By: Rheagen Hartfiel Photo Credit: Taylie Nessen Brooklyn Stevenson, a senior, is one of the top varsity golfers on the girls’ golf team. She is predicting a regional title this upcoming season. The head golf coach is Jimmy Thomas; he’s been head coach for six years and coached Stevenson since she was a freshman. To make her prediction a reality, Stevenson has been attending open gyms to get ready for the tryouts, and their first tournament which is coming up in March.
Stevenson's favorite part of golf this year is the opportunity she has to end her senior year with a bang. This year, Stevenson believes that their biggest competition is going to be Ridgeline. Because Ridgeline lost a lot of seniors last year, Stevenson said, “I think we're going to be the top dogs of the region.” The girls’ golf team has four strong seniors that have been golfing as part of the varsity team since freshman year. Stevenson also has confidence that Andi Gardner, a sophomore, has really improved personally, which in turn helps the team out. She has been getting lessons all summer and has seen improvement in her golf game. Stevenson herself has been seeing a swing coach this past summer and has been doing more summer tournaments to try and advance her techniques. From practicing this summer, Stevenson has seen progress in her score and is hoping to keep growing for the upcoming season. Upcoming tournaments are on Mondays and Thursdays. They only have eight tournaments this year, and only one or two preseason tournaments. The weather has a big affect on how Stevenson performs. She said that when it's snowing and cold she doesn't play as well. She also said that her golf opponent affects her strategies. The hardest part about golf is staying mentally positive and having a good attitude. If you don’t have any of those two you won't perform to the best of your ability. Golf is such a mental game and that's why some may struggle to play because it's so mental that they can't handle it. In golf, there are so many strategies and you have to be on your toes and know what you will be doing next.
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