Golf opens the season with windy weather at home
by Natalie Kuhnert , GHS Blue Ink
The Blue Dragons golf team had their first meet on Tuesday, April 12. This was a home meet for the Garretson students at River Ridge Golf Course. These students were nervous and excited for their very first golf meet of 2022. The weather on Tuesday wasn’t very ideal for a golf meet primarily due to strong winds but everyone still made it happen despite the weather.
Junior Matthew Gilbert said, “I don't want to golf with random people because I don't want to embarrass myself.”
After the meet Gilbert followed up and said, “I think I did pretty good but could’ve done better if the weather wasn’t so bad.”
Freshman Nora Bonte wasn’t too worried about the first meet’s results.
“Golf is a sport that you’re going use your whole life instead of running, and I need to do something,” she said. Bonte said she was excited for the meet and meeting new people. “We get to golf with different schools so that’s fun.”
After playing junior high last year, Bonte said, “This year is way more formal compared to last year and we get to be outside more with people being able to drive out to the course.”
Senior Mataya Trower is on her last year of golfing in high school and claimed, “I’ve been doing golf since middle school. It’s just a hobby of mine I like to do with my family and I thought it would be fun to do it here too.” Trower ended her first meet of the year with a score of 55.
Blaine Trower on the other hand did not enjoy his first golf meet and was very excited to be done golfing. B. Trower said, “I don’t think I will do very good.” Trower also explained, “I do golf to do something, so I don’t get talked to by the football coach about doing track.”
Overall, the first golf meet was either a hit or a miss with some of the Garretson High School students. Some of the students got cut short due to rain and tornado warnings but ended strong. The next golf meet for varsity is Tuesday at Chester.
