{"id":11112,"date":"2015-10-09T06:21:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T13:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=11112"},"modified":"2015-10-15T09:59:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T16:59:38","slug":"camosun-chargers-golf-team-starts-season-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2015\/10\/09\/camosun-chargers-golf-team-starts-season-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Camosun Chargers golf team starts season strong"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2015\/2016 PACWEST golf season has begun, and the Camosun Chargers golf team has claimed its third consecutive win on home turf.<\/p>\n

The Chargers golf team, who took home silver in the provincial and national championships last year, hosted the Camosun Invitational at Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa on September 26 and 27. They finished with a team score of 554, 21 strokes better than the University of Fraser Valley Cascades, who came in second with a score of 575.<\/p>\n

Chargers golf veterans Brady Stead and Jeff Riches led the team, tied with individual scores of 67, three strokes under par.<\/p>\n

John Randle has been head coach of the golf team since 2008. He admits that the teams are different over the years, even if his coaching style isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe I\u2019m a little more relaxed, at times,\u201d he says. \u201cThe team is arguably the best team I\u2019ve had since I\u2019ve been here, which is saying something. We\u2019ve had a lot of good teams, a lot of good players. I think from one to seven we\u2019ve got the best team I\u2019ve ever had, which makes my job a whole lot easier.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Camosun Chargers golf team is looking to have a seaon to remember this year (photo by Kevin Light).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The last golf season had the Chargers consistently coming in second place, but last year\u2019s frustration is this year\u2019s motivation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe measure ourselves against ourselves, what we\u2019re capable of,\u201d says Randle. \u201cWhether we\u2019re leading or trailing, it\u2019s all about how we can get closer to our potential, so with that sort of mindset it makes it easier to keep looking forward, rather than looking back at the near misses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fifth-year veteran Brady Stead makes it clear that pressure will only fuel the team as they face the upcoming season.<\/p>\n

\u201cPressure is a good thing, and it can really fuel you to play the best golf you\u2019ve ever played,\u201d says Stead. \u201cFor a lot of us, it\u2019s our last crack at a national championship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Randle says the team dynamic is an important part of even a sport like golf, which in some ways is more of an individual sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe make decisions as a team\u0143how we\u2019re going to play each hole, what our strategy is. We have team meetings every night when we\u2019re on the road, and we compete against each other in practice,\u201d says Randle. \u201cThere\u2019s plenty of team dynamics. But when the gun goes off its pretty much five guys fighting their own battles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stead has a slightly different view, saying it\u2019s an individual sport but no one is really alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an individual game, but we all know that we have each other\u2019s backs,\u201d he says. \u201cIf one guy is struggling, another guy will pick him up. I think we would all do that for each other, and I think that it\u2019s a great thing to have in a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The season is looking good so far for the Chargers golfers, and Randle attributes it all to his players.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe players play, the players get all the credit, and this group of guys is working hard, taking it seriously, and conducting themselves well,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Stead is just as optimistic as his coach, and he\u2019s got his eye on the prize this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf each of us go out and win the battle against ourselves and the battle against the golf course, that\u2019s really when we have our best chance to win,\u201d he says. \u201cIf we can do that then we have a really good chance of winning gold this year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2015\/2016 PACWEST golf season has begun, and the Camosun Chargers golf team has claimed its third consecutive win on home turf. The Chargers golf team, who took home silver in the provincial and national championships last year, hosted the Camosun Invitational at Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa on September 26 and 27. They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,15,152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-campus","category-october-7-2015"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11114,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11112\/revisions\/11114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}