{"id":511196,"date":"2026-03-03T08:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/511196\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:07:07","slug":"no-38-harding-mens-golf-holds-lead-as-play-suspended-at-shadow-valley-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/511196\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 38 Harding Men&#8217;s Golf Holds Lead as Play Suspended at Shadow Valley Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">ROGERS, Ark. \u2013 Defending champion and 38th-ranked Harding men&#8217;s golf sits atop the leaderboard at the Shadow Valley Invitational after a productive, albeit unfinished, Monday at Shadow Valley Country Club.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">The Bisons opened the day with a 6-over 294 in the first round before finding their rhythm in the afternoon. Harding was 1-under par as a team in the second round when play was suspended due to darkness. At the time of the stoppage, Harding held a three-stroke lead over Northwestern Oklahoma (+9). No. 5 Central Oklahoma and host Arkansas-Fort Smith&#8217;s &#8220;B&#8221; team are currently tied for third at 11-over in the 17-team field.<\/p>\n<p>Individual Standouts<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">A pair of Bisons are currently battling for the individual title. Junior Jose Arzu and 89th-ranked senior Jose Manuel Peralta are tied for first place at 3-under par.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">They are joined at the top of the leaderboard by junior <a href=\"https:\/\/hardingsports.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/dennis-staykov\/18743\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18743\" target=\"_blank\">Dennis Staykov<\/a>, who sits in a tie for fourth at 1-under. Other Harding scores include:<\/p>\n<p>Tournament Notes<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11,0,0\">The Course: Shadow Valley is playing as a par-72, 7,101-yard challenge. Scoring conditions improved significantly as the day progressed; the field average dropped from a 77.36 in round one to a 73.50 during the ongoing second round.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11,1,0\">The Streak: After an 11th-place finish to start the year, Harding has rattled off five consecutive top-four finishes.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11,2,0\">History in Rogers: The Bisons are seeking their first tournament victory of the season at the same site where they claimed the team championship last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday Schedule<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"13\">Play will resume with the conclusion of the second round Tuesday morning at 8 a.m., with the third and final round to follow immediately after.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; ROGERS, Ark. \u2013 Defending champion and 38th-ranked Harding men&#8217;s golf sits atop&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-511196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}