Tough Conditions/Varsity Golf Team Wins Only 1 of 5 Matches During a Big Week of Play @ Great Courses

What a week for the Portledge Varsity Golfers. On three consecutive days from April 22nd to April 24th they were able to play at The Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Westchester, The Greenwich Country Club in Connecticut, and at Tam O'Shanter on Long Island. This is a dream week for a metropolitan area golfer, and the Portledge players really enjoyed the experience.

First up was a tri match with Poly Prep and Hackley at Sleepy Hollow in Tarrytown , NY. The legendary Charles Blair MacDonald design provided an unbelievable challenge to the young Portledge team. With Senior captain Ray Weinmann home with the flu, Sophomore John Litke made his debut in the #1 spot. Litke played a fine round carding a score of 40, which could have been lower if not for a few missed short puts. There are no gimmes in High School competition. The star of the day was Freshman Stephen DiBartolomeo. Playing in the #2 spot, Stevie D was able to defeat both his competitors to earn the only Portledge wins of the day.

The next day the Panther swingers traveled to Connecticut to play Brunswick at the fabled Greenwich Country Club. On a windy day that made scoring extremely difficult, no player on either team broke 40. DiBartolomeo was the low Portledge golfer posting a score of 44 and securing a halved match with his Bruin opponent.

This incredible week came to a close with another tri match. This time the Panthers took on LuHi and Staten Island Academy at the great ol' lady of Brookville, Tam O'Shanter. Portledge registered a 4 to 2 victory over SIA, but were once again defeated by LuHi by a match score of 1 to 5. Weinmann and Litke posted team lows of 42, and Elizabeth Girgenti, playing in her first Varsity match, became the first Portledge girl to ever post a victory in head to head play, when she won her match in the #6 position. Way to go Lizzie!!!

With a current record of 3 wins and 5 losses the Panthers will travel out to The Woodmere Club on the South Shore for a big match with LWA this afternoon. What a beautiful day to play.....I wish I was teeing it up. GOOD LUCK AND HIT EM STRAIGHT!