Checking the live updates, he and head coach Micah Rudosky believed him to be sitting around 15th place.<\/p>\n
After a double-bogey on the 17th hole, Rudosky shot a birdie for the 18th and final hole, but his final score of 81 left him just short of making the cut to move on to the state tournament.<\/p>\n
\u201cCristoffer was in a playoff for the twelfth spot,\u201d said coach Rudosky. \u201cAnd he ended up in the thirteen spot. He was one shot from making it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rudosky was the lone Montezuma-Cortez golfer to travel to Steamboat Springs for the regional round at Haymaker Golf Course, and after just missing the state tournament, the Panthers\u2019 season was over.<\/p>\n
\u201cI enjoyed the season,\u201d said coach Rudosky. \u201cI enjoyed working with the kids. It\u2019s just that we didn\u2019t have the team that we\u2019ve had in the past. And every school goes through it, they go through ups-and-downs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rudosky had noted prior to the season that he expected it to be a rebuilding year, and with many young and inexperienced players, he approached it differently.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t really needing them to go out there and shoot a certain number,\u201d Rudosky said. \u201cI wanted them to go out and enjoy a round of golf. Because if they\u2019re going to have a little bit of fun then they\u2019re going to come back, and if they\u2019re feeling a lot of pressure and not having fun, then I believe our program would suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rudosky continued, saying, \u201cWe want to win. But playing to your ability is all that we ask \u2013 That you go out and enjoy the game and try to get a little bit better each and every time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Panthers\u2019 golfers showed improvements throughout the year.<\/p>\n
Cristoffer Rudosky placed in the majority of the competitions, sophomore Luke Gross shot a hole-in-one and juniors Braden Keetch and Forrest Gomez showed strides.<\/p>\n
While it may have been a rebuilding season, Rudosky is optimistic about next season, with a number of players returning and a new group of incoming freshmen.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got some kids coming into the program that will be freshman next year that have a drive and are out playing and working at it,\u201d Rudosky said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I think we\u2019re going to be\u2026well,\u201d he said smiling as he paused. \u201cWe\u2019re going to be quite a bit better next year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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