CHAPEL HILL — Joe Weinberger finished fifth overall by shooting a 38 for nine holes as the Person High School golf team placed fifth overall as well in the season-opening Piedmont Athletic Conference match Monday afternoon at the Chapel Hill Country Club.

East Chapel Hill was the host team on Monday, and the Wildcats ended up tied for first place with Northern Durham. Both teams finished with a score of 148.

Chapel Hill was third with a 154, Riverside placed fourth at 158, and the Rockets were a distant fifth at 171.

Person coach Mark Lunsford said his team’s long game was solid, but the performance around the greens needs improvement.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do on our short game,” he said. “The putting surfaces on the Chapel Hill course were fast and we really struggled. Our ball striking was good but we’ve got to finish better.”

Along with Joe Weinberger’s team-leading 38, Brice Mitchell shot a 42 and James Weinberger carded a 44 for the Rockets, who also got a 47 from Zeb Barnette.

Rounding out the team finishes on Monday were Jordan in sixth with a 185, Hillside in seventh, and Southern Durham in eighth.

Top individual finishers were ECH’s Aheem Raham in first with a 33, ECH’s Eric Park and Northern’s Stratten Waldt tied for second at 35, and a three-way tie at 36 between Dalton Rich of Northern, Jack Garrett of Riverside, and Dana Spitz of Chapel Hill.

Person is in action again today when it takes on Bartlett Yancey at the Roxboro Country Club (2 p.m. scheduled start).