The team will be playing in Hawaii, which is paradise compared to the Indiana winter creeping up on Ball State's campus.
Scenery may create some mental concentration errors, but head coach Mike Fleck thinks otherwise.
“We are going to take this opportunity in for everything that it is, but when it becomes game time, when we go through the tournaments each day," Fleck said, "the boys know how traveling works and how to get back into game mode."
It has to be a tough fall for the Ball State men's golf team, finishing top-3 in just one invitational thus far.
Fleck does realize how this is truly a “unique experience” and appreciates the chance to have the boys play in the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic tournament.
Aside from all the intense golf tournaments taking place, the Cardinals have some fun events planned — of course in Hawaii.
“We have some cool stuff set up to do with the boys. We will ... hang out on the beach and in the water, but we are doing a luau and a snorkeling excursion,” Fleck said.
There will be 19 different universities also making the trip, including but not limited to: Indiana, Bowling Green, Oklahoma, Northern Iowa and the host, Hawaii Manoa in Lahaina, Hawaii. The competition looks tough.
Jet lag from the plane rides to Los Angeles and to Hawaii will not be a factor in Flecks opinion.
“I think the boys will be too excited and enthusiastic to get jet lag. We thought about that before leaving," Fleck said. "I don’t think its going to affect the players until we get back home to Indy, just too much going on for them to get affected by it.”
As the team looks to shoot their lowest scores and enjoy the wonderful scenery, the 54-hole individual and team stroke play will surely be a relaxing challenge.
Last year the University of Oregon won both the team and individual brackets, sweeping the tournament. This year however, they are not in the tournament. The invitational will tee-off at 8:30 a.m. HT or 1:30 p.m. ET.
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