Monday we competed in the Dordt Invite. We chose to go to this meet because it gave us some extra playing experience and we didn't have classes, so we would not be missing anything important at school. The Sioux Center course is new, so I thought it would be interesting! The course is wide open as the trees aren't grown yet. It was kind of fun to just hit and not really have to worry about getting into tree trouble!
It was a shotgun start, so I started on hole 15. I started off well and continued into the front nine. I made a birdie on hole #4, which was a par 3. I drained a long putt for birdie, which was fun! Three holes later I made another birdie, this time on a par 4! So after missing birdie opportunities in the past, I finally had two in one day! I ended up with a 38 for a score on the front nine. My finishing holes would not go as well, though.
I had five holes left to complete on the back nine. On hole #11 we had to hit over a lot of water to get to the green. I hit it in the water, oops! Then on the next hole I hit a terribly low drive that hit a side hill, bounced back down the hill and into some more water. Oops, again! My last hole did not go well either. I just couldn't buy a break on the last few holes! I ended up with a 50 the back nine. Definitely an interesting way to get to an 88 for a score! I was frustrated with the way things ended, but very proud of my 38. Hopefully I can put together two solid nines on Saturday!
Scores:
Kaitie 84 -4th
Sam 84 - 5th
Heidi 86 - 6th
Me 88 - 12th
Amy 99
Team: 342
Micaella 107- Individual
Our next meet is our last of the season, the fourth and final GPAC conference meet/qualifier. Big day!!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Mount Marty Invite
Yesterday was the Mount Marty Invite/preview for the fourth and final GPAC conference meet. Like always, I'll start off my post saying how nasty the weather was! It was very cold, rained on us in the middle, then got even colder and windier at the end. It just hasn't been a very nice spring for us, but yesterday was the worst so far. I don't really mind golfing in the cold, but the rain was just awful!
I did not play well. I just couldn't get anything to fall. It's not like I was really hitting the ball badly, but I missed a lot of putts that should've fallen. Just didn't get any breaks! I also decided that it would be fun to put 3 of my golf balls in the water hazards! (Oops!) I ended up with my highest score of 99 (51, 48). Quite a difference from earlier in the week. I'm not too worried though. The way I look at it is that I got all of my bad shots out of the way for the conference meet next Saturday!!
Our next meet is Monday in Sioux Center at the Dordt Invite. Looking forward to it!
Scores from yesterday:
Sam 81 (2nd)
Kaitie 88 (9th)
Heidi 93
Amy 94
Me 99
Micaella 109 (Individual)
Team: 356 (4th)
I did not play well. I just couldn't get anything to fall. It's not like I was really hitting the ball badly, but I missed a lot of putts that should've fallen. Just didn't get any breaks! I also decided that it would be fun to put 3 of my golf balls in the water hazards! (Oops!) I ended up with my highest score of 99 (51, 48). Quite a difference from earlier in the week. I'm not too worried though. The way I look at it is that I got all of my bad shots out of the way for the conference meet next Saturday!!
Our next meet is Monday in Sioux Center at the Dordt Invite. Looking forward to it!
Scores from yesterday:
Sam 81 (2nd)
Kaitie 88 (9th)
Heidi 93
Amy 94
Me 99
Micaella 109 (Individual)
Team: 356 (4th)
Thursday, April 21, 2011
GPAC Standings after 72 holes
Here are the GPAC Standings after the first 72 holes. Taken from the GPAC website. (I only added top 5 teams and top 20 individuals). Also, I'll add my Mount Marty recap tomorrow after I thaw out. ;)
Fin. Team Scores Total Par
1 Dakota Wesleyan University..... 330 354 336 1020 +160
2 Midland University............. 340 346 337 1023 +163
t 3 Northwestern College........... 346 349 339 1034 +174
t 3 University of Sioux Falls...... 338 355 341 1034 +174
5 Nebraska Wesleyan University... 361 356 348 1065 +205
Fin. Player Team Scores Total Par
1 Bellet, Danielle..... Dakota Wesleyan University..... 71 83 72 226 +11
2 Achterhof-Rozeboom... Northwestern College........... 83 80 78 241 +26
3 Pingel, Sam.......... Midland University............. 81 81 82 244 +29
4 Gottsleban, Kali..... University of Sioux Falls...... 82 86 79 247 +32
5 Roesler, Kamie....... Dakota Wesleyan University..... 82 87 85 254 +39
6 Walsh, Brittany...... Briar Cliff University......... 83 90 86 259 +44
7 Kline, Taylor........ Northwestern College........... 91 82 87 260 +45
t 8 Determan, Michelle... Briar Cliff University......... 81 90 90 261 +46
