ABILENE — After a difficult first nine holes in the first round of the Region I-4A golf tournament, Lake View's Madison Word needed to get off to a strong start to her back nine.
When two tee shots went astray, the Maidens player ended up taking a nine on the par-4 No. 1 and easily could have let it kill her round.
Instead, she rebounded to play the next four holes at 4-over, then went birdie-par-par to finish her opening round on a high note despite carding a 101 at Abilene's Diamondback Golf Club.
"I started out pretty rough, but I stayed calm for the most part," Word said. "After I carded that first nine, it was downhill from there, but I was able to finish strong with the birdie and parring the last two."
The junior's 101 came on a tough scoring day. Only three golfers broke 80 on the wind-blistered Diamondback course.
Word said shooting 1-under on the final three is a confidence booster for today's final round.
"It was a good feeling. It is always a good feeling to finish strong," Word said. "I know my stronger points. My driver was definitely the strongest part of my game today. I need to work on chipping for tomorrow, and my short game, definitely. I know the holes, and I know what to do."
Lake View girls golf coach Salye Coles said that Word's resiliency paid off after the difficult start to her round.
"One of the things she does best, other than getting out of the box, is overcoming a bad shot," Coles said. "If she has a bad shot, she gets out of that trouble really well. She utilizes her concept of where she is on the course really well."
Word began her round on the back nine — generally regarded as the more difficult side of the course — and from No. 10 on, the Lake View junior found the prevailing thoughts to be true.
She triple-bogeyed the first hole after skying over the green with her approach shot, then bogeyed No. 11 after she three-putted.
After she mis-hit a pair of approach shots, she tripled No. 12.
"She was nervous starting off. Her first nine were hard for her," Coles said. 'After that she seemed to regroup. On No. 1, she hit into the rough and had a hard time getting out, but after that she played well. She had a couple of errors on the front, but out here little errors turn into big ones."
Word took a 9 on No. 17 but bounced back to chip to within 3 feet on No. 18, which gave her the first par of the day, finishing the opening nine in 53.
"She was getting off the box really well," Coles said. "Her approach shot was a struggle. She wasn't following through her shot, and we fixed that coming in, and I think that will help her tomorrow. She putted well (Wednesday) and last week in practice."
Word said most of her difficulties came after hitting into the large out-of-bounds areas that line each fairway.
"Staying in the fairway is the most important thing here, and it is the hardest thing to do," Word said.
Word said she has a good feel of what she needs to improve on today.
"I want to fix what I messed up on today," Word said. "I know what I did wrong, and I know what I need to work on. I know I am a strong golfer, and I know what I need to do. I haven't carded a 100 in I don't know how long. That was tough, but I finished strong and I didn't break down, so that was good."
Region I-4A Girls Golf Tournament
Diamondback Golf Club, Abilene
Team standings: 1. Byron Nelson 312; 2. Aledo 331; 3. Frenship 339; 4. Canyon Randall 352; 5. Midway 358; 6. Mansfield Summit 366; 7. Denton High 367; 8. Wichita Falls 389; 9. Arlington Heights 393; 10. Granbury 398; 11. Stephenville 419; 12. El Paso High 429; 13. El Paso Burges 469; 14. El Paso Riverside 479; 15. Fort Worth Trimble Tech 491; 16. Ysleta 504.
Top 10 individuals: 1. (tie) Maty Monzingo, Byron Nelson, 74; Rainy Manor, Byron Nelson, 74; 3. Olivia Gibbs, Timber Creek, 79; T-4. Zoey DaneshFar, Byron Nelson, 80; Kendall Slaughter, Frenship, 80; 6. (tie) Mackenzie Cross, Canyon Randall, 81; Emily Odom, Frenship, 81; Elena Cervantez, Arlington Heights, 81; 9. (tie) Taylor Brookshire, Aledo, 82; Allie Akin, Arlington Heights, 82.
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