Connor Preston is not a stranger to Moccasin Creek Country Club nor the Western Printing Pro-Am Golf Tournament. However, this weekend the Aberdeen native is experiencing something new during the tourney.
Preston is competing in the professional division for the first time in the annual event. The past amateur champion in the tourney is holding his own after shooting a one-under par during the opening round.
"I was happy with it. I played solid. I didn’t make a lot of mistakes," Preston said. "It was overall a pretty good round."
Preston said he didn't think about moving up a division this year, instead focusing on and trusting his own game.
"I think I’ve just been trusting my process and my practice. I think I just kind of leaned on that," Preston said. "I really didn’t think about any of the exterior going on. I was just kind of in the moment, in the zone, focusing on what I was doing. It seemed to work out pretty well."
The 2016 graduate of Aberdeen Central said
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