Bountiful placed first at Bountiful Ridge Aug. 19 with a team score of 286, led by junior Ty Cottle, who was three shots back of medalist Dylan Markisich, from Woods Cross with a 68. Also finishing in the top 10 were seniors Jeff Danowski and Cody Forbes, who tied for fifth with rounds of 72, and senior Luke Smith who tied for eighth with a 74. Junior Andrew Johnson (80), junior Scott Theobald and senior Joe Stobbe (88) and sophomore Ashton Erickson (90) also competed for the Redhawks.

Woods Cross

Markisich’s first-place finish, along with senior Josh Allen’s 74 – which tied him for eighth – helped the Wildcats come in second overall. Other scores for Woods Cross at Bountiful Ridge were senior Brooks Bybee (76), junior Sam Bennett and senior Landon Day (77), junior Clayton Schmitt (78), senior Jackson Bodily (81) and senior Tyler Allen (87).

“We played a pretty good tournament,” said head coach David Simon.

To begin the season Aug. 13, the Wildcats won the Eagle Mountain tournament. “We had eight guys shoot in the 70s,” Simon said. “I was proud of the way they played.”

Schmitt, who was among the top-10 in Region 5 last season and led the Wildcats to a 10th-place finish at the 5A state tournament, is back to lead Woods Cross this fall.

Other key returners are Allen, Markisich, Bodily, Bennett, Bybee, Day and Lance Henriksen. 

“I am excited for this team,” said Simon. “We have the potential to be a really good team. I feel like we have a lot of depth. It will be really competitive throughout the season between our top eight to 10 golfers to see who qualifies for each tournament and possibly the state tournament team.”

Also on the WXHS team this fall are Tyler Allen, Lincoln Henriksen, Truman Lieber, Bentley Murdock, Pierce Poulsen, Jake Richards, Will Sargent, Lincoln Thompson and Charlie Watkins.

Simon, who is in his sixth year with Woods Cross, is being assisted on the coaching staff by Kyle Lavendar.

Viewmont

At Bountiful Ridge, Viewmont took sixth overall with junior Oliver Gladwell’s 76 the only round in the 70s for the Vikings. Other scores for Viewmont were sophomore Corver Barnes (87), senior James Gardner (81), junior Brigham Shupe (85), sophomore Austin Cannon (88), junior Kimball Essig (90), junior Mike Archibald (91) and sophomore Joe Gladwell (96).

“It was a hard day for our team,” said head coach Cameron Gardner. “Hopefully we can turn things around and play some better golf.”

At the Copper Club Aug. 23 against some of the best teams in the state, the Vikings placed third in an 18-hole event at the nine-hole course in Magna. The team’s 301 score was seven strokes behind Morgan and Park City, who tied for first. Individually, Barnes shot a 69, tying with Park City’s Rawson Hardy, for second place.

“This went much better than our first tournament,” Coach Gardner said, noting that James Gardner’s 74, Gladwell’s 76 and Essig’s 82 rounded out the other scores for the team.

James Gardner returns this year as the lone senior for Viewmont with four juniors – Gladwell, Essig, Shupe and Archibald – also back to provide leadership for coach Gardner’s squad.

Also on the VHS team this year are sophomores Jack Clegg, Wyatt Hyde and Sam Simmons; and freshmen Max Anderson, Tanner Bement, Chase Dalton, James Mitchell, Sam Smith, Isaac Tingey and Jeremiah Tuimauga.

Davis

Davis returns five key seniors from a top-10 squad at the 6A state tournament last season. Max Landon, Jack Christiansen, Madix Volk, Jacob Merrill and Ezra Drake will team up with several returning sophomores for fourth year head coach Josh Roberts. 

“I always challenge the boys to put in as much work as they can during the off-season,” said Roberts. “We will see how the season goes to see who put in the work. We need to always be getting better each year. So far, we have been able to do this during my time as the head coach. Time will tell this year if we can keep building the program.”

Also on the DHS team this season are Eli Brown, Mitch Grant, Jackson Gross, Cole Harris, Cooper Harwood, Cooper Kirry, Connor Marrelli, Nate Merrill, Asher Montgomery, Collin Payne, Davis Smith, Grey Traveller and Jaxon Yanyecic.

“We are young,” Roberts said. “Of our 18 boys, 11 are sophomores and freshman. We should be able to build pretty solid for the future years.”

In its first tournament of the season at Valley View Aug. 12, the Darts placed fifth behind a 73 from Landon and a 75 from Gross, the team’s newest varsity freshman. Christiansen had a 77.

At Remuda Aug. 15, Davis again took fifth. Landon won medalist honors with a seven-under 65 with Gross shooting a 73, Harris a 76 and Christiansen a 77.

Roberts also noted Volk’s 69 and Merrill’s 70. “Both played extremely well,” he said. “They led scores outside of varsity.”

At Lakeside Aug. 19, Landon shot a 67, “playing solid and bogey free,” according to Roberts. Gross “fought hard all day,” finishing with two consecutive birdies for a round of 70. Jacob Merrill and Volk rounded out the four varsity scores with a 76 and 79. Payne, who is a freshman, led the JV team with a 74 and Nate Merrill had a 76.

“It was a lot of the same unfortunately where we are struggling to put four solid scores together for varsity,” Roberts said. “Hoping to right the ship at our home match at Davis Park next week.”

Farmington

At Lakeside Golf Course Aug. 19, Jack Summerhays tied for sixth place after a round of 69 while Griffin Belnap tied for eighth with a 70.

The Phoenix squad currently sits in second in the Region 1 standings with Belnap and Summerhays as top-five golfers. Also in the top-12 is Tate Gibb, who averages a 72, and is tied for 11th.