The fall season concluded for the Missouri Southern Lions golf team at the Pittsburg State University Invitational at the Crestwood Country Club Oct. 9-10.”The course conditions were perfect,” said freshman Adam Nelson.Although the weather and the course conditions worked out well, the team still finished fifth in a field of nine teams.”It’s unacceptable,” said head coach Kevin Greim. “It just makes things harder for the spring.”Hitting balls out of bounds, not understanding the rules and missed chances led to the Lions’ demise.”It was a real momentum killer for me,” said Eric Byers. “I started out being even par and all of a sudden I was two over.””I didn’t putt very well,” said Tommy Clifford.Nelson lost a ball in a patch of grass to be worked on and a better understanding of the rules would have saved two strokes off his game.”You got to handle situations like that better than I did,” he said. “You can’t get rattled.”The season started seventh-place finish at the Missouri Intercollegiate Tournament. From there, the Lions played at the Southwest Baptist Invitational and finished fourth.”We got off to a decent start playing at Southwest Baptist, being third in the conference. I thought that it would be a springboard for the season,” Greim said.The Lions traveled to Muskogee, Okla., for an eighth-place finish at the Northeastern State Invitational, and followed up with another eighth-place finish at the Drury Fall Classic in Springfield.According to Greim, one player who stands out very well is Clifford.”Tommy shows he is one of the upper echelon players in this conference,” he said. “There’s not a team in the league that wouldn’t want him as a part of their five-player squad.”Looking towards the spring season, the team needs to work on improving their numbers.”If we only get one player in the top 10 at any tournament, we’re not going to challenge for any tournament championship,” Greim said.Some of the key areas the golf team will be working on during the intermission will be attending classes and spending some time in the weight room.”A lot of people laugh when they hear golfers need to lift weights,” Greim said. ” It pays to do weightlifting when it comes to playing golf.”Looking to the spring, Greim is very confident in his guys.”Tommy Clifford has better golf in front of him than what he played this semester,” he said. “Eric Byers is one of the best ball strikers in the conference. His numbers can only go down in the spring. Ben Perry, a veteran golfer, struggled most of the season but was able to get back on track at Pitt State. He should be better in the spring. Adam Nelson, a freshman, is just scratching the surface of what he can do. He can be very good, which was proved by the last few tournaments.”