March 19, 2009

Mocs Have Much Work To Do

Since I've last written the Lady Mocs have had two tournaments.  We had our home tournament, March 2 and 3 and the Peggy Kirk Bell hosted by Rollins the following week.  These two tournaments could have gone better.

We placed second at our tournament and lost to Rollins by two.  The weather played a huge factor in the scores.  Cold weather and gusty winds made the course play extra tough.  We shot 311-315-305.  We made a great comeback considering we were in fourth place after the first, two rounds.  I placed 6th individually and shot 79-81-71. 

The very next week we traveled to Winter Park to take on Rollins.  This week wasn't much better for us.  We led after the first two rounds and ended up getting third, what a disappointment.  Nova Southeastern won the tournament with 898, then Rollins at 899, followed by us at 900.  I placed second individually with rounds of 71-74-74.

 We are three great teams that are in contention every week, which is why it makes each shot so important.  Our next tournament is Barry's, March 30-31 down in Miami.  We've been working very hard, so hopefully our hard work will pay off and we can get a win.

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Posted by Heather Burgner at 2:32 PM | Comment

February 18, 2009

SnakeBytes

My name is Heather Burgner and I am a senior at Florida Southern College.  I have been a member of the Women's Golf Team for four years now and have enjoyed every minute of it.  After I graduate in May, I plan on playing the Futures Tour and will travel the country doing what I love most, which is playing the game of golf. 

But for now, my teammates and I are focusing on winning another National Championship.  We won it in 2007, and unfortunately didn't make it back to the Championship last year.  However, I did go as an individual and placed second. 

This year we are as good as we've ever been and are hungry for another championship win.  Winning another Title will not be easy, but with hard work and determination, we can make it happen. 

Our next match is our home tournament March 2-3 here in Lakeland, Florida.  So join me as I play my last semester of college golf in hopes of bringing the trophy back to Florida Southern where it belongs.

GO MOCS

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Posted by Heather Burgner at 11:25 AM | Comment

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Heather Burgner
Senior, Florida Southern

In 2007-08, Heather was an NGCA First Team All-American, NGCA First Team All-South Region, First Team All-Sunshine State Conference, SSC All-Tournament Team, Florida Southern College Female Athlete-of-the-Year and Florida Southern’s Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row. She begins her senior year ranked third in Moccasins’ history with a career stroke average of 76.14 and set a school record with her 74.80 stroke average. Heather finished as the national runner-up, four strokes behind Joanna Coe of Rollins and led the nation in par-3 scoring (3.14), was second in par-4 scoring (4.23) and fifth in par-5 scoring (4.99). She also led the nation in percentage of fairways hit (.861), was second in greens in regulation and ranked second in total short game behind only teammate Kim Ulander. In 2006-07, Heather was an NGCA First Team All-American, Sunshine State Conference All-Tournament Team and Florida Southern’s Most Valuable Player.

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