Boys golf course conditions

 Derek Packard

Burris Junior 

The Burris boys golf team plays at Cardinal Hills Golf Club out near the Monroe Central school district area as well as Selma. The course hosted the boys team for the past years and will continue to serve as the Muncie Burris Owls home golf course. The boys have a vast majority of away matches this year and very few home matches. The course has had maintenance issues in the past involving greens and fairways. The Cardinal Hills staff gives it their all though with everything they have to maintain the course.

First year head coach Johnny Phipps had this to say about the course, "Cardinal Hills is in pretty bad shape. The long winter has certainly taken its tone on the grounds, and the flooding of the nearby creek during the early March rainstorms have taken their toll on the greens. The owner and greens crew are at hard work in order to get the course to playable conditions.” Steps towards improving the greens have included the most recent sanding of the greens and frequent mowing. Due to the cold weather and allowing the greens crew at Cardinal Hills to do their job, the boys have had a good amount of practices at MD’s Driving range which is close to Wilson Middle School.

The golf teams only senior from the Indiana Academy Jimmy Tuttle said, “It is pretty rough out there. We are looking to improve as a whole though this year.”

Derek Packard, Burris Junior said, “Even though the conditions are not perfect. It’s a golf course and everyone has the same conditions. It just comes down to how you as an individual perform.” The course its self is every short, but unless you are consistently straight the trees on the right and left of the fairway can hurt your ability to go for the green.

The greens as well as fairways should be up to par, as should the boys by the time their first match roles around in mid to early April. The boys will begin their 2011 season at Blue river and their season will consist of mostly in conference matches as well as a few weekend invitational’s. Alex Phipps said, “We hope to do well in our conference this year, as well as shoot well at home against opposing teams.”

The Cardinal Hills greens as for now though are rough and almost unplayable. The fairways are a bit better than the greens but there is always room for improvement. The effort of the greens crew will show through and the greens and fairways will come back and be playable for the first match that the boys have at home. The boys appreciate the effort that the owners are putting in order to get the course playable for matches and hope to represent the course well.Cardinal Hills is in pretty bad shape. The long winter has certainly taken its toll on the grouds, and the flooding of a nearby creek during the early March rainstorms have devestated the greens and fairways. Scott F. (youll need to check how to spell his last name) is hard at work though working to get the greens and course in playable condition"Cardinal Hills is in pretty bad shape. The long winter has certainly taken its toll on the grouds, and the flooding of a nearby creek during the early March rainstorms have devestated the greens and fairways. Scott F. (youll need to check how to spell his last name) is hard at work though working to get the greens and course in playable condition"