JT is heading to STATE

We are so proud of my little brother (well he's not so little anymore) JT. He qualified as an individual for the 4A Oregon State Golf Tournament. He got some good publicity in the paper as well. Here is a little write up from the Register Guard, the Eugene Newspaper...

...The Outlaws shot 668 to finish well in front of third-place Junction City (707), which will be represented at state by individual qualifiers JT DeGroot and Brandon Nash. Travis Knight of La Pine was the third individual qualifier to state.
Pennington didn’t use the soggy weather Tuesday as an excuse, after shooting 71 in similar conditions on the same course during last week’s Marist Invitational. His efforts to finish under par were undone early when Pennington went bogey-bogey on Nos. 4 and 5.
“It was early in the round, so I figured I could get some back,” said Pennington, who had birdies on holes 14 and 16 but bogeys on 15 and 18. “And then I ran out of holes. … It wasn’t a round I was real happy with, but we won, which is good.”
Elio Keller of Sisters finished second overall at 76-81—157, followed by three Marist players: Brent Pollock at 77-83—160, Joey Souza at 82-80—162 and Marcus Wymer at 84-78—162.
Wymer’s 78 was the only other score in the 70s on Tuesday, along with Pennington’s round, and a six-shot improvement over Wymer’s first round.
The dramatic difference in conditions from one round to the next was illustrated best by Junction City’s DeGroot, who said he got a sunburn Monday before enduring Tuesday’s downpour. DeGroot finished at 174 overall as the top individual qualifier to state.
DeGroot started the day by hitting his tee shot on No. 1 into deep rough, finishing the hole with a 7.
“It was pretty tough,” DeGroot said. “I didn’t really get it going until the back nine.”
A pitching wedge into the 10th green from about 130 yards out got DeGroot refocused, and he finished well enough to join the party in Banks next week.