Wyatt Novotny grew up at Wyaton Hills Golf Course.
His mom would drop him off in the morning and pick him at the end of the day. Longtime Wyaton Hills member Roger Lowe remembered how Novotny always came with a collared shirt as he worked on his game.
Novotny put those skills learned at Wyaton Hills to good use, winning the 2025 Class 1A state championship. He shot a two-day total of even-par 144, good for a two-stroke victory.
He became the first state golf champ from Bureau County and just the second golf medalist in school history, the first since Justin VanLanduit placed ninth in 1995, the first year of the school.
It was the best local showing at boys state since Princeton’s Kyle Castner placed third in 2003.
On Saturday, Wyaton Hills welcomed home their homegrown state champ wit