CORVALLIS, Ore. — On a day Caroline Inglis had hoped to make history by achieving something unprecedented, the Churchill High School senior’s bid for a fourth state golf title took a heartbreaking turn in which history instead repeated itself.

Inglis signed for an incorrect score following her final round in the OSAA Class 5A girls championship at Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis. Because the reported total was lower than her actual score — 68, rather than 69 — she was disqualified from a tournament she was on pace to win by nine strokes over her closest competitor.

The shocking turn of events came 41 years after her father, Bill, signed for an incorrect score at the 1971 state tournament, knocking the South Eugene boys from the thick of the team title race.

“I checked it twice; I don’t know how I even missed it,” Caroline Inglis said Tuesday, after taking some time to reflect on the day’s dramatic twists and turns. “I guess I was just caught up in the excitement. I don’t know; I keep replaying it in my head — what I missed, what I did wrong — and I don’t know how I missed it.

“My dad, after every round I play, says, ‘Check your score twice, check your scorecard.’ ’’ Inglis said, chuckling at the irony. “One of my friends said, ‘Like father, like daughter.’ ’’