The Calhoun-Cleburne prep golf community will have strong representation at the AHSAA state golf tournament that starts Monday at The Shoals in Northwest Alabama. Thirteen players from The Star’s coverage area — two teams and four individuals — will be vying for state titles at the RTJ Trail facility.

Frank Brady nearly made a hole-in-one and teamed with Matt Rogers for four birdies in a bogey-free round of 67 that left them four shots off the lead after the first round of stroke play qualifying in the 31st State Four-Ball Championship at NorthRiver Yacht Club.

DECATUR — The Oxford golf team took seven players to the Class 6A, Section 4 boys tournament at Decatur Country Club on Monday, and seven are moving on to the next stage. The Yellow Jackets used their disappointing showing in last week’s Kelsey Goodwin Memorial as motivation and locked down the section’s fourth spot to next week’s sub-state at Hampton Cove. The Jackets shot 304. Huntsville (294), Grissom (295) and Decatur (303) nailed down the first three spots.