Tournament Preview: 2023 Concordia Spring Invitational

By Jacob Knabel on Mar. 31, 2023 in Women's Golf

SEWARD, Neb. – In its first event back from the spring break trip to the Phoenix area, Concordia University Women’s Golf will host its own tournament. The Bulldogs are preparing to welcome a field of roughly 65 golfers to the Concordia Bulldog Spring Invitational set for this coming Monday and Tuesday (April 3-4). Highlands Golf Course in Lincoln, Neb., will serve as the venue for both days of action. The first tee shots will take place at 9 a.m. on Monday.

Concordia Bulldog Spring Invitational
--April 3 – 9 a.m. (36 holes) | April 4 – 8:30 a.m. (18 holes)
--Highlands Golf Course (Lincoln, Neb.)
--Follow live via the Golf Genius app (GGID = 23BULLDOGINVITE)

Head Coach Brett Muller’s squad will enter the week having competed in six events (11 rounds) during the 2022-23 season. Concordia has averaged a team score of 354.5 with a season low of 334 coming in the first round of the Nebraska Wesleyan Invitational back in the fall. The top individuals (based on scoring average) in the Bulldog lineup have been Lauren Havlat (85.5), Emery Custer (87.3), Mya Nurse (87.6) and Logan Eschliman (91.7). Havlat shot the team’s lowest round of the season to this point, a 77 at the Nebraska Wesleyan Invite. At the Southwest Minnesota State Spring Invitational, Custer turned in a collegiate low round of 82.

With the exception of the spring of 2020, Concordia has hosted its own invite each year since 2018. Last year’s Concordia Invite was shortened to one round and saw the Bulldogs place fourth out of 13 teams with a score of 342. Former Concordia great Kendra Placke claimed the 2022 individual title while shooting a three-over-par 75. Three current Bulldogs were also part of the team’s top five: Nurse (87), Havlat (90) and Eschliman (92).

Next up for Concordia after its own invite will be the College of Saint Mary Spring Invite on March 12-13. The tournament will be staged at Tiburon Golf Club in Omaha, Neb.