Tommie Barfield Student Wins County Golf Championship

Tommie Barfield Elementary fourth grader Kashton Latreille, who in August scored a hole-in-one, won the Collier County Elementary School Championship on Saturday, November 18, at the Moorings Golf & Country Club. Latreille shot a four under par 32 on the nine-hole course, six strokes ahead of the runner-up.

The highlight of Latreille’s round came on the par 5 ninth hole.

"I bombed my driver,” Latreille said, “it was like 170 yards. Then I chipped it up because it was so close to the green. And I made my putt for eagle.”

An eagle is a score of two under par for a hole. On average, professionals hit an eagle about once every 10,000 shots, according to exogolers.com.

In addition to his individual glory, Latreille also led Tommie Barfield to the team win.

Kashton’s father, Will Latreille, said his son practices every weekday and plays on both weekend days. He said Kashton has a nice collection of trophies.

"He's got so many they're in cardboard boxes,” Will Latreille laughed. 

Read more about Kashton in the August 3, 2023, Coastal Breeze News story “Hole in One! Nine-year-old Tommie Barfield Elementary Student Called the Shot.”