By ERIC VICCARO
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For area boys and girls golfers, just playing the sport proved to be a comforting feeling after the most recent stretch of rainy weather.
Bowie and Nocona played in the Norman Waters Invitational at Indian Oaks Golf Course, a par-70 which measures at 5,792 yards. Course conditions were still soggy from Saturday evening’s soaking rains.
“The course was still wet, but we were happy to be playing again,” Bowie head coach Jonathon Horton said. “This was our last tune-up before district.”
Next week, Bowie and Nocona will compete in a two-day District 3A-9 tournament, with Tuesday’s round at Runaway Bay and then Thursday at River Creek up in Burkburnett.
Nocona’s Josie Chism was the girls’ medalist with a 96, much to the delight of the small, hearty home crowd attending the event.
“I think she’s capable of even shooting lower,” Nocona coach Brad McGann said. “She was the only varsity girl to break 100. Her short game benefitted her, and she was always in good position.”
Chism was seven strokes clear of the field.
Maybe partially because of home-course advantage, but Nocona finished ahead of Bowie in both the boys and girls fields.
Stephanie Clement fired Bowie’s lowest round with a 106, while Chloe Polk was next at 108. That marked Clement’s career-best score, Horton reported. Read more, and see complete scores, in the mid-week Bowie News.

Nocona’s Josie Chism plays from the fairway during the Norman Waters Invitational at Indian Oaks Golf Course in Nocona. Chism was named the meet medalist on the girls’ side with a 96. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)