shoot an 80 and junior Nicole Junn shoot an 82 to lead the second-place effort.

“By one silly stroke,” said Country Day head coach Peggy Steffan, who said her team shot its second-lowest tournament score this year following a 323 earlier this season. “Everybody is like ‘I wish I had made that putt.’ But we finished second and it is still good.”

While Seaholm and Country Day are more veteran-dominated teams, Troy is about as young of a squad as it comes, which obviously made Troy coach John Getzan thrilled with his team’s third-place finish.

Sophomore Jennifer Cui shot a 77, sophomore Naomi Kim had an 82 and senior Amanda McCafferty had an 83 to set the pace for the Colts.

“We’ve got two sophomores, a junior and a freshman playing in our top-five,” Getzan said. “I’m quite pleased. Pontiac plays tough. It has big greens and lends itself to three-putts. But we did well. I’m happy.”

As close as the team scores were at the top, the individual scores were even closer, as three golfers tied for medalist honors after each shot a 75.

Those golfers were Stoney Creek junior Bailey Compton, North Farmington-Harrison junior Sophie Kollin and Rochester freshman Veronica Haque.

Overall, 13 golfers broke 80 for the day.

With the county meet over, the next step for area golf teams is to finish off league play and prepare for the fast approaching state regional tournaments, which will be held from Oct. 9-11.



Oakland County Division I girls golf tournament

(at Pontiac Country Club, par 72)

TEAMS — Birmingham Seaholm 325; Birmingham Detroit Country Day 326; Troy 327; Stoney Creek 329; Farmington Hills Mercy 336; South Lyon 339; Novi 344; North Farmington-Harrison 345; Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 350; Lake Orion 360; Milford 361; Rochester 367; Rochester Adams 370; Bloomfield Hills 370; Oxford 372; Birmingham Marian 383; Clarkston 389; South Lyon East 425

