Lady Panthers’ golf gets best team score in home match

It’s been a busy stretch for the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ golf team as they continued to improve on the links.
In the Mountain Grove Invite at the Randel-Hinkle Golf Course , the Lady Panthers held off West Plains by three strokes to win the team title with a combined score of 201.
Both Morgan Tyrrell and Zoey Criner led Mountain Grove with their sixth place score of 49. Emma Crewse shot a 50 for eighth place, Chloe Slagle’s 53 was good for 11th, Payton O’Connor’s 58 was the 15th best score while Payton Tyrrell’s 62 was good for 18th place.
Before that event, the Lady Panthers were ninth place out of 17 schools represented with a 428 at the Strafford Invitational played at Whispering Oaks in Marshfield.
Morgan Tyrrell led her team with a 14th place score of 72, helping her shine in a field of 72 other golfers.
Criner shot a 106, Slagle added a 111, O’Connor had a 117 and Crewse shot a 118.
In the Ozark Lady Tiger Invitational played at Fremont Hills Golf Course, the Lady Panthers had a 463 at an event featuring 24 schools, most of them being larger ones.
Morgan Tyrrell shot a 100, Slagle added a 116, O’Connor had a 119 and Cara Nelson shot a 128.
“Fremont Hills is a challenging championship style golf course,” said Coach Mike Mallow. “It has fast greens and multiple bunkers. This was a good experience for our girls team.”
In the Bolivar Tournament played at Silo Ridge, Mountain Grove’s 436 was good for seventh place out of 23 teams.
Morgan Tyrrell’s 93 was good for 17th place out of 118 total golfers. Both Criner and Crewse shot a 113, Slagle had a 123 and O’Connor added a 117.
“This is a championship-style golf course,” Mallow noted. “They host district and state tournaments. The course requires precise shot making and excellent speed control with putts. The scores were higher than we’d like. The course is very challenging and is a great experience for our girls…Hopefully these tournaments will prepare us for postseason opportunities.”