The final days of September were busy ones for 12 Saskatchewan student-athletes competing in collegiate golf events.
Sarah Henderson has her first collegiate event on her resume. The Saskatoon product and her Lewis University teammates were in Allendale, Michigan on Sept. 29 for a 36-hole, one day event at The Meadows at Grand Valley State. Henderson shot 87 and 85 to finish in 57th place at the 17th annual Gildas Club Laker Fall Invite.
Lewis tied for seventh as a team. Their next event is the Flyer Fall Intercollegiate, their home event starting Oct. 6.
After an impressive debut with the University of Idaho Vandals, Ella Kozak was back on the course in Tacoma, Washington at the Tacoma Golf and Country Club for the Seattle University Lasser Harbottle Invitational on Sept. 29 and 30.
Idaho finished in 11th place in the team competition. Kozak tied for 49th overall with two rounds of 77 and a 75 in the middle round of 54 holes.
The Vandals are in Missoula, Montana for this week’s event at the Ranch Club.
Another debut took place in the last week of September; this time it was Regina native Hunter Steeves getting into his first college tournament. The Royal Regina Golf Club member is in his first year at the University of Mary. On Sept. 29 and 30 Steeves was in Bismarck, North Dakota at Hawktree Golf Course for the Marauders Invitational. He shot rounds of 79 and 80 while competing for the Mary ‘C’ team that placed 13th. Steeves was tied for 42nd overall in his debut.
Mary was in Jamestown, North Dakota for a one day event on Oct. 3, Steeves did not play. They are now in Billings, Montana for the Yellowjacket Fall Invite starting Oct. 6.
Carter Bell of Saskatoon has made an early impression on his new team, the Southern Arkansas University (SAU) Muleriders with a tie for sixth at their latest event. Bell, competing alongside Regina’s Luke Cote and Will Blake for SAU were in Hot Springs, Arkansas for the Battle for the Belt on Sept. 29 and 30 hosted by Henderson State at Hot Springs Country Club. Bell shot rounds of 70, 73, and 70 finishing nine shots back of the winner.
Cote moved up 11 spots on the leaderboard in round three as he improved every day going 76, 72, and 71 to finish in a tie for 18th. Blake competed as an individual in the tournament, he posted rounds of 76, 78, and 73 leaving the Royal Regina Golf Club member in 45th place.
The Muleriders placed fourth as a team. SAU’s next event is the Hmciar Invite at the Territory Golf and Country Club in Club Duncan, Oklahoma starting on Oct. 6.
Max Regier of Saskatoon is back at college joining the University of Victoria Vikes men’s team this fall. Regier and the Vikes were in Bellingham, Washington on Sept. 29 and 30 for the WMU Men’s Invitational at the Bellingham Golf and Country Club. He stroked rounds of 78, 79, and 78 to place 78th. The Vikes were fifth as a club.
The OUAZ Invite in Sunrise, Arizona is next on the schedule for the University of Victoria on Oct. 6 and 7.
Alex Swinnerton continues to put up impressive results at the University of Indianna Pennsylvania (IUP). On Sept. 29 and 30th the Crimson Hawks were in Johnstown, Pennsylvania for the Sunnehanna Collegiate Invite hosted at Sunnehanna Country Club. The Saskatoon product carded rounds of 69, 71, and 73 to place in a tie for 12th overall.
Fellow Waskesiu Golf Course junior graduate Guillermo Salazar shot 73, 69, and 75 to finish in a tie for 35th overall.
Swinnerton and Salazar helped IUP place tied for third out of 17 schools. The Crimson Hawks are slated to be in Tiffin, Ohio on Oct. 6 and 7 for the Kyle Ryman Memorial hosted at Mohawk Golf and Country Club.
In Carmel, California at the Quail Lodge Golf Club on Sept. 29 and 30, Saskatoon’s Carter Degelman was in action. The Dominican University of California sophomore was competing as an individual during the 54-hole event. Degelman shot 70, 80, and 81 which left him in 37th place.
The Penguins were third as a team. Next is the Jessup at Grizzly Ranch Golf Club in Portola, California on Oct. 5 and 6.
Southwestern Community College (SCC) alongside Saskatoon’s Justin Miller has been busy this fall. On Sept. 29 and 30 the Spartans were in Sherrard, Illinois for the Battle for the Mississippi at Fyre Lake Golf Club. Miller carded back-to-back rounds of 84 to leave him in a tie for 64th place. His team was eighth.
SCC and Miller will travel to Farmington, Missouri for the MAC Fall Invitational at Crowne Pointe Golf Club on Oct. 8.
Anthony Pesenti of Saskatoon was also in action on Sept. 28 with Waldorf University. The Warriors were in Albert Lea, Minnesota at Wedgewood Gove Golf Course for their home event. Playing for Waldorf’s ‘B’ team Pesenti tied for 42nd at 86. His team was eighth.
Pesenti is competing as an individual in their next event, the V-Hawk Invitational in La Crosse, Wisconsin that started on Sunday.