Ella Kozak and the Idaho University Vandals were in Goodyear, Arizona this week for the Bobcat Desert Classic on April 13 to 15 played at The Club of Estrella. The Yorkton, Sask. native shot 79, 80, and 74 moving up a dozen spots on the leaderboard the final day to settle for a tie for 52nd.
The Vandals were 10th overall in the category. Next up is the Big Sky Conference Championship in Litchfield Park, Arizona at Wigwam Golf Course, which has hosted several Maple leaf Junior Golf Tour National Championships. The 54 hole championship begins April 20.
Reigning Saskatchewan amateur women’s champion Chloe Wills of Kyle, Sask. was in St. Louis, Missouri this week at Norwood Hills Country Club for the UMSL Spring Invitational. She posted an 84 in round one, 86 in the second round, and a solid 77 in the final round to climb nine spots for a tie for 59th.
Wills’ school, the Drury Panthers were tied for 11th in the team category. The team travelled to Peru, Indiana for the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship. The first round is Friday, to see the leaderboard click here.
Alex Swinnerton and Guillermo Salazar’s final season at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) continues to wind down with another solid performance for the Crimson Hawks in their only home event of the season.
The Waskesiu Golf Course junior graduates were at home in Indiana, Pennsylvania at the Indiana Country Club for the Cecil C. Spadafora on April 14 and 15. Salazar, who is from Calgary but spent his summers in Waskesiu tied for fourth at 147 after rounds of 71 and 76. Swinnerton shot equal rounds of 74, the Saskatoon product tied for ninth.
The Crimson Hawks were second in the team competition, four shots back of the champions from West Chester. IUP will be in Bedford, Indiana on April 20 and 21 for the Bedford Springs Invitational for the last regular season tournament.
Nicholls University and Saskatoon’s Chase Pochylko were in Jonesboro, Arkansas on April 13 and 14 for the Arkansas State Spring Invitational at Ridgepoint Country Club. He signed for rounds of 85, 77, and 80 to place in 66th place.
The Colonels were 11th in the school standings. The Southland Conference Championship in Kerrville, Texas is next for Nicholls. That begins on April 20 at Comanche Trace.
Cameron Schwab of Maple Creek, Sask. was the lone local in the field this week for the Minot State University (MSU) Beavers event in Rapid City, South Dakota. Competing at the Golf Club at Red Rock for the Texas Roadhouse Spring Invitational Schwab shot 96 and 88 to place 32nd.
The Beavers were third in the team event. The NSIC Championship at Paradise Pointe Golf Club in Smithville, Missouri on April 17 to 19 is the final scheduled tournament MSU.
Saskatoon product Justin Miller and the Southwestern Community College (SCC) Spartans were at Fort Dodge Country Club in Fort Dodge, Iowa on April 10 and 11 for the Iowa Central Invitational. The Riverside Country Club member posted rounds of 77 and 76, that left him in a tie for 46th. SCC tied for sixth in the team category.
The Spartans will host an event on April 22 and 23 at Lake Panorama National Golf Club in Panora, Iowa for their next championship.
On April 13 and 14, Warman’s Dane Giesbrecht and the South Mountain Community College Cougars were in Safford, Arizona for the Gila Monster Shootout at Mt. Graham Golf Course. Giesbrecht carded back-to-back 75’s and closed with a 72 to finish in 12th place.
The Cougars were second as a team. The next tournament for Giesbrecht and South Mountain is the NJCAA Region 1 Div. 2 Championships hosted at Ocotillo, Arizona at Ocotillo Golf Course from April 20 to 22.
The spring season continued this week for Saskatoon’s Anthony Pesenti and the Waldorf Warriors in Dubuque, Iowa for the Loras Invitational on April 12 and 13 at The Meadows Golf Club. Playing as an individual, Pesenti signed for an 84 and 86, he was 65th. His Warrior teammates tied for second overall in the team championship.
Waldorf heads to Sioux City, Iowa for the GPAC Championships at Dakota Dunes Country Club on April 20 and 21.
Lastly, Ayden Ross of Swift Current returned from injury to the Hannibal-Lagrange University Trojans lineup for the Kentucky Christian University Invitational at Hidden Cove Golf Course in Grayson, Kentucky on April 13 and 14.
The Elmwood Golf Club member competed for the Trojans ‘A’ team and shot rounds of 79 and 80, good enough for a solid 18th place tie. The team was sixth.
Beginning on April 20, Ross and the Trojans are slated to be in Melbourne, Arkansas for the American Midwest Conference Championships at Cooper’s Hawk Golf Club.