A.D. Ibarra

-The Max, Laredo

Diego Ibarra battled the elements and a field of teams from the greater Laredo area and Eagle Pass on Saturday to notch his second consecutive Top Ten finish and win his first varsity tournament as he came from seven strokes back to take the 2016 Nixon Invitational Golf Tournament.

Ibarra hit ten pars and one birdie on Day 1 including 2 out of two greens on the Par threes, but just four of nine fairways which affected his scorecard when on holes 3 and four, he ran into some trouble closing out his round with four three putts falling behind Eagle Pass' Diego Carrillo who logged a 2-over 74.

On Day 2 however in the thirty mile an hour winds which howled across South Texas, scores began to plummet but according to Coach Pat Hernandez, her player was able to rise up to the challenge as he did on Day 2 at Sharyland in the rain and cold to notch a 78 and move into a sixth place overall in Mission, "Diego was able to keep his composure and was able to win his first tournament.  He turned it up on day 2 to win the tournament by one stroke."

Diego had only 38 putts on Day 2 with one birdie and seven pars.  He was 6/14 in fairways hit and 4/4 on par threes, but two three puts cut into his round

The Mavericks consisting of Ibarra, Adrian Alvarez, Matthew Rodriguez, Alan Ruiz and Daigo Matsuoka, took third place as a team, their first Top Three finish according to Hernandez.  The Mavs are coached by Hernandez, Jaime Flores and JT Tovar.

Overall team results were St. Augustine 1st, Eagle Pass 2nd and CC Winn 3rd.