Ashford University’s Jordan Davis is having one of the best seasons in the school’s history of women’s golf. 

Never mind that she has competed in only seven collegiate meets. 

Never mind that she didn’t even start the season as the Ace on her own team. 

Just remember that Jordan Davis is an 18-year-old freshman.

“Jordan has a ton of talent,” said AU head women’s golf coach Dustin Bierman.  “I thought it would take her the fall season to find her niche and settle down into the collegiate game because there is such a difference between that and high school.  The courses play longer and much harder, but what she has done is very impressive.”

            Her success shouldn’t come as much of a surprise though.  Being a two-time first team All-State selection in high school proved that she had the talent to compete.  Her twin sisters, Brooke and Brittany Davis, currently compete for Loras College and helped prepare for what the collegiate game would be like.  This also leads to some interesting competition between the siblings on the links. 

In a recent meet at Lacoma Golf Course, Jordan actually found herself paired up with Brooke for the round.  “She beat me on the last hole by one stroke,” she said.  “There’s definitely some competition between us.” 

When Davis won her first tournament at the Clarke College Invitational with an 82, both sisters were there to witness it firsthand as the Saints were competing against Loras.  “I know it bothered them a little bit,” she said, “but they try to make it seem like it doesn’t get to them.”

            Her medalist honors were the first that a Saint has ever earned in a collegiate meet.  Davis has also been an integral part of Ashford’s team, and helping break the school scoring record, something that has happened three times already this season.  The current school record, which stands at 342, was broken in the Saints’ most recent appearance at the St. Ambrose Fighting Bee Classic.  Davis’ 82 tied for team low and was a major reason Ashford was able to break the record.

           “I knew we could break the school record, but as long as we improve each meet and are playing at our highest level once we hit conference and regionals, that is the most important thing,” the freshman golfer said. 

Her finishes for the season include a tie for 11^th in her first meet at the Mt. Mercy College Invitational and at the Augustana Invitational she tied for 26^th.  Performing at the Knox College Invitational she tied for seventh, and she followed this up with medalist honors at the Clarke College Invitational. “It was definitely a goal (to win a meet), but I never thought it would happen.” 

She also turned in a tie for third at the Loras College Invitational, and at the Iowa Wesleyan Invitational she finished in a tie for fifth but finished the day with an 81, her lowest round of the season.  In her most recent outing at the Fighting Bee Classic, Davis tied for ninth place. 

For most people this would be a decent career, but Davis hasn’t even finished her first year of competition. 

Talking about Jordan, Bierman added, “The whole reason for her success this season is because of her work ethic and she has a phenomenal attitude out on the course.”

Davis will try to make some more history for Ashford, participating in the Midwest Collegiate Conference meet at Forest City, Iowa on September 30 where the Saints will try to improve on their third place finish from last season. 

Bierman said, “I really feel like we are starting to peak at the right time with the conference meet just around the corner, and hopefully we continue to improve up until that time.  If we do, I’m looking for a top three performance out of our girls.”