Saturday was our fourth and final qualifier and championship day for the conference. We started out 3 strokes behind leader Dakota Wesleyan and were in position to qualify for nationals. What looked to be our nicest day of golf, turned into easily the worst day of golf! We were under a wind advisory and gusts were over 50 mph all afternoon. It was just horrible! The wind affected the way the ball rolled on the greens, often pushed balls off the green or way past the hole. The wind also affected the way we swung our clubs. I've never had my club move in my backswing because of a gust of wind! It was very difficult both physically and mentally.
Because of this, scores were VERY high compared to normal. I struggled with my short game and took extra strokes when heading into the wind. I just had to keep reminding myself that everyone else was probably struggling as well. When I got to the clubhouse after my round, I knew it was going to be close for us to hold onto our 2nd place spot. Sioux Falls, who was 11 strokes behind us, had put together decent scores for the conditions. As each of my teammates came in and shared their scores, anxiety grew. We knew we need our #1, Sam, to come in with at least a 97 (which I was very confident she had done). Sure enough, she came in with a 93 and we ended up holding onto 2nd by 5 strokes!
We were headed to nationals!! Coach was very nervous and it was pretty funny to see the relief on his face after all the scores were added up!
3 of us finished in the top 10 individually and earned automatic All-Conference status. Sam finished 3rd, I finished 9th, and Heidi finished 10th. The coaches will vote to include 5 more and I'm hoping that Kaitie will be voted into one of those spots!
Scores from Saturday's meet
Sam 93
Me 96
Heidi 97
Kaitie 101
Amy 102
Team- 387 (50 strokes more than our last conference meet, ouch! Ha!)
I will add the GPAC standings/invidual results, pictures, and information on nationals soon!
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