Sophomore Chase Landrum of Glasgow High School and senior Elsa Moberly of Pulaski Co. High School were named Mr. & Ms. Golf in Kentucky as the Kentucky All-State First & Second Teams were announced today.
Landrum, who is making his second appearance on the first team, totaled 830 points highlighted by a tie for 3rd place finish in the Leachman Buick GMC Cadillac/KHSAA State Championship. The season was an extremely successful one for Landrum as he won two invitational tournaments and finished with eight top 10’s including four runner-up finishes. He captured the Region III Boys Championship held at Glasgow Country Club. Moberly, who finished alone in 3rd place at the Leachman Buick GMC Cadillac/KHSAA State Tournament, totaled 855 points and is making her second appearance on the first team. The senior won three invitational tournaments and finished in the top five in all eight events she competed. She was also the Region IX Girls Champion that was held at Burnside State Park Golf Course.
Landrum beat out sophomore Zach Norris of Jackson Co. High School who accumulated 730 points. Junior Jacob Cook of Franklin Co. High School was next in third place with 715 points. Senior Connor Haas, who was part of the 2012 & 2103 state team championships from West Jessamine High School, finished fourth with 700 points to tie with junior Drew Augenstein of Owensboro Catholic High School. Augenstein won the individual state title at the Leachman Buick GMC Cadillc/KHSAA State Championship by three shots. Junior Michael Sass of St. Xavier High School was next in sixth place totaling 665 points. Juniors Tyler Lippert from Mason Co. High School and Allen Hamilton of St. Xavier High School tied for seventh place with 615 points while senior James Inman Trinity High School finished in ninth place with a total of 585 points. Rounding out the first team was junior Ryan Gillum of Elliott Co. High School as he total 560 points to finish in tenth place.
Moberly won a close race as she outdistanced junior Lauren Hartlage of Elizabethtown High School by only 25 points. Hartlage totalled 830 points and beat out senior Madison Thomas from Shelby Co. High School. Thomas captured the individual crown in the Leachman Buick GMC Cadillac/KHSAA Girls Championship by four shots. 2013 Ms. Golf Maddie Rose Hamilton of Sacred Heart Academy and junior Tristyn Nowlin of Madison Central High School were next as both players finished with 785 points. Senior MacKenzie Peyton was next in sixth place as she accumulated 735 points while senior Olivia Cason of Owensboro Catholic was seventh after totaling 625 points. Anna Hack, who won the 2012 individual tltle for Calloway Co., finished with 565 points as the senior finished eighth in the standings. Senior Ellen Kehoe of Taylor Co. High School was next with 530 points to finished in ninth place while junior Leslie Ginter of Henry Clay High School rounds out the top ten as she totaled 505 points.
The All-State First & Second Teams are chosen by compiling points in invitational tournaments, the regional tournament and the Leachman Buick-GMC-Cadillac/KHSAA State Championship. The First Team players and their coaches will be honored at Big Spring Country Club in Louisville on Saturday, November 8 at a banquet sponsored by the Musselman-Dunne and the KY PGA Junior Golf Tours.
Here are the teams and their point totals:
BOYS FIRST TEAM
Chase Landrum (JR), Glasgow High School (830 points)
Zach Norris (SOPH), Jackson Co. High School (730 points)
Jacob Cook (JR), Franklin Co. High School (715 points)
Connor Haas (SR), West Jessamine High School (700 points)
John Augenstein (JR), Owensboro Catholic High School (700 points)
Michael Sass (JR), St. Xavier High School (665 points)
Tyler Lippert (JR), Mason Co. High School (615 points)
Allen Hamilton (JR), St. Xavier High School (615 points)
James Inman (SR), Trinity High School (585 points)
Ryan Gillum (JR), Elliott Co. High School (560 points)
GIRLS FIRST TEAM
Elsa Moberly (SR), Pulaski Co. High School (855 points)
Lauren Hartlage (JR), Elizabethtown High School (830 points)
Madison Thomas (SR), Shelby Co. High School (800 points)
Maddie Rose Hamilton (SR), Sacred Heart Academy (785 points)
Tristyn Nowlin (JR), Madison Central High School (785 points)
MacKenzie Peyton (SR), Henry Co. High School (735 points)
Olivia Cason (SR), Owensboro Catholic High School (625 points)
Anna Hack (SR), Calloway Co. High School (565 points)
Ellen Kehoe (SR), Taylor Co. High School (530 points)
Leslie Ginter (JR), Henry Clay High School (505 points)
BOYS SECOND TEAM
Kyle Jeffers (JR), North Laurel High School (535 points)
Paul Huber (SR), Covington Catholic High School (535 points)
Matt Liston (JR), St. Xavier High School (525 points)
Cody Kellam (SR), Grant Co. High School (525 points)
Spencer McKinney (JR), Danville High School (510 points)
C.J. Jones (JR), Franklin Co. High School (430 points)
Billy Basham (JR), St Xavier High School (430 points)
Austin Squires (SR), Ryle High School (425 points)
Steven Zehr (JR), Union Co. High School ((425 points)
Will Foreman (SR), Daviess Co. High School (415 points)
GIRLS SECOND TEAM
Sarah Boden (JR), Grant Co. High School (485 points)
Kie Purdom (SR), Henry Clay High School (475 points)
Lizzue Loy (FRESH), Russell Co. High School (470 points)
Cayce Hendrickson (SR), Marshall Co. High School (455 points)
Meredith Moir (SR), Sacred Heart Academy (450 points)
Macy Wright (SR), Grant Co. High School (440 points)
Hannabeth Owens (JR), Rockcastle Co. High School (425 points)
Sarah Fite (SOPH), Mason Co. High School (420 points)
Rebecca Black (JR), Elizabethtown High School (400 points)
Teri Doss (JR), Paducah Tilghman High School (395 points)
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