BELCHERTOWN — Jason Borque peered over at his two players, Ryan MacGregor and Caiden Drohan, as they walked by each other during the final stretch of holes at the PVIAC Boys Golf Two-Ball Invitational on Monday afternoon at Cold Spring Country Club in Belchertown. The South Hadley head coach couldn’t quite get a read on if the look MacGregor and Drohan gave them indicated they were having a good round or not. Borque didn’t get the excitement from them that he had hoped for.
“They passed by me late in their round and kind of gave me a head nod, but not a super enthusiastic one, so I thought that maybe they were doing all right, but maybe not great because they didn’t show me too much,” Borque said. “Knowing both of their abilities, I knew they would find a way to be in the mix.” Find a way they did.
After starting on hole 16, MacGregor and Drohan walked to the 11th tee box even par through 13 holes. Despite playing solid golf, they knew that wasn’t going to be enough. MacGregor then got hot, birdying holes 11, 12 and 14 — with Drohan adding clutch pars on 13 and 15 — to help the pair shoot a scorching 3-under through their last five holes.
The Tigers turned in a score of 68 at the par-71 track in Belchertown, good enough for second place behind only Minnechaug’s 66. Belchertown finished in third place with a 70 on its home course. On their own balls alone, MacGregor (71) and Drohan (76) played extremely well.
Together, they were on fire. Article continu.