Golf

Falling for Golf

By Anna Siegfried

Staff Writer 

WORLAND- Worland's fall golf season was very successful, with almost all WHS lady golfers making top 10 in conference, and the WHS boys having improved. Since it is such a young team, coaches said they are confident that the team will continue to grow. 

The only Senior, Bolen Barthelmess, finished his season successfully. Barthelmess said he felt sentimental that it was his last one. 

The work for this spring and next year, will be to continue 1 chip and 2 putts, and students will try hard to stay to it. State was a little disappointing for everyone, but overall, everyone on the team should be proud of their improvements.  

Golf coach Ben Hoffmann said he was very proud of the team and  their achievements: “Overall I was pretty pleased with where and how the season went.  Fall golf is such a short season that you really have to hit the season on the run.  In the end I was happy with where our girls team finished, they got great experience in tense tough conditions and have put themselves in a great position to compete for hardware the next couple of years.  The boys team grew exponentially this year.  With the exception of Bolen we have a young team that had to grow up fast.  The future is bright for this group of boys going forward, “ Hoffmann said.

Another thing that the team will be working on this coming season according to Coach Candace Whitlock. Whitlock noted, "Golf can be a very challenging mental sport, and we need to become better at handling adversity when things start to go off track during a round. Learning how to reset, stay positive, and focus on the next shot will be important. We need to develop more grit on the course—the ability to stay focused, resilient, and committed even when things aren't going our way.”

Spring golf will start in late March or early April, at which time high school students will combine forces with middle school students.