Navigating through unfamiliar territory can be challenging by itself. Add in the challenge of fighting through bad weather, and the first one becomes even worse.

Nansemond River High School senior Leo Outland and junior Ryan Fischer received generous doses of both challenges before and during the Virginia High School League 4A state golf tournament that concluded on Tuesday at the Ivy Hill Golf Club in Forest.

“It was a struggle,” Warriors coach Craig Stephenson said. “They’ve never seen anything like this course. The change in terrain and altitude and going up and down hills and side hills, they’ve never played anything like that here in Suffolk.”

In round one on Monday, Fischer shot a 91 and Outland shot a 108. No 4A South individual golfer shot in the 70s, while 4A North’s fared better, having just played the course in regionals.

Round two on Tuesday was almost entirely canceled due to water on the course.

“It was misty and rainy,” Stephenson said of the days in Forest. “It had rained all day Sunday. The course was soaking wet.”

Golfers were set to do a practice round on Sunday, but the weather severely limited the benefit of it.

“I feel like I could have gotten a better understanding of the course, but with all that rain, it was too difficult to even try,” said Fischer, who was making his first appearance in the state tourney, along with Outland.

Fisher got off to a disappointing start on Monday, as he hit an 11 on the par-4 opening hole.

“The opening hole is pretty difficult, and I was kind of upset after that,” he said, but added, “I just shook it off.”

Stephenson said, “He hit a ball out of bounds, he hit two balls in a hazard, but after that hole, he didn’t have a hole worse than a bogey the rest of the day.”

Fischer said, “(I) didn’t get too down on myself, just had fun.”

Accounting for his 108 score, Outland blamed his performance before the conditions.

“I didn’t hit the ball that well to start with, and then with the hills and the rain and everything on top of that, it just wasn’t that good of a day,” he said.

Stephenson agreed it was rough.

“He started to get it together a little at the end.”

On Tuesday, Fischer finished three holes and Outland finished four before the golfers were pulled from the course due to the amount of water on it.

Shortly after it was decided they would not be allowed back out due to safety concerns, Stephenson said, “We went ahead and got in the car and got on the road,” making the three- to four-hour trip back to Suffolk.

For Tuesday’s scores, the coach said, “They based it off of how many common holes everybody had finished,” and there had only been one.

Fischer and Outland left before submitting their cards for the second round but were not in contention to win.