Home Course Advantage: Blayne Smith’s 70 Powers Detroit Lakes to CLC Victory

Home course advantage: Blayne Smith’s 70 powers Detroit Lakes to CLC victory

DETROIT LAKES — Home-court or home-field advantage is a staple across sports. But in golf, the edge can be even more personal — a true home-course advantage. The Detroit Lakes boys golf team used its course knowledge of Detroit Country Club to dominate its Central Lakes Conference Invite on Tuesday, April 21, with a first-place victory on a team score of 1-under-par 283. After seeing Alexandria shoot a 283 on Monday, the Lakers laid down the uno…

Golf roundup: Willmar Cardinals junior a co-medalist at Detroit Lakes

DETROIT LAKES — Willmar junior boys golfer Aden Jacobson finished in a three-way tie for first place at the Central Lakes Conference meet Tuesday at Detroit Country Club. Jacobson finished with a one-under par round of 70, as did Detroit Lakes’ Blayne Smith and Alexandria’s Weston Nyberg. Jacobson was two-under on the back nine, with birdies on holes 11, 14 and 16. The Cardinals finished fourth with 314. Detroit Lakes was the team champion with …