Charlie Woods and the rest of The Benjamin School boys golf team have earned the chance to defend their state championship title after making it through the Class 1A Region 4 tournament at Miami Shores Country Club on Monday.
The Benjamin School boys made it to the high-school regional event after triumphing at their respective district competition late last month, with Woods ending sixth.
In wet and windy conditions on Florida’s east coast this week, Benjamin finished four strokes behind winners, Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest, who put together a team score of 277 – seven-under.
Woods and co. took the second and final automatic qualification spot for the state championships at Mission Resort & Club in Howey-In-The-Hills by four strokes ahead of third-place Oxbridge Academy (285) and fourth-place St Andrew’s (305).
Benjamin’s Pavel Tsar – who is heading to Notre Dame next year – came in second in the individual standings thanks to a superb four-under 67, two strokes behind Pine Crest’s Alexander Weinberg, while Tsar’s younger brother Andrew ended fourth after a one-under 70.