Caldwell County’s Claire Knoth picked up a win on the golf course this past weekend.
Playing in the Charleston Season Kickoff at Wild Dunes Golf Course near Charleston, South Carolina, Knoth captured medalist honors in the girls’ 14-18 age division by one shot.
Knoth carded rounds of 88 and 84 on Saturday and Sunday in the 36-hole event on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour.
Knoth’s total of 172 was a stroke better than Chloe Ross of Charleston.
Graves County’s Ellie West was four shots behind Knoth at 176 and finished third.
The Hurricane Junior Golf Tour is in its 14th season and is the largest junior golf tour in the world.
