Ella Kozak has made a solid first impression on her new school.
Following a transfer from Western Carolina to Idaho University over the summer, the Yorkton product led the Vandals to an eighth place performance in her first tournament out west, the Yellowstone Intercollegiate. At Riverside Country Club in Bozeman, Montana on Sept 15. and 16 Kozak shot 69, 77, and 73 leading to a tie for 15th overall.
The team travelled to Spokane, Washington for the Kalispel Invitational at Kalispel Golf and Country Club on Sept. 22 and 23. Kozak went 74, 74, 77 to tie for 25th place. Idaho was fifth in the team standings.
The Vandals will be in Tacoma, Washington on Sept. 29 and 30 for the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational at Tacoma Country and Golf Club.
After making her collegiate debut earlier in September, reigning Amateur Women’s Championship title holder Chloe Wills was in action again last week. The Kyle product and her Drury University teammates were in Springfield, Illinois for the Dan Salisbury Invitational at Piper Glen Golf and Social Club on Sept. 15 and 16. Wills shot 81, 83, and 79 for a solid 11th place finish. The Panthers were fourth in the team category.
Drury returns to the course on Oct. 6 and 7 for the Grace Shin Invitational at the Golf Club of Edmond in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Adam Husli of Regina was in action again last week competing for the University of Providence Argos at the Dickinson State Invite on Sept. 15 and 16. Husli shot rounds of 78, 76, and 81 at Heart River Golf Course in Dickinson, North Dakota. His 19-over par through 54 holes left Husli in 32nd place. The Argos were eighth in the team competition.
Next up is the Beartooth Invitational hosted by Rocky Mountain College in Laurel, Montana on Sept. 29 and 30.
In Tulsa, Oklahoma on Sept. 15 and 16, Saskatchewan Amateur Championship winner Luke Cote and the Southern Arkansas University Muleriders were on the course competing in the NSU Men’s Classic at Page Belcher Golf Course. It was a rollercoaster event for the Regina product on route to a tie for 82nd. Cote shot 79 in round one, then a spectacular 69 in the middle round, but a third round score of 74 dropped him seven spots on the leaderboard.
The Muleriders were tied for sixth as a team. The annual Battle for the Belt in Hot Springs, Arkansas is next on Sept. 28 and 29 at Hot Springs Country Club.
In Greensberg, Pennsylvania on Sept. 22 and 23 Alex Swinnerton has another collegiate podium finish and fellow Waskesiu Golf Course junior graduate Guillermo Salazar has a top 10 placing for the Indianna University of Pennsylvania (IUP) Crimson Hawks.
At the Hannastown Collegiate Invitational at the Hannastown Country Club Swinnerton carded rounds of 71, 69, and 73 to tie for third overall. Salazar shot 74, 70, and 76 to tie for 10th place.
The Crimson Hawks were third as a team. Salazar was competing as an individual. IUP travels to Johnstown, Pennsylvania on Sept. 29 and 30 for the Kyle Ryman Memorial hosted by Tiffin University at the Mohawk Golf and Country Club.
Nipawin product Cole Taylor began his junior season at Park University from Sept. 16 to 18 at the Park University Gilbert Shootout. Round one was played at Whirlwind Golf Club in Chandler, Arizona with the Buccaneers home course of Las Colinas Golf Course in Queen Creek, Arizona being the site of the final two rounds. Taylor shot 71, 78, and 75, tying for 24th place.
The Bucs were sixth in the team competition. Park is in Hobbs, New Mexico on Oct. 6 for the three round Battling in the Dessert hosted at Rockwood Community Links.
September has been busy for Saskatoon’s Chase Pochylko.
Following Nicholls University’s first event early in the month the Colonials hit the highway to Memphis, Tennessee for the Grover Page Classic at The Links at Audubon on Sept. 15 and 16. Pochylko opened with a 71, fired a 73 in round two and jumped 22 spots up the leaderboard thanks to a 68 in the final round. The Riverside Country Club player ended up tied for 32nd, Nicholls was tied for 11th as a team.
The Colonials packed up and headed to The Raven Golf Club in Destin, Florida on Sept. 22 to 24 for the Sandestin Collegiate. Pochylko fired rounds of 78, 79, and 71, that left him in a tie for 73rd.
Nicholls was 13th as a team. The LaTour Collegiate on Oct. 20 and 21 in Matthews, Louisianna is the Colonials next tournament.
Justin Miller of Saskatoon has his best finish in his collegiate career to date. The Riverside Country Club member led the Southwestern Community College Spartans ‘B’ team to a seventh place finish at the one round Graceland Fall Invitational in Lamoni, Iowa on Sept. 18. Miller stroked a 2-over par 74 to tie for sixth overall. The Spartans ‘A’ team won the event.
The Spartans are back in action on Sept. 29 at the Frye Lake Golf Club in Sherrard, Illinois at the Battle for the Mississippi.