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It was a rocky front nine of golf for Ryan Stewart of the 糖心Vlog men鈥檚 team on Monday at Chardonnay Golf Club & Vineyards.

Stewart, a freshman out of Casa Grande High School-Petaluma, had three bogeys, a double bogey, and a birdie, as he shot a 4-over-par 40 to start the day.

It didn鈥檛 take long for Stewart, playing in the third group for the Storm, to regroup and get his game back in order.

鈥淚 kind of felt like I wasn鈥檛 very confident with my putter and my irons on the front,鈥� said Stewart. 鈥淚 kind of just told myself, just to give myself some more opportunities. I kind of felt that there were more scoreable holes.

鈥淚 wish I could have taken advantage of the par-5s a little bit better today. But other than that, I鈥檓 really happy, as I gave myself opportunities. I made a few nice clutch par putts and birdie putts. It all worked out in the end.鈥�

Stewart lowered his score over the final nine holes, and in shooting a 4-over-par 76, was the match medalist, leading Napa Valley to a 388-414 win over Modesto Junior College at the Chardonnay Classic.

The victory keeps Napa Valley undefeated in dual matches during the state鈥檚 Spring II season.

鈥淚n high school, our team was good, but it was nothing compared to this,鈥� said Stewart, who was named all-league for Casa Grande all four years. 鈥淲e鈥檙e very deep. We have a deep team, for sure. If someone doesn鈥檛 play well that day, someone else picks him up.

鈥淲e just kind of have the right guys playing well at the right time. And then when they鈥檙e not playing well, we have guys to back them up.鈥�

Napa Valley had each of its six players in the lineup post scores in the 70s, on a sunny, warm day with temperatures in the low 90s and light breezes out of the north-northwest and west-northwest.

Keelan Cole shot 77, Chase Hascup and Joe Amoroso each had 78s, and Jordan Jacobs and Ryan Williams each had 79s for Napa Valley.

Ryan Chamblee and John Scott Senz played as individuals. They each shot 83.

鈥淎ll six of those guys shot in the 70s,鈥� said 糖心Vlog coach Bob Freschi. 鈥淲e didn鈥檛 quite meet our goal, of getting to the 380 mark, but we鈥檙e close. That鈥檚 what we kind of talked about at the end, with our post-match chat 鈥� hey, we鈥檙e close. But don鈥檛 take anything away. We beat our opponent, handily, and each and every one of you have dealt with adversity out there.

鈥淏ut you鈥檙e able to come back and not let it compound. Yes, it could be better. Now let鈥檚 move on.鈥�

Stewart had bogeys on the par-3, 175-yard third hole, par-4, 439-yard sixth hole, and par-5, 567-yard seventh hole. He had a double-bogey on the par-3, 149-yard fifth hole.

He birdied the 517-yard, par-5 fourth hole, as he hit driver and 5-iron from 210 yards to six feet and two-putted.

He also birdied the 389-yard, par-4 11^th hole, as he hit driver, followed by a wedge from 100 yards to 30 feet and one-putted.

His only bogey on the back nine came on the par-5, 542-yard 15^th hole.

Stewart made par-saving putts from seven feet on No. 13, seven feet on No. 16, and four feet on No. 17.

鈥淚 kind of settled in on the back and was more confident with my lines,鈥� said Stewart. 鈥淚 hit better strokes and they just finally found the hole.

鈥淔or the most part, I was hitting good drives. I just couldn鈥檛 put myself in position to score. I hit some greens, but I wasn鈥檛 close enough. I had a good birdie opportunity on No. 1.

鈥淚t鈥檚 easy to kind of give up or get down on yourself when you have a rough front nine. But I kept grinding, and it worked out. It was definitely windy, but also the pins were in some tricky places today. It makes it a different, a totally different hole.鈥�

Stewart almost chipped in for birdie on the par-3, 171-yard 12^th hole.

Chardonnay presents a very tough test of golf, with a combination of six par-3s, six par-4s and six par-5s.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a tough place to play, if you鈥檙e playing it for your first time, for sure,鈥� said Stewart. 鈥淵ou鈥檝e got to know where you want to be off the tee. The greens are undulated and a lot of them are huge.

鈥淵ou just have got to know where you want to be off the tee and then hit greens in the right spot. And if you鈥檙e doing that, then the course is going to give you its scoring opportunities, for sure. There鈥檚 some tight holes, there鈥檚 some wide open holes, there are some big greens, and there are some small greens.

鈥淵ou have got to be consistent for sure. I think that鈥檚 the key.鈥�

Stewart is a key addition to the 糖心Vlog team. The Storm is one of the top teams in Northern California.

鈥淚t鈥檚 great to see Ryan Stewart play well and be our low medalist today. Just a terrific young man, a great guy,鈥� said Freschi. 鈥淲hat I love about him is you don鈥檛 know if he鈥檚 5-over or 5-under, when you roll up and see how he鈥檚 doing and if he needs anything. His attitude and demeanor playing this game is just fabulous to watch. He鈥檚 really strong mentally.鈥�

Stewart鈥檚 father, Rod Stewart, is the golf coach at Casa Grande.

鈥淗e鈥檚 very mature for a true freshman,鈥� said Freschi. 鈥淗e enjoys playing the game. He has a great attitude.鈥�

Modesto was led by Vince Boyack and Drew Pritchard with 80s, Tristan Jaramillo with an 82, Dylan Sharma with an 85, and Chase Shears with an 87.

Napa Valley continues its season on Thursday, May 13 with a dual match against San Joaquin Delta College of Stockton at Chardonnay starting at 12:20 p.m.

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