A proud couple days in Houston as the spring collegiate golf season got underway.
A trio of Saskatchewan student-athletes teed it up for the Southern Arkansas University (SAU) Muleriders as Luke Cote, Will Blake, and Carter Bell started the year at the Houston Classic. On Feb. 9 and 10 SAU was at the Golf Club of Houston for the 54-hole event.
Cote led the Muleriders with a top five finish at 3-under par. The reigning Saskatchewan amateur champion shot 69, 70, and 74, 10 strokes back of the champion. Bell carded rounds of 81, 72, and 77, he was tied for 62nd, Blake was 85th at 242 (79, 79, 84). The Muleriders were 12th as a team.
Next up is the Oaktree Invite in Edmond, Okla. on March 16 and 17 at Oak Tree Country Club.
In April of 2025, four Saskatchewan players (Jace Carlisle, Chase Gedak, Darien Herlick, and Winston Grayson) represented the Beavers at the NSIC Championship. Unofficially that many competitors from Saskatchewan haven’t played for one school in an event since the 1980’s.
Ella Kozak of Yorkton got her season with the Idaho Vandals underway this week. The BGSU Women’s Intercollegiate was at Wigwam Blue in Litchfield Park, Ari. on Feb. 10 and 11. Kozak played as an individual in the tournament posting rounds of 82, 76, and 75 climbing each day to place 55th. Idaho was ninth in the team standings.
Kozak will be in Phoenix on Feb. 24 and 25 for the GCU Invitational at GCU Golf Course.
Carter Degelman was on the course this week to open his spring season with the Dominican University of California Penguins. The Saskatoon product was in Vista, Cal. for the CSU San Marcos Fujikura Invitational on Feb. 9 and 10. He shot 79 in round one, 71 in the middle round, and 80 in the final round to place 54th overall at 14-over par. Dominican was ninth as a squad.
The Penguins are in Stockton, Cal. for the Visit Stockton Invitational at The Reserve at Spanos Park on Feb. 23 and 24.
Several other players will begin their season during the last week of February.