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“I guess the adrenaline was pumping,” he said. “… I think it bounced off a couple of legs on the way down.”
Luckily for him, the ball landed just short of the parking lot — beneath a pine tree and still in play. Teuschl cleared some sticks out of the way and prepared for a long chip onto the green. That shot was met with applause after it landed a few feet from the pin. From there, he putted twice for a face-saving bogey.
With his recovery, the Naval Academy recruit shot a 2-under 70 to be the individual low medalist, beating Bishop O’Connell’s Logan Reilly by two strokes. They had met in a WCAC match last month, and Reilly ended up on top that time.
“Logan kind of took me to school at Belle Haven, so I wasn’t feeling too confident about it,” Teuschl said. “Once I found out he came in at even par, I knew I just had to play some steady golf coming in.”
Teuschl helped Gonzaga earn another team title with a score of 373, topping runner-up Paul VI by 18 strokes. Juniors Patrick Pritsios and Jack Hartman each shot a 74 for the Eagles.
“I knew coming out that we had the strongest team, and I was really confident in my guys,” Teuschl said.
A recent addition to the tournament was an award for the female low medalist. Katie Patterson of St. John’s took home this year’s title by shooting a 12-over 84.
“It’s been a really good experience, and a lot of other girls are coming into golf,” she said.
The Tulane-bound senior beat out Good Counsel’s Madison Smith by one stroke. Smith, who is undergoing chemotherapy after her colorectal cancer returned this year, uses golf as a way to stay positive.
Patterson won the title last year but was only given a ball marker to commemorate the accomplishment. This year, she got a trophy.
“This,” she said with a laugh, “is a big improvement.”
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