High School Golf

[wEst]

I'm super pumped for the season... too bad our school might not have our team.

[Lefty39]

I made my school's JV team. I am super stoked for the season, are first match is Wednesday.

[rubbery]

A year or two ago some lawsuit resulted in a bunch of changes in sport seasons and golf was one of the changed (fall to spring). I think it's stupid, especially for Michigan, because we all practice all summer to fine-tune our games, and then have to wait an entire winter for the rounds that really matter to start.

Anyway the next several years are rebuilding years for our golf program. Last year there was only one returning player of the four top players whose highest handicap was a 4, and luckily he's back for a final season. After our number one, a 3 handicap, I play number two, then numbers three and four are both 15. It's still a lot of fun though; we play plenty of teams that are worse than we are.

[Bourbon and Coke]

I'm really surprised your schools have players in the teens or worse on your golf team. We had 8 single digit handicaps trying out as freshmen.

Needless to say, I wasn't one of them.

[Southpaw]

Our season is in the spring(private school), which sucks because I can't play unless I go down to South Carolina to practice. =/

As for my team, we're pretty damn good. Only one other team in our league can even challenge us. Our 7 starters are all single digit hdcps, four of them are under a 5. This year I should be in the number 2 spot, hopefully.

[kc8kir]

I really wish I had played golf in high school. I distinctly remember walking down the halls in 9th grade looking at the tryouts poster.

Ah oh well.

Hey Rubbery, what High School you at in Clinton Twp? I graduated from Chippewa Valley in 03.

[rubbery]

Hey Rubbery, what High School you at in Clinton Twp? I graduated from Chippewa Valley in 03.

I only live in Clinton Twp. I go to Liggett in Grosse Pointe.

[CG031]

I play H.S. golf, but in NJ the golf season is in Spring. Kind of sucks 'cause your coming off winter.

[Repp.is.Nike-golf]

I made my golf team this year
im soooooo excited

i shot my lowest round ever in front of my couch on the first day
it was a 77

[Franco!]

Yeah, I'm excited for the season....in 7 months

[slice_oftheday]

My high scool doesn't have a team as it is associated with a local university, and sadly the university doesn't have a team either. =/

[cyclonez7]

What kind of scores do you guys have to shoot to make the team at your school?

[Franco!]

There are like 3 kids that shoot in the high 90s
2 that shoot in the low 90s
And me.
I feel like I don't belong.
And then people give me shit and act like my achievements aren't worth anything because I practice 6-7 days a week.

[slice_oftheday]

There are like 3 kids that shoot in the high 90s

You have to remember that it is high school, and most everyone there are immature scumbags. You play a sport well and practice hard in order to improve. What is more respectable than that?

[drtbk933]

Got tryouts Sunday. Basically have to shoot under 60 in 9 holes to be on. My average for nine is about 48-53, so I'm not really worried. Got a tourney Moday and practice Wednesday.

[FlopShotArtist]

Under SIXTY? wtf... here you gotta shoot under 45.

[Dent]

To be on the team this year, you have to shoot under 80, but I'm guaranteed to be on the team because I was last year.

[CG031]

Got tryouts Sunday. Basically have to shoot under 60 in 9 holes to be on. My average for nine is about 48-53, so I'm not really worried. Got a tourney Moday and practice Wednesday.

Where you live in PA??

Yeah it's the same for us here. We take 18 guys on our squad, and you have to have a 53 stroke average during tryouts over 27 holes (3 days) which i think is fair. I was on the team since Freshman year. I will be a Jr. this upcoming season. I started in one match (on varsity, we don't have a "JV") as a Freshman, so I got really nervous and shot a 50 LOL. But last year I played in about 9 out of 17 matches and I shot usually low to mid 40's, pretty bad year. I'm starting to work with a Pro now, so I've gotten much much better. I'll be looking to be in the mid to high 30's every match next year. So yeah. You don't really need to be good to make our squad. But only the top 6 play in the matches - the rest are just there to practice, and hopefully get some instruction from the coaching staff.