Marshall Men's Golf Tees Off Season; They are Prepared

Marshall University’s Men’s Golf team will start its 2014-’15 season by hosting the 45TH annual Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational today and tomorrow at the Guyan Golf and Country Club in Huntington, West Virginia.

Head Gollf Coach Matt Grobe explained that with this being the first event of the 2014-’15 season, the Herd look to stay competitive, not only for the 45TH Joe Feaganes, but for the entire season. There was a lot of focus and work done during the offseason. One of the benefits for opening up the season at the Guyan Golf and Country Club is that it is the Herd’s home course.

“Oh it’s huge,” said Grobe. “Being able to start out on your home course gives the guys so much confidence going into the event. For the guys that have been here now a couple of years it will be a help”.

One of the issues that Coach Grobe later mentioned was that there is an issue with the newcomers playing at the Guyan.

“Because practice does not start until the firs week of school, some of the new kids have been here for almost two weeks and did not get to practice on the course yet,” Grobe explained.

But for the more experienced players who have golfed there before they have some other things to worry about.  Junior Logan Lagodich, one of six returning letterwinners explained that he has to work hard all offseason to improve.

“One of the things that I really worked on this offseason was my short game,” Lagodich said. “I had some inconsistencies with it last season that I wanted to improve on.”

However, just working on your game is only one of the many focuses of the offseason.  You also have to eat right.

“I mainly tried to eat meats and vegetables,” Lagodich said.

Another of the Herd’s letterwinners was sophomore Will Evans. Evans said that there are workouts that must take place.

“I worked on a lot of strengthening,” Evans said. “I was at the gym three to four days a week working on just getting stronger”.

But those weren’t the only offseason workouts. During the break in the season during the winter there are many indoor drills that the Herd golfers partake in. But with all that being said both Lagodich and Evans are ready to get back out to the course. They are optimistic for an exciting season.