PROVO — Don’t bet against him. He’s in the 59 Club.
Davis High junior Cole Ponich is on track to become the next Zac Blair, a storied Utah amateur now cashing PGA Tour checks. Ponich has the touch, hands, attitude, drive, demeanor and skills to get it done. In the realm he competes in as a junior golfer, there are few better in the land.
Ponich, recently de-committed from UCLA and pledged to sign this fall to play collegiate golf at BYU as a Class of 2019 recruit. Blair was the Utah Golf Association four-time player of the year, and Ponich was just named the Johnny Miller Division UGA Player of the Year.