Top 50 Junior Tour - High School Events

Oakland County

9/18/2013 - 9/18/2013 | High School Girls Division

Pontiac Country Club | Red Tees

Par: 72 / Yardage: 5334 | Slope: 123 / Rating: 69.3

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Leaderboard
Division: High School Girls Team View
	Pos	Total	Player	Team	Class	Today	Thru	R1	Strokes
+	T1	+3	Kollin, Sophie	North Farmington	2015	+3	F	75	75
+	T1	+3	Compton, Bailey	Stoney Creek	2015	+3	F	75	75
+	T1	+3	Haque, Veronica	Rochester	2017	+3	F	75	75
+	T4	+5	Miller, Ellie	Detroit Country Day	2014	+5	F	77	77
+	T4	+5	Cui, Jennifer	Troy	2016	+5	F	77	77
+	T6	+6	Guschewski, Chloe	Stoney Creek	2014	+6	F	78	78
+	T6	+6	Henry, Katelyn	Novi	2015	+6	F	78	78
+	T6	+6	Chan, Cordelia	Cranbrook/Kingswood	2015	+6	F	78	78
+	T6	+6	Harding, Caroline	South Lyon	2015	+6	F	78	78
+	T10	+7	Shaw, Julia	Farmington Hills Mercy	2016	+7	F	79	79
+	T10	+7	Clausen, Greer	Cranbrook/Kingswood	2014	+7	F	79	79
+	T10	+7	Brackrog, Gabby	Milford	2014	+7	F	79	79
+	T10	+7	Cunningham, Allegra	Birmingham Seaholm	2016	+7	F	79	79
+	T14	+8	Lam, Megan	Birmingham Seaholm	2014	+8	F	80	80
+	T14	+8	Hedni, Monika	Detroit Country Day	2014	+8	F	80	80
+	16	+9	Michalak, Jordan	Birmingham Seaholm	2016	+9	F	81	81
+	T17	+10	Junn, Nicole	Detroit Country Day	2015	+10	F	82	82
+	T17	+10	Boisten, Laura	Bloomfield Hills	2014	+10	F	82	82
+	T17	+10	Kim, Naomi	Troy	2016	+10	F	82	82
+	T17	+10	Ingle, Lauren	Stoney Creek	2017	+10	F	82	82
+	T17	+10	Ranusch, Allison	South Lyon	2014	+10	F	82	82
+	T22	+11	Heath, Erica	Farmington Hills Mercy	2014	+11	F	83	83
+	T22	+11	Cojei, Lauren	Novi	2014	+11	F	83	83
+	T22	+11	McCafferty, Amanda	Troy	2014	+11	F	83	83
+	T22	+11	Laird, Molly	North Farmington	2014	+11	F	83	83
+	T26	+12	Densmore, Carly	Rochester Adams	2014	+12	F	84	84
+	T26	+12	Kurczewski, Kyla	Oxford	2014	+12	F	84	84
+	T28	+13	Ma, Hannah	Troy	2015	+13	F	85	85
+	T28	+13	Pierce, Abbey	Bloomfield Hills	2017	+13	F	85	85
+	T28	+13	Greene, Jamie	Birmingham Seaholm	2015	+13	F	85	85
+	T31	+14	Russell, Moyea	Lake Orion	2017	+14	F	86	86
+	T31	+14	Geer, Jess	Farmington Hills Mercy	2014	+14	F	86	86
+	T33	+15	Klein, Gretchen	Marian	2014	+15	F	87	87
+	T33	+15	Brar, Simran	Detroit Country Day	2016	+15	F	87	87
+	T35	+16	Busse, Brooke	Rochester	2017	+16	F	88	88
+	T35	+16	Swad, Kristin	Farmington Hills Mercy	2014	+16	F	88	88
+	T35	+16	Miller, Megan	Lake Orion	2016	+16	F	88	88
+	T38	+17	Kedharnath, Nita	North Farmington	2014	+17	F	89	89
+	T38	+17	Carlson, Katie	Milford	2014	+17	F	89	89
+	T38	+17	Abate, Morgan	South Lyon	2015	+17	F	89	89
+	T41	+18	Harding, Priscilla	South Lyon	2016	+18	F	90	90
+	T41	+18	Olsen, Dana	Clarkston	2014	+18	F	90	90
+	T41	+18	McKnee, Katie	Clarkston	2014	+18	F	90	90
+	T44	+19	Beger, Briana	Rochester Adams	2014	+19	F	91	91
+	T44	+19	Bernas, Alex	South Lyon	2015	+19	F	91	91
+	T44	+19	Grandstaff, Maya	Novi	2016	+19	F	91	91
+	T47	+20	Hatz, Alexa	Novi	2017	+20	F	92	92
+	T47	+20	Cleland, Emily	Oxford	2014	+20	F	92	92
+	T47	+20	Yang, Erika	Rochester	2017	+20	F	92	92
+	T47	+20	Brar, Mallika	Detroit Country Day	2017	+20	F	92	92
+	T51	+21	Miller, Rylie	Birmingham Seaholm	2014	+21	F	93	93
+	T51	+21	Ramanthan, Sadhna	Bloomfield Hills	2016	+21	F	93	93
+	T51	+21	Baird, Katie	Farmington Hills Mercy	2015	+21	F	93	93
+	T51	+21	Basso, Tori	Lake Orion	2015	+21	F	93	93
+	T51	+21	Danielson, Lauren	Lake Orion	2016	+21	F	93	93
+	T56	+22	Singh, Sahiba	Troy	2017	+22	F	94	94
+	T56	+22	Steen, Annica	Stoney Creek	2016	+22	F	94	94
+	T56	+22	Chalout, Andi	Rochester Adams	2016	+22	F	94	94
+	T56	+22	Stevenson, Julia	Milford	2016	+22	F	94	94
+	T56	+22	Kuligowski, Alicia	Oxford	2014	+22	F	94	94
+	T56	+22	Shuert, Gabby	Cranbrook/Kingswood	2015	+22	F	94	94
+	62	+24	Fox, Sam	Lake Orion	2015	+24	F	96	96
+	T63	+25	Shuert, Syd	Cranbrook/Kingswood	2014	+25	F	97	97
+	T63	+25	Zajac, Kelsee	Stoney Creek	2016	+25	F	97	97
+	T63	+25	O'Rourke, Megan	Marian	2016	+25	F	97	97
+	T63	+25	Kroetsch, Madison	Novi	2015	+25	F	97	97
+	67	+26	Iles, Dana	North Farmington	2015	+26	F	98	98
+	T68	+27	Trent, Jenna	Milford	2014	+27	F	99	99
+	T68	+27	Devine, Lauren	Marian	2014	+27	F	99	99
+	T70	+28	Robb, Calah	Marian	2016	+28	F	100	100
+	T70	+28	Wert, Caroline	North Farmington	2014	+28	F	100	100
+	T70	+28	Passer, Rachel	Bloomfield Hills	2014	+28	F	100	100
+	73	+29	Dakroub, Tala	Rochester Adams	2014	+29	F	101	101
+	74	+30	Mattiello, Katie	Oxford	2014	+30	F	102	102
+	75	+31	Rourke, Katie	Rochester Adams	2016	+31	F	103	103
+	T76	+32	Zayec, Sabrina	Clarkston	2014	+32	F	104	104
+	T76	+32	Christenson, Amy	Marian	2014	+32	F	104	104
+	T76	+32	Marshall, Kyleigh	South Lyon East	2015	+32	F	104	104
+	T76	+32	Bullock, Abbey	South Lyon East	2014	+32	F	104	104
+	T80	+33	McCaghy, Caitlin	Clarkston	2015	+33	F	105	105
+	T80	+33	Woods, Elizabeth	Bloomfield Hills	2015	+33	F	105	105
+	T82	+34	Thompson, Lily	Cranbrook/Kingswood	2015	+34	F	106	106
+	T82	+34	Marshall, Miranda	Clarkston	2014	+34	F	106	106
+	84	+36	Jones, Sydney	South Lyon East	2014	+36	F	108	108
+	85	+37	Olsen, Mikaila	South Lyon East	2014	+37	F	109	109
+	86	+40	Friebe, Allison	Rochester	2014	+40	F	112	112
+	87	+42	Hurford, Claire	Oxford	2014	+42	F	114	114
+	88	+48	Olsen, Annika	South Lyon East	2016	+48	F	120	120
+	89	+61	Butler, Reilly	Milford	2016	+61	F	133	133