By Amy Phillips

Golf is a gentleman’s game. The green at the Eaton Country Club during the Eaton Invitational on Thursday, August 14, echoed with silence.

For Thursday’s match, Eaton took the top three scores of the match from the varsity team of four and combined them for a score of 235. The scores came from Reed Hodgson, 75, Jordan Stromberger, 79, and JD Truax, 79. The varsity team decided that with their combined scores they would try and beat the score 240.So far, when they beat that score, the team makes third place.

The score placed Eaton’s varsity in eighth place for the match while Windsor came in first. The silence was only interrupted by either a compliment from one player to another or the sound of the fountain in the center of the course. Competition is against one’s self, not the other players. Reed Hodgson (15) said, “Golf is also a lot more than just shooting well; it’s about respecting the course, the players, and all of the coaches.When you do those things the low scores will come.”

The objective in golf, unlike most sports, is to keep the score low. Eaton played against 5A schools such as Fort Collins. Eaton golf coach, Gino Miao, said, “I kinda like [playing schools out of our division], it makes us better.” The intent is not only to make the golfers better at their sport, but also, Jordan said, “Maio does it to give us a taste of bigger teams so we’re prepared for State.” 5A and 4A schools do not go to regionals before state.

Of course, for the coming season, Stromberger and Hodgson hope to bring the whole team to state like last year, but in the true gentleman’s good sportsmanship of the game, they say they want to relax and enjoy their last year playing for Eaton.