Sep. 14-15 (Butte,
Montana)
It
was the first tournament
of the 2008-2009 season
and we are once again
headed to wonderful
Montana. The weather is
always unpredictable and
we were preparing for
the worst. We arrived
in Butte to find that
the weather was looking
good and now it was time
to play some golf. Most
of the girls that
traveled were returners
and have played this
course before but we
still found the greens
to be difficult and we
knew that’s where the
tournament would be
decided. The next
morning we awoke to
sunny skies and we were
confident that this year
would be different to
those of the past, we
would finally beat
Rocky. We started out
comparatively strong
shooting 320 after 18
holes, taking a 14 shot
lead to start the
tournament. The second
round was a little
difficult again shooting
320 but to merely
pick-up 2 shots in this
round. After a 10 hour
day of golf we were
exhausted and headed to
relax and get some sleep
with a 16 shot lead.
Unfortunately one of our
girls, Alana, suffered
an injury after
completing the 36 holes
and she was not going to
be able to play the next
day. After getting some
sleep we again rose to
beautiful sunshine and
headed out to try and
keep a lead to win the
tournament. Playing
with only 4 girls put a
little more pressure on
and we ended up shooting
328 while Rocky shot a
307. They took away our
lead and gained 5
shots. We were a bit
frustrated, but we can
gain 5 shots back very
easily next week in
Helena. We are a very
strong team this year
and I feel as though we
have the potential to
win the conference and
make it to nationals in
the spring. Next week
we head to Helena,
Montana for our second
conference tournament
hoping to pick up some
shots.
Until Next Week
Cortney
The
2008-2009 season started
this weekend with the
first tournament being
held in Butte, Montana.
A week prior to the
first tournament, the
golf team got news that
the golf course we were
about to play had just
been snowed over.
Preparing for the worst
we packed our bags, and
hit interstate 90,
arriving eight hours
later at Fairmont golf
resort. We completed a
practice round later
that day and found the
greens to be a little
tricky, ok that might be
an understatement, the
greens were really
tricky. Later that night
the men’s team got
together to discuss
tactics for the
following two days and
to figure out how we
were going to out smart
the greens. The
following morning, the
men’s golf team marched
out onto the course with
high spirits and total
focus and that’s and
that’s how we continued
right up until hole
fifty four. The weather
was exceptional, ranging
in the mid to high
eighties with blistering
sunshine, scorching
every inch of our
skin-this was not the
Montana we had been told
about. The sky line
seemed to stretch for
ever and not a breeze to
be felt all weekend, it
was truly spectacular.
the golf was much the
same, the men’s team
ended up shooting 291
after eighteen and 290
after thirty six,
putting us two shots
ahead of our nearest
rivals Montana Tech. Day
two started off as
planned and we were
still in the lead after
fifty holes and then it
seemed as if we picked
up a slow leak that was
unstoppable. The team
lumbered in loosing
steady strokes to our
rival Montana Tech,
allowing them to clinch
the title by two
strokes. Our team played
diligently and made a
valiant effort but was
unable to take the first
win of the season. We
finished the final day
shooting 294 which gave
us a grand total of 875.
I will commend Jeff Ray,
a former player from the
2007/2008 season who has
come back as vice coach,
for his persistent
encouragement that he
provided to the team, on
the golf course, over
the past two days. The
team is rich in talent
this year and we are
looking to seek an early
lead in the season so
that we can wrap up next
season with a ticket to
nationals.
Nik
