{"id":2449566,"date":"2019-10-06T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T16:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=313949"},"modified":"2019-10-06T10:56:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T16:56:00","slug":"jack-pevny-aspen-golf-team-heads-to-state-looking-to-defend-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/jack-pevny-aspen-golf-team-heads-to-state-looking-to-defend-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Pevny, Aspen golf team heads to state looking to defend championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.8297474275023\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-313949-599\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AHSgolf-atd-100719-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AHSgolf-atd-100719-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | From left, Aspen High School golfers Jack Pevny, Nic Pevny, John Hall and Lucas Lee pose for a photo on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, at Aspen Golf Club. The four will compete as a team in the state golf tournament Monday and Tuesday in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"2.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"16\">\n<p><strong>From left, Aspen High School golfers Jack Pevny, Nic Pevny, John Hall and Lucas Lee pose for a photo on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, at Aspen Golf Club. The four will compete as a team in the state golf tournament Monday and Tuesday in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AHSgolf-atd-100719-1.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"From left, Aspen High School golfers Jack Pevny, Nic Pevny, John Hall and Lucas Lee pose for a photo on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, at Aspen Golf Club. The four will compete as a team in the state golf tournament Monday and Tuesday in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AHSgolf-atd-100719-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AHSgolf-atd-100719-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | From left, Aspen High School golfers Jack Pevny, Nic Pevny, John Hall and Lucas Lee pose for a photo on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, at Aspen Golf Club. The four will compete as a team in the state golf tournament Monday and Tuesday in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"2.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"16\">\n<p><strong>From left, Aspen High School golfers Jack Pevny, Nic Pevny, John Hall and Lucas Lee pose for a photo on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, at Aspen Golf Club. The four will compete as a team in the state golf tournament Monday and Tuesday in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AHSgolf-atd-100719-1-1.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"From left, Aspen High School golfers Jack Pevny, Nic Pevny, John Hall and Lucas Lee pose for a photo on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, at Aspen Golf Club. The four will compete as a team in the state golf tournament Monday and Tuesday in Colorado Springs. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AHSgolf-atd-100719-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AHSgolf-atd-100719-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Aspen High School senior Jack Pevny tees off on the 17th hole at the Class 3A golf regional on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, at Aspen Golf Club. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Aspen High School senior Jack Pevny tees off on the 17th hole at the Class 3A golf regional on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, at Aspen Golf Club. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AHSgolf-atd-100719-1-2.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Aspen High School senior Jack Pevny tees off on the 17th hole at the Class 3A golf regional on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, at Aspen Golf Club. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AHSgolf-atd-100719-1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AHSgolf-atd-100719-1-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Aspen High School junior John Hall competes in the golf regional on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, at Aspen Golf Club. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Aspen High School junior John Hall competes in the golf regional on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, at Aspen Golf Club. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AHSgolf-atd-100719-1-3.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Aspen High School junior John Hall competes in the golf regional on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, at Aspen Golf Club. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/jack-pevny-aspen-golf-team-heads-to-state-looking-to-defend-championship\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/jack-pevny-aspen-golf-team-heads-to-state-looking-to-defend-championship\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">Rare is it that the reigning state champions enter as the underdog, but that\u2019s exactly how the Aspen High School boys golf team sees it. Only senior Jack Pevny returned from that historic team a year ago, so the Skiers mostly believe it\u2019s a clean slate with the Class 3A state tournament set to get underway Monday in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s the first year in a while where we\u2019ve come in as the underdog,\u201d Pevny said. \u201cA lot of people don\u2019t think we are in it, which I just see as a huge opportunity to prove them wrong. I see it as a big opportunity for the younger guys, my brother included, as it\u2019s their first time going to state and to kind of get a feel for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen will have four players competing Monday and Tuesday at Eisenhower Golf Course, which is located on the U.S. Air Force Academy\u2019s campus. Pevny is joined by sophomore Nic Pevny, his younger brother, junior John Hall and sophomore Lucas Lee. This foursome will look to defend what was the program\u2019s first state championship, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspen-boys-golf-team-wins-first-state-title-senior-jack-hughes-second-overall\/\">won last October at Boulder Country Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe know we are capable of winning. We just have to play well and stay focused,\u201d said Nic Pevny, who was a spectator