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| Erik Holmstrom finished 5th overall |
Farrmington finished 13th in a 16-team field of schools, ironically most from Minnesota, at the short but challenging course in River Falls, Wisconsin.
Hill Murray took team honors with a meet low total of 302 strokes. Tartan ranked second at 316, followed by River Falls 307, White Bear Lake 319, Woodbury 322, Eden Prairie 323, Mounds View 323, Hastings 324, Mahtomedi 325, Shakopee 328, Scanlon 329, East Ridge 339, Farmington 345, Hudson 348, Bloomington Kennedy 370 and Park of Cottage Grove 355.
Holmstrom fired a four-over par round of 76 to rank fifth in the individual standings. He finished runner-up at the Southern Hills Invitational on Tuesday.
"Erik approaches the game with a great mindset," coach Jon Holmes said. "He will not dwell on a bad shot or hole and he focuses on the task at hand instead. This is a rare feature for any golfer let alone a high school freshman."
The spread between Holmstrom's score and his teammates was cavernous. Jake Jensen was next at 89, followed by Grant Hauswirth 90, Darby Grengs 90 and Nate Anderson 96. Garrett Heidelberger became ill on the course and had to withdraw.
"Some of the other scores were the result of a bad hole or two after a promising stretch of holes," Holmes said. "This will be a mental part of the game we will have to address and hopefully rectify by the end of this very short season."
The Tigers resume Missota Conference action Thursday when they travel Bluff Creek in Eden Prairie for the second in a series of league meets. The Tigers finished fifth in the first conference competition held last week.
