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!