Rohan Patel of Plantation American Heritage was making birdies left, right and center and there wasn’t a darn thing Fleming Island junior Tyler Mawhinney could do about it.
After all, you can’t play defense in golf. No matter how many birdies a player makes, a competitor might make one more.
All Mawhinney could do was shake Patel’s hand after a historic 36 holes in the FHSAA Class 2A state boys tournament at the Mission Inn Resort El Campeon Course and tell him well done — then turn around and hoist the team championship trophy with his teammates…