March 28, 2024

Mustang golfers land in top 10

STATE CENTER — It was a windy varsity meet for the Prairie City-Monroe girls’ golf team, as the Mustangs traveled to Lincoln Valley Golf Course in State Center Tuesday afternoon.

The Mustangs took seventh at the meet hosted by West Marshall, but had a few individual standouts.

Two Mustangs finished in the top 10 out of 49 girls in competition. Cassidy Van Veen shot 91 in 18 holes, taking fifth individually. Breanna Maher rounded out the top ten in play with a 97.

PCM head coach Val Edwards said her team is still working on short-game fundamentals.

“I was pleased tonight for our first 18-hole meet of the season,” Edwards said. “We still need to work on our short game. They had a hard time reading the greens and their speed.”

Edwards noted that wind had an impact at tee time, but said the gusts had subsided by the time the girls hit the back nine.

“The winds calmed down and it was much easier to play,” Edwards said. “But all the girls were getting pretty work out.”

The Mustang girls are back in action Thursday when they travel to Oskaloosa for a varsity meet. PCM will tee off at 2 p.m. at Edmundson Golf Course.