MOORHEAD, Minn. (9/30/09)-- There is an air of
excitement surrounding the 2009 Concordia-Moorhead
men’s golf team. The Cobbers are coming off their best
regular-season in recent history and are poised to make
a run at the top of the conference at the MIAC
Championship Meet. Concordia is buoyed by the fact that
they have posted a pair of school records entering the
conference meet. The Cobbers broke the school record
for low team score in a single round when they fired a
282 at the Jamestown Invitational and also posted a
second team score in the 280’s when they fired a 288 at
the NDSU Erv Kaiser Invite. It’s the first time in program
history they have had two rounds in the same season
under 290.
To go along with their team success, the Cobbers
have also had individuals post several low numbers. Three
different Concordia golfers have posted five
scores in the 60’s this season – another team first.
Junior Zach Kappes (Moorhead, Minn.) and
sophomore Pat Deitz (Moorhead, Minn.) both tied
the school record of 68 when they matched that
score at the Jamestown Invitational. For their
efforts they were named the MIAC Co-Golfers of
the Week on Sept. 8. Kappes also fired a 69 in the
first round of the Concordia Invite. Joining Kappes
and Deitz in the sub-70 group is freshman Andrew
Whitchurch (Litchfield, Minn.). Whitchurch has
shot a pair of 69’s this season. He opened the year
with a 69 at the Jamestown Invitational and then
backed it up with the same score in the second
round of the NDSU Erv Kaiser Invite.
Kappes, Deitz and Whitchurch are a part of a group
of eight CC players that are all averaging under
79.0. The Cobbers also have 10 golfers with
averages in the 70’s. Kappes leads the team with a
74.1 average and Deitz is close behind at 74.3. Whitchurch
checks in at No.3 with a 75.4 stroke average. Rounding out
the top five for the Cobbers at the MIAC Meet will be
super senior Erik Weiss (Moorhead, Minn.)
and sophomore Tyler Champ
(Champlin, Minn./Meadow Creek Christian HS).
Weiss has posted a top 10 finish this season and
has posted the most consistent season of his career. Champ
is averaging 77.3 strokes per round this
year and is coming off his best finish of the year. He
led the Cobbers at the St. Olaf Invite by finishing
sixth with a two-round total of 150.
