After a few days of practice, coach Mike Fluty said members of his McNeese State Cowgirls golf team looked “fairly solid.”
“We’re only a couple of weeks from being ready to compete (Feb. 9 in the Ball State Sunshine tournament at the PGA Village in Port St. Lucie, Florida) and I am expecting some positive results,” he said. “We do need to tighten our short game. Our pitching and putting is a little inconsistent, but not too far out.”
He said he would be going with the same lineup for the Ball State tournament that ended the fall season because airline ticket arrangements had to be made early.
That lineup produced a second-place finish and three individual top 10s at the Incarnate Word event in San Antonio last October. Kennedy Bodfield led the way with a fifth place, Kaitlyn Fox was eighth, Ashlynn Novak 10th, Meiyi Pan 17th and Hannah Valentine a tie for 18th.
Fluty said he put his team through an 18-hole round on Monday and noted one positive item coming from it was the play of Riley Issac.
It was the first time she was able to play since the fall of 2015, having undergone back surgery.
Fluty said the freshman and Cowgirls former No. 1 player (she regained a year of eligibility) shot a 2-over-par 74 at the Lake Charles Country Club.
“It was the first time that she was able to play without pain,” Fluty said. “She was a little erratic off the tee but her recovery shots were right on target and her short game was on the money. She just needs to get in a little better physical condition.”
Fluty said the target date for her to return to competition will be the Alabama-Birmingham tournament in Gulf Shores, Alabama, March 17-19.
He said qualifying for the second tournament of the spring — Feb. 27-28 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s event — will begin this week with outings scheduled for Koasati Pines in Kinder and at the Lake Charles Country Club.
“Everyone is excited and ready to go,” he said.
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Brayden Wright, McKenzie LeDuff and McKinsey Joe were the local standouts in last week’s Texas-Louisiana junior golf opener at Bayou Din in Beaumont, Texas.
Wright won the boys 16- to 18-year division with an even-par 72 while LeDuff shot 78 for first place in the girls 16-18 and Joe claimed the girls 14-15 title with a 106.
Also in boys 16-18, Matthew Houston tied for second with a 77 and Lauren Anderson finished third in girls 16-18 with an 89.
Other results had Caleb Fontenot tying for third in boys 14-15 by shooting an 87, Luke Hightower took second in boys 12-13 with an 88 and Jillian Sedano placed third in girls 14-15.
The juniors had an event scheduled for yesterday at Mallard Cove.
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Chris Fontenot and Ellis Hawkins produced outstanding shots at Mallard Cove last week.
Fontenot aced the 152-yard 16th hole with a 6-iron while Hawkins made an eagle on the 14th hole by knocking in an 8-iron from 148 yards.
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Members at The National in Westlake had to take note when Andrew Landry won last week’s web.com tournament in the Bahamas. He owns the course record of 62 at The National, having set the mark several years ago.
Upcoming
Feb. 5 — Super Bowl scramble, Mallard Cove.
Feb. 11 — Billy LaRocca super dog fight, Mallard Cove.
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Louis Bonnette has written about local golf for the American Press since 1971. His column appears each Sunday. Contact him at 274-5689 or lbonnette@mcneese.edu
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