Golf Weather

Men

With the spring season being cut rather short due to mother nature, it is nice to say that we got a full weekend in for the first two rounds of the conference golf tournament, which was hosted at Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City.  With the first day weather being a bit chilly and windy, there were some teams that struggled and scores were much higher than normal.  The weather took a toll on the players.  After day one, we were able to regroup and play much better on the second day.  After the first weekend of the tournament, BVU sits in 6th place.  Next weekend is the final two rounds and will be hosted at Elmcrest Country Club, which is the home of PGA Pro Zach Johnson.  It will be a challenge to all teams so the goal is to move up and finish in the top 4.  With a good week of weather we will be able to prepare ourselves for whatever comes our way and play the best golf we can.

Women

With mother nature not cooperating with golf this spring, the women's season was cut very short.  The last tournament of the season of the year was supposed to be last Tuesday but again cancelled due to weather.  The women played two full rounds of golf this spring and was in the beginning holes of their third round when it was cancelled due to weather.  From the beginning of the Fall season, the women continuously improved and lowered their team score ~40 strokes.  This is a huge achievement and I look forward to watching more improvement over the next couple of years.

Winter Weather

It seems as if mother nature is not happy with outdoor sports this spring.  Since the start of the 'spring' season, BVU golf has played 4 rounds of competitive golf between the men and women.  This weekend was supposed to be a busy weekend of golf for both teams with the men hosting their spring invite Friday and Saturday and traveling to Iowa Lakes for a tournament Sunday while the women traveled to Waverly for a 2 day event.  Due to the wintery weather, all of the men's tournaments had to be canceled or postponed.  The women were lucky enough to still have their event in Waverly.  With that in mind, keep an eye on the scores to see how the women are doing.  After this week, the women are almost done with one more tournament on Tuesday in Orange City.  The men, however, have a couple of weeks left and we are hoping for some nicer weather.  Next week brings the first 2 rounds of the conference tournament which is held at Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City.  It will be interesting to see how the men prepare for these first 2 rounds.  With the talent we have, it would be nice to go out on a positive note with the women and have a good start to the conference tournament for the men.  Go Beavers!  

A Day for Golf

As the week starts off with a decent day for golf, the BVU women's team competed in the Iowa Central Invite in Fort Dodge.  Although the weather was still a factor, the women showed great mental toughness and were able to post a great score of 355, which is their lowest round of the year.  Leading the Beavers was senior Arinda Abbuhl who shot her lowest competitive round in her college career with an 81.  It is great to see all of the hard work paying off along with continuous improvement.

While the women were competing in Fort Dodge, the men were at home practicing and preparing for our upcoming home invite.  This weekend is going to be a great time to show our conference that we are ready to fight for the conference title which begins the following weekend.  With tomorrow scheduled to be another nice day, we are hoping to get out there and really focus on improving in each aspect of the game.  As of right now, we are keeping our fingers crossed that mother nature will cooperate with us and hold off any more winter weather so we are able to compete.

Past and Upcoming Week

Men:

The men just got back last night from Waverly, IA for the Wartburg Invite.  Again mother nature was not cooperating with the game of golf and the tournament was cut short to a one day event.  The weather made the links style course difficult but the players showed mental toughness and played well.  Our total score was 314.  With conditions the way they were, it was a great finish for us.  This upcoming week will be preparation for our home invite which is Friday and Saturday.  With mother nature again trying to get in the way, we are keeping our fingers crossed that the weather will cooperate and we will be able to host this event. 

Women:

Tomorrow the women travel to Fort Dodge to play in the Iowa Central Invite.  Although the weather is supposed to bring rain today, it looks like we are supposed to have nice weather tomorrow.  Even though we were unable to practice last week, the girls have been working hard and are going to play the best they can tomorrow.  This upcoming week will be further preparation for the upcoming tournament in Waverly. 

Mother Nature

As we are approaching the end of the 2nd week of April, mother nature is causing many problems for the golf program.  With only 1 tournament in the books between both teams, we are hoping that the weather cooperates and allows us to be outside for practice.  This week has been a struggle for practices.  With a tournament for each team coming up within the week, we are working on mentally preparing for any conditions to score well.  Although we are not outside on our physical games outside, I believe that all of the players are still using their time to prepare themselves for their upcoming tournament.  Golf is a game that is 90% mental so this delay in our practices proposes a great chance to better our minds.  The hope is that the weather will cooperate and we will be able to get outside for a short practice Friday at the latest.  This will give us one more chance to prepare for the upcoming tournament.  If we can bring our mental and physical games together, I believe that we can compete with the best of them.  Keep a lookout for the next blog after the upcoming tournaments.

Start to Spring

It has been a crazy start to the spring season.  As a coach, I was hoping to get out to the course as soon as we got back from our spring break trip to Myrtle Beach.  Due to mother nature that did not happen and we are trying to find the best way to prepare for the opening tournaments.  With the weather, the first tournaments have been cancelled or postponed.  This has been taken as a good and a bad thing to me.  It makes it difficult to get into the competition mode, but, at the same time, it allows us to get mentally and physically prepared for the first tournament.  Right now, the first tournaments are scheduled for April 13-14 for the men and April 15 for the women.  Spring break allowed reality to set in and it indicated what we need to do as a team to best prepare ourselves for the season.  Even though the start is slow, I have confidence that we will be ready to go for the first tournament and continue to complete goals throughout the season.