MADISON - Argyle-Pecatonica senior Mitchell Steiner tied for ninth place at the WIAA Division 3 state golf tournament Tuesday at University Ridge.
Steiner shot a 12-over-par 84 in the finals on Tuesday. Steiner entered the day in third after shooting a 4-over-par 74 in the first round on Monday. Stepper's two-day score of 160 tied Washburn's Brady Stephenson for ninth. River Valley's Tyler Leach shot a 1-over-par 73 for the second straight day to win the individual state championship.
It's the best finish by an Argyle-Pecatonica golfer in the history of the program.
"I will always remember it," Steiner said of his ninth-place finish at state. "It felt good to finish in the top 10. Knowing if I would have played my game, I would have done better. It's the way I wanted to go out my senior year."
Steiner will play on the golf team at Southwest Tech in Fennimore next season. Steiner plans to major in golf management with the two-year program in Fennimore.
St. Mary's Springs captured the team state title 629-656 over Cochrane-Founatin City.
Steiner started on the back nine and got off to an inauspicious start. He double-bogeyed the 424-yard No. 10 and took an 8 on the par-3, 192-yard No. 8. Steiner put his tee shot into the water and put a drop shot down into the water.
"We are still trying to figure out where those swings came from," Argyle-Pecatonica coach Chris Holcomb said. "He really struggled on that hole. It's one of the hardest holes on the course."
Steiner heated up on the front nine with a birdie on the 515-yard No. 2 with seven pars to shoot an even par on his final nine holes.
"He battled back like a champion," Holcomb said. "He had a lot of birdie putts and they were just not falling."
Steiner was excited to sink a 25-foot putt for par on No. 9 to finish at par for the front nine.
"After the back nine, I knew this would be my last nine holes of my high school career and I bounced back," he said.
Steiner shot a 12-over-par 84 in the finals on Tuesday. Steiner entered the day in third after shooting a 4-over-par 74 in the first round on Monday. Stepper's two-day score of 160 tied Washburn's Brady Stephenson for ninth. River Valley's Tyler Leach shot a 1-over-par 73 for the second straight day to win the individual state championship.
It's the best finish by an Argyle-Pecatonica golfer in the history of the program.
"I will always remember it," Steiner said of his ninth-place finish at state. "It felt good to finish in the top 10. Knowing if I would have played my game, I would have done better. It's the way I wanted to go out my senior year."
Steiner will play on the golf team at Southwest Tech in Fennimore next season. Steiner plans to major in golf management with the two-year program in Fennimore.
St. Mary's Springs captured the team state title 629-656 over Cochrane-Founatin City.
Steiner started on the back nine and got off to an inauspicious start. He double-bogeyed the 424-yard No. 10 and took an 8 on the par-3, 192-yard No. 8. Steiner put his tee shot into the water and put a drop shot down into the water.
"We are still trying to figure out where those swings came from," Argyle-Pecatonica coach Chris Holcomb said. "He really struggled on that hole. It's one of the hardest holes on the course."
Steiner heated up on the front nine with a birdie on the 515-yard No. 2 with seven pars to shoot an even par on his final nine holes.
"He battled back like a champion," Holcomb said. "He had a lot of birdie putts and they were just not falling."
Steiner was excited to sink a 25-foot putt for par on No. 9 to finish at par for the front nine.
"After the back nine, I knew this would be my last nine holes of my high school career and I bounced back," he said.
