The Knights Men's Golf team continued their journey towards the National Championship as they hosted numerous ranked teams from all over the nation at the TPC Four Seasons, home of the PGA Tour event, The Bryon Nelson Championship.
Included in the field was No.1 team in the nation, Oklahoma Christian, No.2 Grandview, No.3 Oklahoma City, No.4 Texas Wesleyan and No.6 Johnson & Wales. There were also Rogers State (17th), St Thomas (15th) Houston Victoria (19th), and Southeastern (26th).
Coach Belfield "This was probably the strongest tournament we have ever been involved in outside of Nationals. The course is also one of the finest golf courses we have ever been able to play a tournament on! We have had a few good days of practice and have been afforded the luxury of being able to play a couple of times out here before the tournament. I expect us to compete well and show the nation what type of team we are!"
The first round was started in perfect conditions, no wind and mid 60's weather!
The Knights however could not take advantage as they posted a 307.
Led by freshman Joss Gosling's 73, Travis Kemp followed with a solid 75, JT Zaiger 78, Daniel Stoakes 81 and Forrest Bench's 82.
Coach Belfield "The top 2 players once again proved to be solid however we have had a problem in the fall and in the spring thus far of having zero input from the 3/4/5 players. Unfortunately this proved to be our downfall once again however I was hoping to see some rebound in the second round"
The second round proved to be just as fruitless as the Knights struggled to a 313.
"The second round the wind picked up and made a tough course much tougher: we did ourselves no favors however as we just played poorly and were not able to grind out good results."
The Knights were led in the second round by Junior Travis Kemp with another 75. Joss Gosling had 76, Daniel Stoakes 78, Forrest Bench 84 and Jt Zaiger with an 86.
Tuesday morning and the third round presented a considerable challenge for the Knights not only to get back into the tournament but 30mph were whipping around TPC Four Seasons.
The Knights showed a lot more fight and better play as they salvaged the tournament with a relatively solid 310 to finish 9th.
Coach Belfield "The guys showed a lot more fight and although they were not pleased with the scores, other teams did not cope as well with the tougher conditions and we were able to make this tournament respectable".
The Knights continue their season at Hawks Creek GC, Ft Worth in conference rivals, Texas Wesleyan's tournament.
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