News : Tandy leads VS golfers at CR Prairie Invitational

Rachel Tandy led the Vikette golfers with a 37-39-76 when Vinton-Shellsburg traveled to Cedar Rapids for the 18-hole Prairie Invitational. The Vikettes placed fourth in the 10-team meet that inclued many larger schools. Coach's report from Janet Woodhouse: May 10, 2018 Prairie Invitational at Airport National Golf Course, CR par 63 Weather: Perfect! Sunny and 80 degrees Team Scores: Linn-Mar 300 C.R. Washington 332 Ia City West 338 C.R. Prairie 345 V-S 349 Benton Comm. 359 CR Jefferson 360 West Delaware 370 CC-Amana 372 Marion 388 Medalist: Kristen Harding, Linn-Mar 67 Runner-up: Megan Murphy, Linn-Mar 75 Rachel Tandy, V-S 76 3^rd V-S Individuals: Rachel Tandy 37,39 (76) Brandi Gerber 39,42 (81) Lillie Lamont 48,43 (91) Lauren Murray 56,45 (105) noncounters: Abbye Hendryx 56,49 and Jordan Pattee 66,56 We had a number of personal bests today. This is a short course with no par 5s, so irons and short game are the determiners. Most of our team had not played Airport National previously, only seniors Rachel and Brandi had. Rachel's 76 is a PR and finishing 3^rd overall is exceptional. If they had medaled 10, Brandi would have placed with her 81. Lauren and Abbye had a round in the 40s for the first time, and Jordan Pattee made it into the 50s. Only the large school teams were able to best our team today. I was proud of the team's overall score and the personal efforts that were recorded. We are scheduled for an 18 hole tournament starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday (tomorrow) if the weather doesn't cancel it. Tuesday our team will play in a make up quad at 3 pm at the Amana Golf Course with Williamsburg, Marion and Clear Creek-Amana hosting. These are our last scheduled meets before regionals at Waverly Municipal Golf Course May 21.