The ultimate goal of winning the league title has been achieved by the girls golf team. The girls conquered the Valley League with an undefeated record.
Senior Caraline Goodman said she is ecstatic about the team’s success this season.
“We exceeded our expectations as a team,” she said. “And on top of that, we all became such good friends “It wasn’t at all what we had thought at the beginning.”
Senior captain Shelby Jones said she feels that the team’s accomplishments exceed simply those on the golf course.
“We have definitely achieved our expectations for the season,” Jones said. “At the start of season we set a few goals: to have fun, to improve individually, to go undefeated again, and to set a new team record for our lowest score. We accomplished all of these goals even with a new set of coaches.”
The team is convinced that its accomplishments are due to the overall cohesiveness of the team. A special bond held the girls together on the golf course as the team dominated this season.
“I love knowing that our team was so cohesive,” Goodman said. “It didn’t matter who got the best score or who really sealed the deal on our win. We were a team.”
The sense of camaraderie among a golf team can be somewhat of an oxymoron considering that at its core, golf is an individual sport.
The team, however, disproved this theory and feels that golf can be a team sport.
“Even though golf is an individual sport, our team loves each other,” Goodman said. “Our coaches were always there for us. That was the best part.”
For the Valley League finals, junior Tracey Huynh won overall league, freshman Julia Kang came in third, Jones came in fourth, and sophomore Silvia Torrez came in tenth.
The team also competed in CIF. At the competition Jones tied her best round ever with an 85 on Day one, and shot an 84 at finals, setting a new personal record.
Jones, Huynh, and Kang qualified as individuals. They all placed in the top 50 girl golfers in San Diego and Imperial Counties, and Huynh almost made the cut to play in the Southern California Regional Championship.
The team met and surpassed the expectations of their coaches, including David Rudgers.
“The team did better than last year,” Rudgers said. “The players were very committed and showed improvement over the year. It was an overall great effort and great job.”
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