In the Prairie Fire invitational last weekend, the men finished seventh and 11th out of 11 teams and the women finished third out of five teams. This was the final tournament for both teams in their fall seasons. For the women, this is the end of their official season and moving forward they will play a few non-conference tournaments in the spring. The men’s conference tournament is in the spring.
Kicking off both days of the tournament with a 10am shotgun start, the Scots played at Soangetaha Country Club, a course they have never competed at. With this being a new and difficult course, many of the players did not shoot their usual scores. Lexie Campell said, “This was a very different course than what we are used to.” This was the first time Knox College has ever hosted the women’s invitational, as they previously never had a women’s team of their own.
Although it was a difficult course, many of our players did well in the rankings. Luke Foster, a Senior who has played on the team all 4 years placed in 7th, by shooting 7 over par day one, and 3 over par on day two, totaling at a 154 for the entire weekend. Cooper Hansen, a Junior who transferred from playing at Carl Sandburg, placed in 18th, by shooting a total of 159 both days. On the women’s side, Leighton Trego placed in 4th, shooting 22 over par the first day and 25 over the second day. Closely following Lexie Campell placed 7th overall shooting 33 over par day one and 19 over on day two. Cambell said, “I would’ve liked to do better for my last tournament, but I’m happy I got to finish my last season with all my favorite people here.” She described that she felt like she was in a “mental funk” on day one, and that she feels golf is a very mental game. “I got back after day one and had to just breathe for a minute and let my overthinking go away before day two.” She ended up shooting 14 strokes better on day two because she believed her mental state was much better.
The Scots will now be on a break until their spring season, which the schedule has not been announced.
