Alva Review-Courier -

Setting the Scene

- SWOSU Men's golf travels to Tahlequah, Oklahoma to take part at the NSU Men's Classic at Muskogee Country Club

- The Bulldogs finished second at this event last year with a score of 840 (-12).Stefan Idstamwas SWOSU's top finisher after shooting 205 (-8)

Last Time Out

- SWOSU Men's Golf finished its first tournament of the season at The Mule, placing 10th in a 20-team competitive field

-Kason Cooklead the way for the Bulldogs carding shooting a 217 (+7) overall, to finish tied for 12th

-Ole Hatlelidscored rounds of 73 (+1), 76 (+4) and 73 (+1) to finish the tournament tied for the 29th spot

-Conner Kaufmanfinished tied for the 46th spot after carding a 226 (+16) for all three rounds of the tournament

-Gregor Weckhad rounds of 72 (E), 76 (+4), and 80 (+8) to finish tied for 55th place

-Matthew Cathcarttotaled 236 (+26) strokes and he finished tied for 82nd at the Invitational

The Course

- The 18-hole "Muskogee" course at the Muskogee Golf & Country Club facility features 6,729 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 71

- The course rating is 71.8 and it has a slope rating of 129 on Bermuda grass

- A golf course designed by Perry Maxwell, the Muskogee golf course opened in 1907

Reading the Green

"Our finish at UCM is not what we wanted but at the same time I saw a lot of good things. We struggled completing a few rounds and doing that is what didn't let us finish in fifth or sixth and instead pushed us back to tenth. We have been preparing this week to compete at the NSU Men's Classic and pick up the pace for this season. This is not too different from what we did last year, we started a bit slow at the beginning of the season and then we got to Muskogee and had a very solid tournament, finishing second. The guys know that they can bounce back and that we have the entire season to do it."

- SWOSU Head CoachBrad Fleetwood