The 2014 Linger Longer Invitational

                These last couple weeks have been filled with detailed preparation for the 2014 Linger Longer Invitational tournament. With 15 different universities in attendance, we have made a point to leave the players with the best course conditions as possible. With the cold winter that we have experienced we knew that our fairways and rough would not be at the level that we would like for them to be so most of our focus was on preparing the greens.  We did mow tees, fairways, and perimeters to clean up the divots and mow what little grass is growing on them but we did a few extra things on greens. The players and coaches were very happy with green speeds and firmness.

                Due to the level of talent that the golfers had, the already difficult course was set up in a way that would push each person to their full potential. Utilizing rarely used alternate tees, and placing pins in very difficult locations, the tournament was sure to test the abilities of each player. Saturday’s set up was not too hard with a few tees moved up and a few pins in some easier locations. This was done to ensure that everyone finished both rounds. The shotgun start went off at 8:30 and the players played 36 continuous holes that day. The University of Oklahoma was in the lead after round 1 with -19 but slipped to 3^rd after a second round score of +5. At the end of play on Saturday Georgia and Alabama were tied at -20. The final round on Sunday led to the University of Georgia taking the title, finishing the round at 7 under par with an overall score of -27. The closest team to them was the University of Alabama finishing Sunday’s round at 3 over par and an overall score of -17. On Sunday the course was set up very difficult. There were only 3 rounds under par that day and Georgia had all three of those on their team.