{"id":799614,"date":"2019-09-19T18:48:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T00:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=371817"},"modified":"2019-09-19T18:48:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T00:48:37","slug":"ryleys-round-summit-golfer-cibula-shoots-best-round-of-his-life-to-finish-runner-up-at-keystone-ranch-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/ryleys-round-summit-golfer-cibula-shoots-best-round-of-his-life-to-finish-runner-up-at-keystone-ranch-invite\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryley\u2019s round: Summit golfer Cibula shoots best round of his life to finish runner-up at Keystone Ranch Invite"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Summit junior Ryley Cibula makes his way to the putting green on the 15th hole at Keystone Ranch Golf Course during the Keystone Golf Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 19, in Keystone.<\/strong>
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KEYSTONE \u2013 While his Summit High School golf team chipped and putted before playing a practice round Wednesday evening, head coach Gary Sorenson remarked how his favorite part of coaching is when his players crack a smile. In an often-frustrating game like golf, grins can be hard to come by.<\/p>\n

But, boy, was Ryley Cibula smiling wide Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was legitimate,\u201d Sorenson said, with a smile of his own, after a Cibula pointed to his score on the leaderboard after Thursday\u2019s competition concluded.<\/p>\n

On a course he knows better than any other, the Summit High junior shot an 18-hole score of one-over par 73 (+1) at Thursday\u2019s Keystone Ranch Invitational. Cibula\u2019s score tied his own personal best: another 73 last summer during a recreational round at the familiar Ranch course, a short bike ride from his home.<\/p>\n

Those extra rounds at the Ranch Course (Cibula estimated he played more than 70 times this summer) paid off for the junior on Thursday. When he found out he\u2019d be starting his round from the Ranch Course\u2019s 15th hole, he knew the course\u2019s toughest stretch of holes \u2014 15 through 18 \u2014 awaited him. Cibula got off to a great start, playing those four holes even before heading back to the course\u2019s first hole.<\/p>\n

Cibula shot par on each hole through the course\u2019s third hole. On the ensuing holes, after a bogey pushed Cibula to one over, he birdied the course\u2019s sixth hole to drop back down to even par through 10 holes played.<\/p>\n

Holes 7 and 8 proved tough for the junior, back-to-back bogeys kept him at +2 through the course\u2019s 11th hole.<\/p>\n

Before the Tigers\u2019 home tournament, Cibula said he expected a score of 78 or lower would put him in contention at the top of the leaderboard at Thursday\u2019s high-level 19-team tournament. It was one of the toughest of the season, with top teams from both the High Country and the Front Range. At +2 heading into his final three holes of the day, Cibula was staring at a 74 if he played even par back to the clubhouse.<\/p>\n

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