Coupeville Sports

There can be only one!!

Austin Fields is a giant killer.

The Coupeville High School senior-to-be carved up the field at the Pacific Northwest Junior Boys’ Amateur Golf Championships in early August, winning his flight and taking down the top two seeded players in the process.

The Wolf ace opened match play with a bang, gutting top-seeded Gabriel Spach of Seattle two and one in the quarterfinals. He followed that up with a five and four win over Drew Halili of Port Orchard, then knocked off second seed Andy Jonson of Bainbridge Island in the final.

The tournament, which ran five days at the Port Ludlow Golf Club, got off to a rough start for Fields, when he struggled on the opening hole and was knocked down a few flights.

After that, it was all gravy for the sweet-swinging local, as he used his magical touch with the driver and putter, and a few sage words of advice from caddy, and younger sister, Christine Fields (a talented golfer herself) to spank anyone foolhardy enough to cross clubs with him.

The lesson for today: you may come from the big city, but don’t mess with the best of Whidbey!