Golf takes eighth at Weber
A USU golf team member tied for 28th at the Wildcat Invitational held at the Valley View Golf Course in Ogden Monday and Tuesday.
Chanse Godderidge finished 9 over to help the Aggies finish eighth overall in the 11-team field, with a team score of 41-over-par 905.
Godderidge a senior from Smithfield finished the tournament with a 225 personal score.
Monday the team had a rough start for its first 18 holes, with a team score of 306. Aggie Freshman Tanner Jenson, from Parker, Colo., was tied for 21st place at 4-over-par 148.
USU head coach Dean Johansen said the greens were challenging on the first 18.
“It seemed like the whole field struggled a little with the greens,” Johansen said. “The greens are extremely quick.”
The Aggies seemed to get used to the green speed by the second round, improving their total score by 10 shots, finishing 296 after 36 holes.
USU shot worse on day two of the competition, with a score of 303 for the last 18 holes. Godderidge hit 1-over-par 73 to put the Aggies at 905 for the tournament.
Johansen said his team has had some issues of consistency.
“We have a couple kids who are playing OK, and then just nobody else to back them up,” Johansen said. “We’re still waiting for the kids to chime in and everybody plays well on the same day on the same round.”
Johansen said his underclassmen are performing well.
“The freshmen are doing exactly what we need them to do,” Johansen said. “We are still waiting for the leadership and the experience of the upperclassmen to kick in.”
Jenson and freshman Andrew Paulson’s clubs were stolen last week and they had four days to find replacements for the tourney.
Capt. Steve Milne of the USU Police said there were no new leads on the whereabouts of the clubs, which were in blue embroidered USU bags. The clubs were reportedly stolen out of the back of the players’ car in the dorm parking lot some time between the evening of Oct. 3 and the afternoon of the Oct. 4.
Johansen said unlike other sports, a golfer’s equipment is very hard to change, and it can take a year before a golfer gets used to new clubs.
The Aggies next compete in the Bill Cullum Invitational tournament Monday, Oct. 17 in Northridge, Calif.
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