Linfield golf managed to finish strong in its final tournament of the year. Men’s golf left the Northwest Conference Championship at Crosswater Club in Sunriver, Oregon with a fourth place finish while the women earned a sixth place finish.

Kyle Hargrave, ’16, and Mason Krieger, ’19, led the team finishing adjacent to each other in 10^th and 11^th place respectively. Meanwhile Tiana Yamaoka, ’18, and Maggie Harlow, ’16, finished tied for 23^rd with a score of 170 over two rounds.

Both Hargrave and Harlow led their teams in what would be the final tournament of their careers at Linfield. Hargrave shot 77 the first day and finished strong with 73 the second day for a collective score of 130. Harlow shot 82 the first day but was unable to match her first score with an 88 the second day.

The fantastic scores of these two seniors do not do justice for the difficulty of the course conditions, particularly for the first day.

“The weather had our number for the first day. My face is wind burnt from the first day. In the end we made the necessary adjustments to finish well,” Logan Davis, ’18, said.

The temperature was also a factor, “It was around freezing both days so conditions were tough both days,” Hargrave said.

All in all the story of this tournament was Hargrave punctuating his career here at Linfield with an exclamation point.

“My mentality was just to enjoy my last round as a Wildcat and not to worry,” Hargrave said. “It was a mix of relaxed, positive mentality, and playing confidently.”

Hargrave looked back at his career as a Wildcat with pride.

“I don’t think I could have done much better. Also my whole family was there to watch so I’m glad I could cap off my career with a pretty solid round,” Hargrave said.