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Michael McCaffrey '18 Qualifies for State Golf Tournament

By Eddie Dwyer, 10/10/16, 7:00PM EDT

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Wildcats standout golfer Michael McCaffrey qualifies for next week's OHSAA Division I State Tournament during Monday's District competition at Pine Hills

Posted By Mr. Eddie Dwyer

A tip of the corner's cap goes out to junior Michael McCaffrey, who during Monday's Pine Hills state-qualifying District Tournament earned a spot in next week's annual OHSAA State Golf Tournament as one of the top individuals not on a qualifying team.

Michael, honored last week as Saint Ignatius' Student Athlete of the Week, shot a 39 on the front nine and a 36 on the back nine for a round of 75 at Pine Hills. He then pared his playoff hole versus four others players to seal his place in the Division I State Tournament, which will be played on October 21 and 22 at The Ohio State University's Scarlet Course. 

As a team, Saint Ignatius shot a 312 and finished just three strokes off the final state-qualifying team score.

The team qualifiers out of Pine Hills were Green (296), Walsh Jesuit (301), Hudson (308), Boardman (308) and Wooster (309).

FROM HEAD COACH BRIAN BECKER '77: The Wildcat Varsity Golf Team turned in a impressive round of 312 at today's District Championships. The team finished 6th, only 3 total team strokes from making the trip back to the state tournament in Columbus.

We will have a representative in the state tournament as junior Michael McCaffrey shot a solid round of 75, which earned him a playoff spot with 4 other players to qualify for the chance to play on the Scarlet Course at Ohio State.

Michael made a par on the first playoff hole to secure his spot in next week's state championships.

Here are Saint Ignatius' team scores.

6th St. Ignatius 312.085000   312
1. Michael McCaffrey 11 39 36 75
2. Jake Moraca 10 35 41 76
3. Hunter Rinkus 12 39 39 78
4. Andrew Kaye 9 41 44 85
5. Ross Williamson 9 43 40 83