Summary
The Carbon Dinos and Emery Spartans both wrapped up the 2023 golf campaign Thursday afternoon on the second and final day of the 3A State Tournament at the Meadowbrook Golf Course in Taylorsville.
The Carbon Dinos and Emery Spartans both wrapped up the 2023 golf campaign Thursday afternoon on the second and final day of the 3A State Tournament at the Meadowbrook Golf Course in Taylorsville.
Finishing the first day just nine strokes off the lead, the Carbon Dinos fired a team score of 613, securing a fourth-place finish. The Spartans finished inside the day one cut with a 319 and finished the season off with a 646 to grab eighth place overall.
The Morgan Trojans carried a four-stroke lead into the final day and managed to protect the lead enroute to a state championship with a score of 591. The Union Cougars finished in a distant second with 606, topping third place Richfield’s 608. Carbon finished two-strokes better than Juab and Ogden, who tied for fifth.
Carbon junior Rydge Butler posted the team’s lowest two-day score as he finished with a 148. Butler was a consistent force the for the Dinos, shooting a 74 in each of the two days and missed out on a top five finish by only two-strokes.
After shooting a 72 in round one, freshman Dayton King finished off his season with a 77, placing him in a 10th place tie overall. King, the Region 12 medalist, entered the final round trailing Morgan’s Lance Loughton by five-strokes at the top of the leaderboard.
The third and fourth scores from Carbon came from Kyler Clark and Cole Callahan. Clark shot a 79 on both days, finishing the state tournament with a 158. Callahan also shot a 79 in the first round but dropped two strokes on the final day with an 81 to finish the season with a 160.
The Emery Spartans turned in a successful stint, qualifying for the final day and finishing eighth overall in the field of 18 teams.
Alex Hansen improved his second day total by four-strokes to end with the team’s low score at 162, finishing 34th overall individually. Champ Justice ended just one-stroke back as he fired a 163.
Both Turner Stoker and Dempsey Toomer shot a 164, giving the Spartans their third and fourth scores. Stoker scored an 82 both days, while Toomer finished with an 81 and 83 respectively.
Below is the complete team scores and top 10 individual standings:
| Place | Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total |
| 1 | Morgan | 295 | 296 | 591 |
| 2 | Union | 304 | 302 | 606 |
| 3 | Richfield | 299 | 309 | 608 |
| 4 | Carbon | 304 | 309 | 613 |
| 5 | Juab | 308 | 307 | 615 |
| 5 | Ogden | 308 | 307 | 615 |
| 7 | Delta | 311 | 318 | 629 |
| 8 | Emery | 319 | 327 | 646 |
| 9 | Grantsville | 317 | 335 | 652 |
| 10 | Judge Memorial | 333 | 335 | 668 |
| Place | Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total |
| 1 | Lance Loughton, Morgan | 67 | 71 | 138 |
| T2 | Jesse Jones, Ogden | 69 | 74 | 143 |
| T2 | Zaylin McCleary, Morgan | 70 | 73 | 143 |
| 4 | Dylan Stubbs, Richfield | 72 | 72 | 144 |
| 5 | Pace Mullen, Richfield | 68 | 78 | 146 |
| 6 | Cayson VanBeekum, Ben Lomond | 73 | 74 | 147 |
| T7 | Kauner Kay, Juab | 74 | 74 | 148 |
| T7 | Corbin Hall, Ogden | 73 | 75 | 148 |
| T7 | Rydge Butler, Carbon | 74 | 74 | 148 |
| T10 | Brooks Burgess, Union | 78 | 71 | 149 |
| T10 | Cayson Duffin, Summit Academy | 72 | 77 | 149 |
| T10 | Dayton King, Carbon | 72 | 77 | 149 |