t 8 Meyer, Kaitie........ Midland University............. 87 89 85 261 +46
10 Forsyth, Jessica..... Midland University............. 89 88 85 262 +47
t 11 Miller, Kiley........ Nebraska Wesleyan University... 87 90 86 263 +48
t 11 Renter, Heidi........ Midland University............. 83 88 92 263 +48
t 13 Hotovy, Sarah........ Nebraska Wesleyan University... 90 86 89 265 +50
t 13 Keyes, Lindsey....... Nebraska Wesleyan University... 95 86 84 265 +50
15 Hinz, Andria......... Northwestern College........... 84 95 87 266 +51
16 Horn, Sara........... Northwestern College........... 88 92 87 267 +52
17 Oakley, Cameron...... Morningside College............ 91 88 89 268 +53
18 Hedlund, Erin........ Morningside College............ 97 90 82 269 +54
19 Johnson, Davee....... University of Sioux Falls...... 89 99 82 270 +55
t 20 Knapp, Amy........... Midland University............. 90 96 85 271 +56
Fin. Team Scores Total Par
1 Dakota Wesleyan University..... 330 354 336 1020 +160
2 Midland University............. 340 346 337 1023 +163
t 3 Northwestern College........... 346 349 339 1034 +174
t 3 University of Sioux Falls...... 338 355 341 1034 +174
5 Nebraska Wesleyan University... 361 356 348 1065 +205
Fin. Player Team Scores Total Par
1 Bellet, Danielle..... Dakota Wesleyan University..... 71 83 72 226 +11
2 Achterhof-Rozeboom... Northwestern College........... 83 80 78 241 +26
3 Pingel, Sam.......... Midland University............. 81 81 82 244 +29
4 Gottsleban, Kali..... University of Sioux Falls...... 82 86 79 247 +32
5 Roesler, Kamie....... Dakota Wesleyan University..... 82 87 85 254 +39
6 Walsh, Brittany...... Briar Cliff University......... 83 90 86 259 +44
7 Kline, Taylor........ Northwestern College........... 91 82 87 260 +45
t 8 Determan, Michelle... Briar Cliff University......... 81 90 90 261 +46
t 8 Meyer, Kaitie........ Midland University............. 87 89 85 261 +46
10 Forsyth, Jessica..... Midland University............. 89 88 85 262 +47
t 11 Miller, Kiley........ Nebraska Wesleyan University... 87 90 86 263 +48
t 11 Renter, Heidi........ Midland University............. 83 88 92 263 +48
t 13 Hotovy, Sarah........ Nebraska Wesleyan University... 90 86 89 265 +50
t 13 Keyes, Lindsey....... Nebraska Wesleyan University... 95 86 84 265 +50
15 Hinz, Andria......... Northwestern College........... 84 95 87 266 +51
16 Horn, Sara........... Northwestern College........... 88 92 87 267 +52
17 Oakley, Cameron...... Morningside College............ 91 88 89 268 +53
18 Hedlund, Erin........ Morningside College............ 97 90 82 269 +54
19 Johnson, Davee....... University of Sioux Falls...... 89 99 82 270 +55
t 20 Knapp, Amy........... Midland University............. 90 96 85 271 +56
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
GPAC #3
We competed in our third of four conference meets yesterday. The four dates determine who qualifies for the NAIA National tournament in May. The top two teams in our conference will qualify. Coming into this meet, we were sitting in 2nd place, 2 strokes behind leader Dakota Wesleyan.
The weather was very cold!! A little bit of wind didn't help either!
My front nine started off very interesting. My shoelace broke. I tried to get the rest of it as tight as I could, because I didn't know when I was going to be able to see my coach next. I saw him on the third hole and he decided to take his shoelace out of his shoe and put it in mine for the rest of the round. That was one problem I've never had! It made for a good laugh though! Anyway, the front nine was kind of rough as I took a lot of bogeys and one triple bogey after accidently hitting the ball twice on a chip. I was able to escape the front nine with a 46, though.
The back nine was MUCH better. I started off with two pars. I then came to a par three, which I found my tee shot was just over the green. I chunked my chip and left myself with a VERY long putt for par. (I'm not quite for sure how to judge distance, but it was anywhere from 35-50 feet, really long!). I made the putt. I couldn't believe it! That is when I knew the back nine was going to go well! I continued to play well and was at even par through the first 5 holes. I took bogeys on the next 3 holes and then took a par on the last hole for a 39!! That is the lowest nine hole score I have taken in my college career, so I was VERY excited!
I ended up with an 85 for a score, which is also a season best and tied for best score of my college career. I was very happy with the way I came back and played on the back nine after a so-so front nine. I was also extremely proud of the rest of my teammates, as our freshman, Amy, came in with an 85 too! Kaitie, Sam, and Heidi all played really well too!
