Snow Doesn’t Stop Montana High School Golf Championship
- Updated: October 11, 2019
Twitter/@richard_ecke
Golf is a hard enough game already. Now, imagine having to play it in the snow for a state title. Welcome to Montana!
On Tuesday, the final round of the Montana Class AA State Golf Championships was held at Meadow Lark Country Club in Great Falls, MT. Needless to say, the weather didn’t exactly hold up for the competition.
Horrendous conditions for Montana boys state AA golf championships in Great Falls Tuesday. #snow pic.twitter.com/xp0ZTvQ3ty
— Richard Ecke (@richard_ecke) October 8, 2019
According to 406 MT Sports, the snow started coming down on the back nine as students battled for the championship and apparently it didn’t let it up until after the final putt fell.
Players were forced to use their hands to shovel their lines on the putting green to give them at least a chance. Some even tried chipping a la Phil Mickelson from back in the day.
When the weather turns nasty, sometimes you have to get creative. pic.twitter.com/LIxyyXBbzW
— Skratch (@Skratch) November 17, 2016
While folks might argue they should’ve postponed the tournament since playing into the snow isn’t exactly a fair test of golf, we respect the decision to power through the heavy stuff until a winner was crowned.
If you can shoot a decent number hitting a WHITE ball around in the WHITE snow and finding it in freezing temperatures with the wind howling without catching frostbite, you deserve to win the trophy.
Might have been even wilder for the boys leaders who finished about 15 minutes later. Here’s Bozeman’s Justus Verge playing his final hole. #mtscores pic.twitter.com/ahTY5xcgDa
— Tom Wylie (@WylieTom) October 8, 2019
Are these playing conditions absurd? Yes. Would most professional golfers refuse to play? Also probably yes. Are Montana high school students arguably the hardest golfers on the planet? Without question.
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