The Mt. Carmel Lady Aces finished day one of the PGA High School Golf Invitational in 12th place out of 31 teams. But, the Lady Aces are in much better shape than that 12th place position may indicate. That’s because Mt. Carmel played the toughest of the three courses teams will see during the three day tournament in Frisco, Texas. In fact, all top 10 teams in the standings played on the Gentle Creek Country Club course while the Lady Aces only finished behind a team from Oklahoma among the schools playing on the tough Fields West Ranch Course.

Mt. Carmel finished the first day with a team score of +18. In first place is a team from California with a blistering -16. The Lady Aces had balanced scorecards today with Maria Kennard shooting 3 over including an eagle on #14. Emily Gottman, Miley Kennard, and Zeme Moore were right behind with +5 each. Elyse Swanson is also on the team and shot a +23. Only the best four scores on each team count to their score. Teams also had to battle through a 15 minute lightning delay too before finishing play.

Tomorrow, the Lady Aces will play the Gentle Creek Country Club and should benefit from the less challenging course than what they played today.

Coach Karin Kelsey told us, “We plan on going up the scoreboard some tomorrow and then on Wednesday, the leading teams will be on the Fields Ranch course, we will make our way up then!”