We missed winning the day by 1 stroke! Dakota Wesleyan's #1 shot even par, which really helped their team go low. The good news is that we did exactly what we needed to do yesterday, which was maintain our position in the conference standings. We are now 3 strokes back of Dakota Wesleyan going into the last meet, which is April 30th in Yankton, South Dakota. It is so much fun to be in this position! Can't wait to see what the rest of the season holds!
Scores from yesterday:
Sam 82
Me 85
Amy 85
Kaitie 85
Heidi 92
Team: 337
I will post the GPAC standings for both team and individuals later when they are placed on the website!
The weather was very cold!! A little bit of wind didn't help either!
My front nine started off very interesting. My shoelace broke. I tried to get the rest of it as tight as I could, because I didn't know when I was going to be able to see my coach next. I saw him on the third hole and he decided to take his shoelace out of his shoe and put it in mine for the rest of the round. That was one problem I've never had! It made for a good laugh though! Anyway, the front nine was kind of rough as I took a lot of bogeys and one triple bogey after accidently hitting the ball twice on a chip. I was able to escape the front nine with a 46, though.
The back nine was MUCH better. I started off with two pars. I then came to a par three, which I found my tee shot was just over the green. I chunked my chip and left myself with a VERY long putt for par. (I'm not quite for sure how to judge distance, but it was anywhere from 35-50 feet, really long!). I made the putt. I couldn't believe it! That is when I knew the back nine was going to go well! I continued to play well and was at even par through the first 5 holes. I took bogeys on the next 3 holes and then took a par on the last hole for a 39!! That is the lowest nine hole score I have taken in my college career, so I was VERY excited!
I ended up with an 85 for a score, which is also a season best and tied for best score of my college career. I was very happy with the way I came back and played on the back nine after a so-so front nine. I was also extremely proud of the rest of my teammates, as our freshman, Amy, came in with an 85 too! Kaitie, Sam, and Heidi all played really well too!
We missed winning the day by 1 stroke! Dakota Wesleyan's #1 shot even par, which really helped their team go low. The good news is that we did exactly what we needed to do yesterday, which was maintain our position in the conference standings. We are now 3 strokes back of Dakota Wesleyan going into the last meet, which is April 30th in Yankton, South Dakota. It is so much fun to be in this position! Can't wait to see what the rest of the season holds!
Scores from yesterday:
Sam 82
Me 85
Amy 85
Kaitie 85
Heidi 92
Team: 337
I will post the GPAC standings for both team and individuals later when they are placed on the website!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Hastings Invite
Well, the Hastings Invite was certainly interesting. It was another very windy day and unfortunately the par 5s were almost all into the wind. Combine this with the fact that the tee boxes on the par 5s were not moved forward like they should have been, it made for a very long and tough day.
This meet was a preview for our next conference meet, which is Monday. It was a good day of learning the course and preparing for conference, even if the scores did not turn out very well. I played okay, but the the par fives and a few other holes really killed me and my score. I shot a 94 (47, 47). I was hoping not to shoot in the 90s this spring, but it happened and I'm not bothered because I know exactly what I need to fix!
We came in 3rd as a team, but weren't really that far off from the top two. I placed 10th, which I was kind of surprised with because of my score ;). I am really looking forward to conference and to see how much better the scores will be!!
Our scores:
Kaitie 83 - 3rd
Me 94 - 10th
Sam 95
Amy 96
Heidi 101
Micaella 102 (Individual)
Team: 368 (ouch for us! haha)
Time to get ready for conference and hope for a much better result (it will be!!)
This meet was a preview for our next conference meet, which is Monday. It was a good day of learning the course and preparing for conference, even if the scores did not turn out very well. I played okay, but the the par fives and a few other holes really killed me and my score. I shot a 94 (47, 47). I was hoping not to shoot in the 90s this spring, but it happened and I'm not bothered because I know exactly what I need to fix!
We came in 3rd as a team, but weren't really that far off from the top two. I placed 10th, which I was kind of surprised with because of my score ;). I am really looking forward to conference and to see how much better the scores will be!!
Our scores:
Kaitie 83 - 3rd
Me 94 - 10th
Sam 95
Amy 96
Heidi 101
Micaella 102 (Individual)
Team: 368 (ouch for us! haha)
Time to get ready for conference and hope for a much better result (it will be!!)
Monday, April 4, 2011
Nebraska Wesleyan Day 2
CHAMPIONS!
Wow, what a cool and windy day it was! Horrible winds of around 30 mph hounded us all day and made for a very interesting round of golf! As a team we came through once again and put together solid scores to win the invite! It is a great way to start off the year. It also gives us a lot of confidence for the rest of the spring.
