Anzar senior Tim Trefts shot an 83 but narrowly missed the
qualifying cut Monday at the Central Coast Section Regional I
Championships at Carmel’s Rancho Canada Golf Club.
CARMEL
Anzar senior Tim Trefts shot an 83 but narrowly missed the qualifying cut Monday at the Central Coast Section Regional I Championships at Carmel’s Rancho Canada Golf Club.
After recording an 80 at the Mission Trail Athletic League Championships just last week, Trefts missed the cut of 79 on Monday by a measly four strokes.
“I felt like I should have played better,” Trefts said. “But it’s golf — the game is hard.”
Nevertheless, Trefts’ CCS qualification allowed him to follow in the footsteps of Nick Tanouye, who last year became the first golfer from Anzar High School to advance to CCS Regionals.
“I was a little nervous, but I still should have played better,” Trefts said.
Trefts, who finished in 43rd place out of some 82 golfers, had a rough start on Monday when he opened his round on the back nine and shot a double-bogey on 10 and a triple-bogey on 11.
“He looked good and he was striking the ball well,” Anzar coach Eric Lopez said. “But he just got off to a bad start.
“And once he got it together, he got a couple of birdies.”
To make matters a little more difficult to swallow, though, Trefts took in a practice round on Saturday at Rancho Canada and shot a 77.
“I tried to not let it effect me, but it sort of did,” Trefts said of his slow start. “But that’s the way it goes.”
Lopez felt the Anzar senior was striking the ball well enough to qualify toward next week’s Sectional Championships, which will also be held at the Rancho Canada Golf Club in Carmel. But although he fell short of extending his season another 18 holes, Trefts does plan on furthering his career at Monterey Peninsula College next year.
“I really want to get better,” he said.