last year when brother Jack finished fourth at state. \u201cI\u2019ve been looking forward to playing in it all year, so it\u2019s exciting for it to finally come. Just makes me want to win it more this year because I experienced it last year and it was super fun. So just makes me want to win it this year again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Last year\u2019s team was special. That state foursome included seniors Dominic Lanese, Dawson Holmes and Jack Hughes, with Hughes having finished as the state runner-up behind champion Jackson Klutznick of Kent Denver. Peak to Peak\u2019s Davis Long was third, with Jack Pevny fourth. Jack Pevny was third after shooting 68 in the first round last fall, but a 76 on the second day kept him from pushing for the top spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The eldest Pevny is looking to become the program\u2019s first individual state champion. Three times has AHS had a state runner-up, a list that includes Hughes (2018), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/golf-aspen-highs-will-hazen-2nd-at-state\/\">Will Hazen<\/a> (2015) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/karlinski-finishes-second-at-state\/\">Teddy Karlinski<\/a> (2005).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a different atmosphere than last year, a different mentality going into it,\u201d Jack Pevny said. \u201cBut having it be my last year, there is definitely some extra incentive toward that. However it ends up, I\u2019m definitely satisfied with my high school career and I can say that it\u2019s been a good run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">BATTLING INEXPERIENCE<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">This is Jack Pevny\u2019s third trip to the state tournament \u2014 he tied for 20th as a freshman before sitting out his sophomore season to attend a golf academy in Florida \u2014 while it will be the state debut for his three teammates on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cMany of these players that are very, very good, accomplished golfers, have very little tournament experience under their belt,\u201d longtime AHS coach Mary Woulfe said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a hard-fought battle and I think that\u2019s going to serve us well. Being second at regionals in some ways takes a little pressure off. I think that\u2019s not a bad thing going into the state championship to feel like the underdog a little bit, because I feel like we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">While the Pevny brothers have been the clear cut 1-2 players all season, AHS had as many as eight golfers competing for the final two regional spots throughout the season. Ultimately Hall and Lee were given the nod, but it was a grind to get there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Among those who didn\u2019t make the regional team was junior Jake Doyle, who actually won a tournament at Dos Rios Golf Club in Gunnison this fall. While these eight did lack serious tournament experience, Woulfe had plenty of talent to choose from.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt was definitely a really intense season with a lot of competition between the team,\u201d said Doyle, who planned to travel to Eisenhower to watch the team compete this week. \u201cIt makes you that much better as a player to be able to play with guys in your own town that are just as good as you or even better. Everyone can go out and win a tournament. It just depends on the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The regional tournament, which AHS hosted at Aspen Golf Club, was a mixed bag for the Skiers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/aspen-basalt-qualify-three-golfers-to-state-tournament-montezuma-cortez-wins\/\">They finished second as a team<\/a>, losing by two strokes to Montezuma-Cortez to end a streak of 10 straight regional championships. The last time Aspen had not won its regional happened to be in 2008, the last time it hosted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Both Pevnys shot 76 to tie for fourth at regionals, a modest result by their standards. Hall shot 86 and tied for eighth, while Lee shot 104 to finish 36th in one of his worst performances of the season. Initially thought to have just missed the 10-shot cutoff to qualify as the team\u2019s fourth member, Lee found out a day after regionals that he finished right on the line and would in fact get to compete at state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt feels like I got a second chance, because regionals, it was awful. It was really bad. So it feels really good,\u201d Lee said. \u201cWe are coming off a state championship so that\u2019s got a target on our back, but it\u2019s a completely different team than last year. Not as much pressure I don\u2019t think going into it. There is still pressure, but compared to last year where we were the favorites we\u2019ve got really nothing to prove except go out there and shoot low.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Subhead\">THIS LOOKS FAMILIAR<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen feels confident about its chances this week in large part because of the location. AHS played at Eisenhower earlier this fall and rolled to a team win. Jack Pevny won the individual title that day, and all the players feel the course suits their \u201cmountain golf\u201d style of play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">This familiarity could bode well for the state tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s really just my putter getting hot on those greens and making the smart decisions the coaches and I go over in the practice rounds,\u201d Jack Pevny said. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely a confidence booster because I know the course well enough and I know how I played it to have that success, so it\u2019s just an easy benchmark to go into the practice round with and just kind of play that round the same way I did before and hopefully get the same results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:acolbert@aspentimes.com\">acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/jack-pevny-aspen-golf-team-heads-to-state-looking-to-defend-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From left, Aspen High School golfers Jack Pevny, Nic Pevny, John Hall and Lucas Lee pose for a photo on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, at Aspen Golf Club. 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