A week after one Prince George’s County girl made history by winning a region championship, another P.G. girl has followed suit, winning a county title.
Thursday at Enterprise Golf Course, Eleanor Roosevelt junior Caroline Sweet became the first girl in the 30-year history of the tournament to win the Prince George’s County Championship.
Sweet shot a 2-over-par 74 to win by five strokes over teammate Alex Mihalovic. Last Tuesday at the District III tournament, also consisting of 17 teams from Prince George’s County, Flowers senior Airielle Dawson shot an even-par 71 to win at Potomac Ridge.
Sweet and Dawson had a significant advantage over their male counterparts as they played from the shorter red tees. At Enterprise, the red tees measure 5,157 yards while the white measure 6,209.
“The reds are really short,” said Sweet. “I thought about playing whites this year. But I wanted my scoring average to look better for colleges.”
On Thursday, Dawson sustained an injury on the first tee and played the rest of her round “basically with her left arm,” said Douglass coach Jim Woods. Dawson still shot 83 to tie for fourth place.
Sweet led ER (319) to the team title over Flowers (339). Last week at the District III, both teamsqualified for the state tournament. The state will be held Monday-Wednesday at the University of Maryland Golf Course.
