The Atlantic girls golf team finished in 3rd place at the Ames Turk Bowman Invite on Monday. The tourney was played at Iowa State’s Veenker Golf Course. Waukee was the team title winner with a 356. Ames was 2nd with a 389 and Atlantic shot 390.

Baylee Newell was the top Atlantic golfer finishing 7th with a 92. Alyssa Ginther also shot a 92 in 8th place. Other Atlantic scores: Anna Weiser-20th-100, Lauren Nicholas-30th-106, Hannah Alff-47th-117.

Atlantic Head Coach Kathy Hobson: “Another good tournament outing for the Trojans with some good competition. Waukee is an outstanding team. And only losing by one to the host school made for a really good day overall.

We had our ups-n-downs. Saw lots of good shots; saw some not so good shots. The front 9 presented more problems for us than the back 9. As a team, we had to take way too many penalty shots. This course presents a lot of challenges we aren’t use to – a lot of penalty areas, large greens, and a lot of blind shots. We played in on-and-off rain most of the day. In the long run, these challenges should benefit us as we learn to manage our play better. Happy to see Anna Wieser in with a 100 and Lauren Nicholas at 106 on this course for first time. Anna is becoming more confident in her game.”