The Dolores golf team hasn’t blown away yet.
But, wow, the Lady Bears have had to fight gusts of wind up to 30 miles-per-hour in each of their three meets this season.
During their home meet at Conquistador Golf Course on Tuesday, the Lady Bears were once again greeted with screeching winds.
But as Dolores head coach Jeff Carr noted, at least the temperature was warmer than the team’s previous meets.
When discussing the conditions, Carr mentioned that there were certain times that he wondered whether or not the course was even playable because of the strong gusts.
“There was a point on number five, which is one of our more canted greens, that I put a ball on the green just to see if it would stay put,” Carr explained. “Because the USGA has a rule that if the ball can’t stay in its position that the course is deemed unplayable.”
Despite the squalls, the Lady Bears and Lady Demons played on, and Dolores wound up with three of the top four finishers in the stroke play.
“It was another very, very windy day,” said Carr. “But they hit really well. Kyra [Allen] had some really good swings, and they all had their moments.”
Kiselya Plewe had four key moments – making birdie on holes 4, 6, 8 and 10 – and she finished in first place with a 79.
Durango’s Katrina Chandler came in second with a 106, and Kyra Allen and Keyana Matteson finished third and fourth by shooting 111 and 113 respectively.
Matteson provided a bit of humor for her group on the 10th hole when the head to her driver broke away as she teed off.
As Carr explained, per USGA rules, if a club is broken out of a fit of anger, it cannot be replaced.
However, because Matteson lost her driver head in a fluke accident, she was able to replace it to finish out the day.
The Lady Bears are next scheduled for day trips to Pinon Hills Golf Course in Farmington on Monday and Tuesday, April 11-12.