Sometimes in golf, playing to avoid big mistakes is the best strategy.
Archbishop Hoban followed that strategy in tough conditions on Day 2 of the Division I state golf tournament and claimed its second state championship in four years.
Chris Pollak led the way for the Knights, winning the individual title.
Hoban didn’t have its best day Tuesday at NCR Country Club’s South Course in Kettering. However, the rest of the field suffered worse than the Knights.
Hoban shot a round of 300 Tuesday, which was low score of the round, to finish with a two-day total of 595 (35 over). The Knights won the state title by 17 strokes, as day one leader Olentangy Liberty shot a round of 320 to finish runner-up at 612.
“The golf course was extremely firm. Today, the temperature dropped and we had some rain,” Hoban coach Quinn Parker said. “We had a pretty good game plan going into the day. We wanted everyone to focus on their own game. We told them to block out that noise and we’d let them know what they needed to do down the stretch.