Golf Hits the Green in Batesville

Golf Hits the Green in Batesville- Wil Teague, Sports Information Director, 9/23/24

CRC Golf made the trip to Batesville, Ark. for the Lyon College Fall Invitational hosted at Golden Eagle Country Club. The tournament is set to be a two-round score, taking place today and tomorrow. At the end of today's scorching hot round, the CRC Pioneers currently sit tied for 7th overall as a team being +43 over par with a group effort of 331 total swings. 

Batesville, Ark.- The CRC Pioneers traveled four freshmen and one sophomore to the Lyon College Invitational, and after the opening round, Hogan Nelson was the top fragger on the squad. The freshman shot a team-best score of +8 over par, placing him 34th overall going into day two. Finishing hot on the heels of Flowers would be Reece Kieffner as the freshman finished the round a few stokes behind his teammate, book-marking Kieffner at 44th overall at +12 over par. Coming in third for the Pioneers would be Tennesean Mitchell Flowers. Flowers tallied up a total of 85 hacks today giving him a score of +13 over par and landing him in 45th place individually. CRC's last team score would be credited to sophomore Sam Allen with Allen wrapping up his round three stokes above Flowers at +16 over par and in 51st place. Making his collegiate debut and rounding off the Pioneers five-man team would be freshman Noah Alderson. The Bradford, AR native mustered an honest man's score of +18 over par, placing him fifth for the team and 53rd overall. 

"We battled and survived the heat! We went through more water and Powerade than I've seen in 4 years of coaching. We'll pray for some cooler weather tomorrow as my guys look to hit round two. I'm fully confident like last time we'll pick up some slack and lose some strokes on the second trip. I'm super proud of these guys." - Head Coach Adam Meeker. 

The Pioneers will tee off tomorrow morning as they conclude their time at Lyon's Invitational. #GOPIONEERS