Guess, Bedford capture titles at Monroe County Golf Championships

MONROE – Taleon Guess always looks calm on the golf course.

But he says that is deceiving.

“I always get nervous, but it’s a good kind of nerves,” he said.

Guess always seems to find the right kind of nerves for the Monroe County Championship.

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The Bedford senior won the tournament for the third time in his career on Monday, May 11.

He shot a 2-under-par 70 at Carrington Golf Club to claim medalist honors and lead his team to a repeat championship.

“He just rises to the occasion,” Bedford coach Brad Reed said. “He likes playing in big matches.”

Bedford's Taleon Guess putts at the medalist at the Monroe County Championships on Monday, May 11, 2026. Guess won medalist honors for the third time in his career and led Bedford to the team title.

Guess gets geared up for the county meet.

‘These are guys I’ve played with for a long time,” he said. “It’s really something I look forward to.”

He had just two bogeys during his 18 holes Monday. Those were offset by three birdies and an eagle.

The Eagle came on the 470-yard No. 13 hole. A strong drive and a sensational 8-iron put him in position to tap in.

“I hit the ball really good today, but missed a lot of putts,” he said. “I finished strong. I was 5-under on the last six holes.”

Bedford finished with a team score of 312, which was 10 stroke ahead of Airport.

Ida took third with 336, followed by Flat Rock 337, Monroe 338, Gibraltar Carlson 343, Erie Mason 345, St. Mary Catholic Central 346, New Boston Huron 348, Whiteford 349, Jefferson 367, Summerfield 373, Dundee 374 and Milan 377.

Hussein Salami and Oakley Morrow both shot 80 and Connor Urbanski added an 82 to join Guess on the All-County Team.

“We played pretty well – 312 is a pretty good score,” Reed said. “It’s close to our best.”

Bedford's Taleon Guess sizes up a shot at the Monroe County Championships for the third time in his career on Monday, May 11, 2026. Guess won medalist honors for the third time in his career and led Bedford to the team title.

But Reed said the Mules need to shave about a dozen shots off that to have a chance to advance out of regionals to the state finals.

“We left some shots out there,” he said. “We’ve got a few little things to take care of. We had too many three putts.”

Bedford follows the lead of in getting geared up for the county tournament.

“We’ve won back-to-back now,” Reed said. “That really motivates them.”

Ida’s Connor Zimmerman had the best-best score of the day with a 1-under-par 71.

The rest of the All-County team included Brayden Siders (78), Landon McGregor (80) and Evan Mullins (81) of Airport, James Feudi of Summerfield 79), Jack Newman (79) of Huron, Cam Kalbfleisch (80) of Carlson, Solomon Schramm (80) of Monroe and Colin Gilleran of Flat Rock (80).

This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Guess wins Monroe County title for third time, leads Bedford to crown