Sep. 28-29 (Billings,
Montana)
Again this week we
headed back to wonderful
Montana. As we dreaded
the 13 hour bus ride to
Billings, MT we were
ready to take Rocky on
once again on their home
course. As we arrived
we found that we were
going to have very good
weather and the greens,
for the first time in 3
weeks, we going to be
good. As we started out
our first round we found
the course to fairly
easy and knew we would
be shooting good
rounds. After the first
round, we trailed rocky
by only one stroke. For
playing rocky on their
home course we felt that
this would be a good
time to win. In the
second round we didn’t
play as well and lost by
7 strokes leaving us 8
down for the tournament
and 15 down for
conference. After
heading back to the
hotel and talking about
what we could do we were
very anxious to play the
3rd round.
As we started out on
Monday morning, we found
that this could be the
tournament victory at
our grasp. As the round
continued we fell off a
bit and we ended losing
by 6 in the final
round. This puts us
down by 21 heading into
the spring conference
tournament at home at
Lewiston Golf and
Country Club. I feel as
though the team played
very well shooting some
great scores and keeping
it pretty consistent. I
know that if we put in
some hard work in the
off season, we will come
out victorious. We still
have 2 tournaments left
to play this fall, but
they don’t count toward
conference so we will
use them to concentrate
on improving and getting
some more experience.
Cortney
This
past weekend the Men’s
and Ladies Golf team
Participated in the
Rocky Mountain
tournament in Billings,
Montana. This was the
third Tournament on the
schedule and a
tournament we knew we
could win. The week
prior, the Men’s golf
team had successfully
won Carroll colleges
invite and we were on
the prowl for another
win. The Coaches had
decided to try and get a
practice round in before
the tournament so we
left Friday afternoon
and headed up to
Coeur’delane and through
to Missoula, where we
spent the night. The
following morning we
shipped out early under
deep blue skies and
reached our intended
destination with enough
time to get in some
frisbee action before
the practice round. In
previous tournaments we
had barely enough time
to venture round the
golf course on a golf
cart, this time we had
ample time to check
yardages and figure out
key scoring holes.
The practice round was
very eventful with some
great scores having been
shot. Chris Kneen shot a
remarkable sixty three
while the rest of the
team came in with high
sixties and even par.
Our mood was set and we
knew that this was going
to be our tournament
even though the home
team is known to be very
strong on their golf
course.
Tournament day (Sunday)
was different to the
previous tournaments
because although it was
cold, it was not
frightfully cold and the
day’s temperature was
set in the mid eighties
with a slight breeze.
Oddly enough we
encountered a third week
of great big blue skies
filled with jet vapors
and no signs of snow or
rain, it was kind of
weird actually.
The first round was
close between the LC
warrior men and Montana
tech. there was only one
shot separating the two
teams and after round
two there was only still
one shot separating the
teams, LC being in the
lead. Our Host
team-Rocky mountain put
on spurts of good golf
but not enough to cause
concern for the Warrior
men. The days play had
been very competitive
and possibly more so
than we had anticipated.
The strategy was quite
clear Sunday night and
the annual team meeting
had been put on hold,
the men relaxed and got
prepared for Monday
morning, all we wanted
to do was win and we
knew how. Having said
all that, Montana tech
was valiant in their
effort but it was not
enough. The LC warrior
men’s team gained eight
more shots on Montana
Tech on Monday and took
the out right lead for
this semester in our
region.
With two more
tournaments left this
semester, I would say
that the LC warriors are
confident in gaining
another win this
season.
Nik
