Country Day edges rival Cranbrook for D3 State Golf Title

GIRLS GOLF: Country Day edges rival Cranbrook for first state title

By KEITH DUNLAP
@kd2578

The Division 3 state tournament at Grand Valley State had a great chance going in of being a battle between Birmingham Detroit Country Day and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, but not even this close of a dual could’ve been expected.

Country Day ended up winning its first state championship in school history, but it wasn’t easy due to hard-charging Cranbrook.

Country Day shot a 347 and held a 13-shot lead after Friday’s first day over Cranbrook, but the scores for each team were reversed on Saturday’s final day, as Cranbrook shot a 347 and Country Day a 360 to produce a tie for first at 707.

But Country Day claimed the title via the fifth-golfer tiebreaker, as the two-day score of Country Day’s worst finisher, Mallika Brar (96-97-193) was better than that of Cranbrook’s worst finisher.

Cranbrook actually had the top two-finishers in the entire tournament, with junior Cordelia Chan (78-79-157) winning the event and senior Greer Clausen taking second (83-77-160), but Country Day’s depth proved to be the difference.

Country Day senior Ellie Miller finished third individually with a score of 162 (82-20), Nicole Junn finished with a 179 (88-91), Simran Brar had a 183 (85-98) while Monika Hedni shot a final tally of 184 (92-92).