Coupeville Sports

“I’ll be back!!”

Even the legends can have an off day.

After kicking off his season by handily winning each of his first three matches, Coupeville High School senior Austin Fields finally found a course he couldn’t sweet-talk Monday.

Playing in the Tom Dolan Memorial Invitational at the Everett Golf and Country Club, Fields fired a 92 over 18 holes, well back of winner Kyle Cornett of Jackson.

The defending 4A state champ, Cornett beat Anthony Allen of Arlington on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff after the pair tied at the top of the leader board.

Fields was a last-minute entry into the tourney, since it’s primarily a team event, and he is a one-man Wolf boys’ golf squad. Kamiak edged Archbishop Thomas Murphy to win the team title.

As he heads back into regular match play Thursday, when he and his traveling companions from South Whidbey head to Cedarcrest, he’ll take what he learned on the course today to heart.

Then, most likely, come back to kick some tushie.

“It was a rough day. Very tough,” Fields said. “All the great ones fall at some time. Makes us human.”