I played one of the best rounds of my life. It started out a little rough, but in the middle I had a stretch of 6 holes where I was even par. I took three 7s on the day and tripled my last hole (a long par three into the wind). However, those were the only mistakes of the day. I hit the ball as solid as I ever have, which was fun! The wind ultimately didn't make a lot of difference for me, just a bit of a challenge at some points!
I shot an 86 (43,43) and that was actually the best score of today! (Now that is something I am pretty proud of!). I also tied for 4th, but lost on scorecard tie-breakers, so I took home the 5th place medal.
Our team scores for today:
Me 86
Kaitie 88
Sam 89
Amy 91
Heidi 93
Team score: 354
Micaella also posted a 107 for us today as an individual.
Totals for the tournament:
Sam 81-89 170 (1st place overall)
Kaitie 82-88 170 (2nd place)
Me 89-86 175 (5th place)
Heidi 89-93 182 (9th place)
Amy 92-91 183
Team: 341-354 695 (1st place)
Our next tournament is at Hastings next Tuesday. This is both an invite and a preview for our first conference meet this spring. Looking forward to it!
-Jessica
Wow, what a cool and windy day it was! Horrible winds of around 30 mph hounded us all day and made for a very interesting round of golf! As a team we came through once again and put together solid scores to win the invite! It is a great way to start off the year. It also gives us a lot of confidence for the rest of the spring.
I played one of the best rounds of my life. It started out a little rough, but in the middle I had a stretch of 6 holes where I was even par. I took three 7s on the day and tripled my last hole (a long par three into the wind). However, those were the only mistakes of the day. I hit the ball as solid as I ever have, which was fun! The wind ultimately didn't make a lot of difference for me, just a bit of a challenge at some points!
I shot an 86 (43,43) and that was actually the best score of today! (Now that is something I am pretty proud of!). I also tied for 4th, but lost on scorecard tie-breakers, so I took home the 5th place medal.
Our team scores for today:
Me 86
Kaitie 88
Sam 89
Amy 91
Heidi 93
Team score: 354
Micaella also posted a 107 for us today as an individual.
Totals for the tournament:
Sam 81-89 170 (1st place overall)
Kaitie 82-88 170 (2nd place)
Me 89-86 175 (5th place)
Heidi 89-93 182 (9th place)
Amy 92-91 183
Team: 341-354 695 (1st place)
Our next tournament is at Hastings next Tuesday. This is both an invite and a preview for our first conference meet this spring. Looking forward to it!
-Jessica
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Nebraska Wesleyan Day 1
Day 1 of our first meet has come and gone!! I, for one, am glad to be done! It was a great day for the team, but I am worn out! :) The day started really nice with some sun and a little wind, but by the end, the cold front had moved through and it was starting to get really chilly and windy.
My round went well today. I haven't been able to get very many holes in for practice this spring and we don't have a driving range, so I wasn't for sure how I would be hitting the ball. Overall, I think I struck the ball really well. I had a few mistakes here and there, but that was to be expected! My putting was pretty good today, so I am excited about that. I had an okay front nine and was having an amazing back nine until I decided I needed to put a "snowman" on my scorecard since the weather had changed (an ugly 8!). ;)
I shot a 46 on the front and a 43 on the back for an 89. I was happy to get into the 80's, even though I know I should have easily been down under 85. Something to work towards in these next couple of meets!!
This is how the run down went for our team:
Sam 81
Kaitie 82
Me 89
Heidi 89
Amy 92
(341 team score)
Micaella shot a 113 as an individual for us.
This was a great way for us to start the season! I believe we are the top team after day one (scores aren't posted online yet), but regardless, we have a very good chance to win our first tournament of the year! We play on a different course tomorrow and with the weather forecast set to be chilly and windy, it should be interesting!
Check back with you tomorrow!
-Jessica
My round went well today. I haven't been able to get very many holes in for practice this spring and we don't have a driving range, so I wasn't for sure how I would be hitting the ball. Overall, I think I struck the ball really well. I had a few mistakes here and there, but that was to be expected! My putting was pretty good today, so I am excited about that. I had an okay front nine and was having an amazing back nine until I decided I needed to put a "snowman" on my scorecard since the weather had changed (an ugly 8!). ;)
I shot a 46 on the front and a 43 on the back for an 89. I was happy to get into the 80's, even though I know I should have easily been down under 85. Something to work towards in these next couple of meets!!
This is how the run down went for our team:
Sam 81
Kaitie 82
Me 89
Heidi 89
Amy 92
(341 team score)
Micaella shot a 113 as an individual for us.
This was a great way for us to start the season! I believe we are the top team after day one (scores aren't posted online yet), but regardless, we have a very good chance to win our first tournament of the year! We play on a different course tomorrow and with the weather forecast set to be chilly and windy, it should be interesting!
Check back with you tomorrow!
-Jessica
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