Winfield misses regional tournament by five strokes

The sophomore season of Sebastian Winfield ended May 19 on the Admiral Baker golf course in San Diego when his second-day score of 74 strokes gave him a two-round score of 149, which was five shots too many to qualify for the CIF southern regional tournament.

"He had two good days," said Fallbrook coach Steve Jorde. "He was close."

Fallbrook as a team qualified for the CIF tournament. The Warriors were seeded ninth among Division I teams and had a play-in match May 11 against Rancho Buena Vista at the Pala Mesa course. The victory over the Longhorns gave Fallbrook a final 19-2 season record for dual matches, including a 10-0 figure in Valley League competition, while also advancing the Warriors to the CIF tournament.

"That's just outstanding," Jorde said. "It was an amazing year for the kids."

Six members of each school's golf team play a round. The high individual score is discarded and the other five rounds constitute the team score. On the first day of the CIF tournament May 17 at the Admiral Baker course, Winfield posted a score of 75, senior Bobby Sneller and junior Jake Guy both had scores of 80, senior Patrick Milton completed his 18 holes in 82 shots, and senior Christian Murphy had an 83-shot round. That gave the Warriors a team score of 400.

"That was not enough to go on," Jorde said. "There were some really good scores."

The CIF tournament included 12 Division I teams, eight Division II teams, and four Division III teams along with 40 golfers who qualified as individuals. The Division I teams with the four lowest scores after the first day, the three lowest-scoring Division II teams, the top two Division III teams, and the teams from any division with the next three lowest scores qualified as teams for the second day of the tournament May 19.

Jorde noted that the team score of 400 for 18-hole rounds equated to 200 shots for the nine-hole round format in dual matches.

"They put up the numbers that they've been putting up all year," Jorde said.

Fallbrook's sixth golfer, freshman Keller Hagen, had a score of 92.

The second day of the tournament also included the individuals with the 28 lowest scores on the first day who were not affiliated with a team which qualified for the May 19 rounds. Winfield had a low enough individual score to advance to the second day. The top 12 individuals qualified for the southern regional tournament which involved the San Diego, Southern, Los Angeles, and Central sections.