Hello again to
this post finishing the fall golf tournaments for my inaugural and Muskingum
University's collegiate season. So far,
I have mentioned about two of the previous tournaments and will be discussing
the last two today.
After the last tournament,
Coach Kirby decided to have a qualifier for those who did not shoot "the
magic number: a two day total of 160."
Sadly to say in those two days, I shot a 161 so I had to play in the one
day, 18 hole qualifier for two spots on the varsity team at this upcoming
tournament. At the qualifier I shot an
82 and a playing partner shot a 69 and someone else beat me out by shooting an
80; so I did not go to this tournament but I did have several teammates and
even a good high school buddy of mine play in the tournament and they informed
me how conditions played. The first day
of the Kenyon College Invitational hosted by Kenyon College was played at Apple
Valley Golf Course outside of Mount Vernon, Ohio. According to my teammates and my high school
teammate, Apple Valley was a very nice public course and several low scores
were shot there. It is a par 72 and is
6,946 yards from the tips. (For more
information about the course, please visit: www.applevalleygolfcourse.com)
The second day of
the tournament was held at Mount Vernon Country Club in Mount Vernon, Ohio;
this beautiful course is a par 72 and is 6,493 yards from the tips. According to my teammates, this course was
tough in previous years and by the sound and looks of things, it still held true
to that statement. The thing that they
discussed the most was about the greens at Mount Vernon CC; they mentioned
about how it is like "putting on concrete, yet soft." Personally, I like a challenge so I would
have enjoyed playing that course if I had made the qualifier. (If anyone would want any more information
about this course, please visit: www.mtvcountryclub.com) Muskingum University finished 5th out of 8
teams with a 649 team score; my high school teammate's team beat us with a 631
and they placed 4th. So needless to say,
he and I are competitive and I won't hear the end of this for a while...
Muskingum's final
fall collegiate tournament was an interesting one; after five years of
deliberation, Coach Kirby was able to work in this tournament to be like a
Ryder Cup style tournament. Muskingum
University competed against Heidelberg University in an overall match play
event. On the first day, the team was
split up into several groups, half of the team would play alternate shot (or
four ball) and the other half would play best ball (or foursomes). On the second day, twelve of the team members
from each college would go head to head in match play. Everyone on the team was able to play in the
tournament and everyone's score helped out in the total. Muskingum University overall came away with
the win against Heidelberg University 14.5 points to 2.5 points; this gave
Muskingum the inaugural River Greens Collegiate Cup. It was a nice feeling on my part because I
won both of my matches both days to help with the win.
So now I have a
question for any golfer out there. Do
you have any memorable tournament memories or just something funny that
happened on the golf course? Feel free
to tell me under the comments, not only will it entertain me of your golfing
experience, but it might help someone else too losing that desire to play...
Thanks for
reading "GET SOME Golf!"
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