{"id":199455,"date":"2025-10-03T12:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T12:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/199455\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T12:25:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T12:25:21","slug":"3-time-defending-state-champ-oak-grove-girls-golf-aiming-for-no-4-inforum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/199455\/","title":{"rendered":"3-time defending state champ Oak Grove girls golf aiming for No. 4 – InForum"},"content":{"rendered":"

FARGO \u2014 On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, Oak Grove sophomore Ellie Zuger practiced chip shots on the practice hole at Fargo Country Club.<\/p>\n

Zuger was one of the six Grovers girls golfers making last-minute adjustments ahead of the season\u2019s final tournament.<\/p>\n

The North Dakota Class B girls golf state tournament is slated for Monday, Sept. 29 to Tuesday, Sept. 30 at Pheasant Country Golf Course in South Heart.<\/p>\n

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Fargo Oak Grove golfer Claire Lee lines up a putt during practice on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025 at the Fargo Country Club in south Fargo.<\/p>\n

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Oak Grove enters the tournament as the three-time defending state champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to have confidence in our games,\u201d Zuger said. \u201cAnd know that our teammates are going to do their best.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Grovers hold the best team scoring average among Class B programs and third-best in the state at 321.8 strokes. Oak Grove has won all but two events played this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got six great players,\u201d said Oak Grove sophomore Sylvie Brantner. \u201cEvery day we come out, we work and we try our best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zuger and Brantner rank among the best golfers in Class B. Zuger holds the third-best scoring average among Class B golfers at 76.7 strokes per round, currently the lowest in program history.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe hits good, she chips good and she putts good,\u201d said Grovers head coach Laine Brantner. \u201cThere\u2019s really (no weakness) in her golf game.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fargo Oak Grove golfer Sylvie Brantner watches her putt roll towards the hole on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, at the Fargo Country Club in south Fargo.<\/p>\n

Chris Flynn \/ The Forum<\/p>\n

Sylvie Brantner holds the fifth-best scoring average in Class B, averaging 78.5 strokes. She said her swing has started to come together, which adds a boost of confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s really improved in her short game and getting more consistent with her driver,\u201d Laine Brantner said.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Claire Lee has a 79.7 scoring average and Josie Geiger averages 81.8 strokes.<\/p>\n

Brantner the team\u2019s scoring average is strokes better than last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scoring averages for all the girls have improved,\u201d Laine Brantner said. \u201cThese girls have really just worked hard to improve their games.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Oak Grove golfer Josie Geiger watches her putt roll towards the hole on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025 at the Fargo Country Club in south Fargo.<\/p>\n

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For the Grovers, some of the team has played together for nearly four seasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re definitely a big family,\u201d Zuger said.<\/p>\n

The team said that just playing to their ability and not trying to do too much will be critical in order to have success at the state tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust be our average selves and play the game we\u2019re all gifted with, and try to glorify God,\u201d Sylvie Brantner said.<\/p>\n

The Grovers played at Pheasant County Golf Course during the East-West Classic in August. With a lot of penalty area, Laine Brantner said his team will have to stress hitting straight shots.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur girls have some familiarity with it,\u201d Laine Brantner said. \u201cThey all like it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fargo Oak Grove golfer Ellie Zuger practices putting on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025 at the Fargo Country Club in south Fargo. <\/p>\n

Chris Flynn \/ The Forum<\/p>\n

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Fargo Oak Grove golfer Claire Luebke practices chipping on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025 at the Fargo Country Club in south Fargo.<\/p>\n

Chris Flynn \/ The Forum<\/p>\n


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\n After graduating from North Dakota State University, Haugland joined the Forum in January of 2023. Readers can reach him at 701-241-5508 or by emailing ahaugland@forumcomm.com\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FARGO \u2014 On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, Oak Grove sophomore Ellie Zuger practiced chip shots on the practice…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[115038,427,115039,115040,115041,115042,115043,99],"class_list":["post-199455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-fargo-oak-grove","tag-golf","tag-nd-girls-golf","tag-north-dakota-girls-golf","tag-oak-grove-girls-golf","tag-oak-grove-grovers","tag-oak-grove-grovers-girls-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}