Jenna Smith finished tied for 55th in the Class 4 state tournament Tuesday at Rivercut Golf Course in Springfield, the best of her three trips to state. Smith shot a 95 in the second round after an 88 on Monday, and her two-day total of 183 was 16 strokes better than the 199 she shot on the same course as a sophomore.
Smith started on the 10th tee again and made par on the par-5 10th, then had a double bogey on the 11th and bogeys on the 12th and 13th. After a par on the 14th, she birdied the 85-yard, par-3 15th for her second birdie of the tournament. She bogeyed the 16th, made a double bogey on the par-3 17th and took a nine on the par-5 18th for a 46, the same score she shot on the back nine Monday.
Smith parred the first hole on the front nine, and an eight on the par-4 third put her 15 over for the round. She bogeyed the fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth and made double bogeys on the fifth and ninth for a 49. She was 45th after the first round.
Raymore-Peculiar senior Addie Swan shot 67 and 71 for a 138, the lowest two-round total in the field.
Smith tied for 57th as a sophomore in 2024, when she played in Class 3 at Rivercut and shot rounds of 104 and 95. As a junior last year, she tied for 85th in Class 4 at Sedalia Country Club with rounds of 100 and 96 for a 196. Her 88 on Monday was her lowest score in six state tournament rounds.
“I was just telling her today that there have been a few players in our program that have qualified three times, so she should be proud of that,” coach Curt Plotner said. “The week didn’t go the way that she wanted, but she has had a great career.”
Smith qualified for state this year by tying for eighth at the Class 4 District 3 tournament with an 83, her first all-district finish.
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