The golfers are all set for the Patriot Conference tournament, which continues today. The tournament is held at Twins Lakes Golf Course in Clifton. Having a decent run at their first day of the tournament, the team shot a total of 370, which is 82 over par for the whole course. They hope to improve today during day two of the tournament. “For the most part, struggles with putting, and so cutting down on our putts would help the team out a lot,” junior Drew White said. “If everyone had two less putts today than they did yesterday, then the team shaves an easy eight strokes.” “This was kind of a rebuilding year, for the golf team,” coach Brian Aldenderfer said. “I’m not expecting fireworks, but I’m hopeful that one of our players will make it to the regional tournament.” Since the last match at Twin Lakes, when Lake Braddock hosted AHS golf, the team had improved tremendously. Even though the golf team lost that match to Lake Braddock, they are planning to do better. “There have been drastic improvements. Some kids have gone from not being able to hit a golf ball to playing very well, significantly well,” Aldenderfer said. Coach Aldenderfer also claimed that Drew White is one of the strongest golfers the team has. “Our team did well yesterday for how they normally do, but I do not think we are capable of making it to regionals as a whole team,” White said. “Most of the team is inexperienced and is a second or third sport to them.” “You don’t get many fans, on a golf tournament when schools going on,” Aldenderfer said. “So, I don’t expect too much out of the fans.” The team has worked for so long to do well at this tournament and hoping as a team to go under par. “I think all of the starters are good enough to do well at the conference tournament,” junior Brandon Ho said. “There are going to be a lot of good schools there but if we all play well I think we have a shot to compete.” Having all their starters healthy will be a big factor in whether or not the team performs well today. They hope to go under par in their next round of the tournament today and fix their putting issues, which was costly to the whole team.