Iowa Central hosted a two-day event at Fort Dodge Country Club. The tournament featured 9 teams. Six of them were NJCAA teams, and three were NCAA D3. Lakers varsity struggled on Day 1. Sitting 8th place after posting a (+30) 314. Day 2 played much tougher with wind gusting up to 30 MPH. Iowa Lakes improved by 9 shots posting a (+21) 305. Totaling 619 on the weekend landed the Lakers a 6th-place finish. Sophomore Raul Jerez Martin led the varsity with a T-17 finish. He carded rounds of 77-75 (+10). Jacob Wiersma competed as an individual and posted rounds of 74-76 to earn a T-13 finish. Results:
"The first day was frustrating. Our top four guys had more double bogeys or worse than the top four teams combined. We have to clean that up. That is the least focus and confidence I've seen from this group. We need to figure out how to manage a round without our best stuff. This game is fairly easy when you're swing feels great and your executing at a high rate. But if you don't make proper adjustments mentally, the bad days will be really bad. I was proud of the short-term memory our guys had. They came into the second day with a lot more focus and willingness to grind through the tough conditions. Jacob and Raul played very solid. They did a great job of eliminating big numbers." said Coach Myers.
The Lakers will play at Whispering Creek in Sioux City on Monday.