Rain postpones WPIAL Class AAA boys golf semifinal at Hannastown

By: HSSN Staff
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 | 2:12 PM

Hannastown Golf Club head professional Craig Mankins said too much rain over the past two weeks and heavy rain the past 12 hours forced the postponement of the WPIAL Class AAA boys golf semifinals Tuesday at his course.

The tournament will now be played Thursday, with the first tee time at 8:30 a.m.

Mankins said every green had standing water and so did a lot of the rough, especially the lowlands along the creek (Nos. 3, 4 and 5).

First, it was the remnants of Hurricane Florence, which dropped 10 inches of rain on Sept 8, 9 and 10. Then, the course got another 3 inches of rain last week and then more on Monday night.

“It was just too much for the course to handle,” Mankins said.

Some of the top golfers in Class AAA are scheduled to play at Hannastown.

They include Latrobe senior Brady Pevarnik, Franklin Regional senior Palmer Jackson, Central Catholic seniors Jimmy Meyers and Neil Shipley, Fox Chapel senior Gregor Meyer, Pine-Richland junior Donnie Professori and senior Rico Sciulli and Greensburg Salem senior Jack Oberdorf. All were WPIAL placewinners in 2017.

The semifinal qualifier at Youghiogheny Country Club went on as scheduled.

The WPIAL Class AAA championship is Oct. 2 at Oakmont Country Club. Meyer was the 2016 winner at Oakmont.

Paul Schofield is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Paul at pschofield@tribweb.com or via Twitter @Schofield_Trib.