LANGLEY, B.C. – Trinity Western hosted Canada's first ever university disc golf tournament on Saturday, boasting an impressive singles performance by
Jacob Visser (St. Catharines, Ont.), and a three-stroke advantage held over Lethbridge after the first team event – the TWU Spartans National Qualifier, which is being held at Raptors Knoll Disc Golf Park.
Visser posted a rating of 917 (+2) to finish second in the event, only trailing Lethbridge's Brett Wells by a stroke.
Visser was closely followed by
Noah Huberts (Abbotsford, B.C.), whose rating ended at 914 (+4).
In the teams event, the Spartans edged past Lethbridge, shooting a collective 59 to oust the score of 62 posted by the visiting side.
Raptors Knoll was co-designed by TWU head coach Chris Hartmann. The course spans 6,840 feet, standing as a par-64 course across 18 holes.
TWU RESULTS
Placing – Name – Score (rating)
Singles
2
nd –
Jacob Visser – +2 (917)
3
rd –
Noah Huberts – +4 (914)
5
th – McKinley Bainard – +6 (923)
8
th –
Zhiguan Liang – +16 (827)
Teams
1
st – Trinity Western – -5
2
nd – Lethbridge – -2
QUOTABLE
Chris Hartmann – Head Coach
"Today is a big day for disc golf, and disc golf on college campuses. It's nice having the University of Lethbridge here, kicking off what we hope to be a broadened collegiate disc golf scene in Canada. It's pretty exciting today, even with a small field. We had community members help kick things off here – that certainly brought the energy up. I think everyone really enjoyed it today.
"It was a very close match between the two teams today. Watching some of the team play lends itself to some fantastic shots. McKinley [Bainard] sank one from about 100 feet, and
Noah Huberts put a 50-foot putt in. Those are the key shots that lend us the lead heading into the final day tomorrow."
NOTABLE
- Contrary to golf's traditional use of over, and under par to determine a round's score, disc golf integrates a specified rating system. For information on how the rating system works, click here.
- If the Spartans defeat Lethbridge, they secure a berth to first tier play at the Collegiate Disc Golf National Championship, which will be held in Marion, NC.
UP NEXT
TWU retakes the course on Sunday against Lethbridge for more team play. The event is set to kick off at 9:00 a.m. (PT). For live results, click
here.
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as an independent team in men's rugby. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 13 U SPORTS team championships and 32 Canada West team championships.
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