by Cody Clawson |
After many seasons of playing golf at Liberty Hills Country Club, the Men’s Golf team is moving to Shoal Creek Golf Course. On January 6th, 2012 the country club burned completely to the ground, forcing the team to move courses. Although it is sad that the tradition of Liberty Hills is now gone, the team is not letting it get them down.
“This course [Shoal Creek] allows us to only be a couple miles from the high school so driving time is reduced and our safety is increased,” head coach Forrest Bertoldie said.
Not only is it easier for the players to drive to the course, it is much nicer to play at. Shoal Creek Golf Course is ranked second in the state.
“I like playing at Shoal a lot more than Liberty Hills because I am used to it more and I think it is easier. Shoal is a nicer course and it probably suits our team better because it creates unique advantages for us,” junior Sam Sutton said.
These advantages include knowledge that can help them drastically during tournaments there. No other course can offer such advantages, so this change will help the team in the long run.
“I love playing at Shoal. Eric Lester, Zac Dittmer, Jordan Walton and I all work at the course so we know it very well. I feel this gives us a great advantage over other teams,” senior Brian Downer said.
With these advantages the team looks to experience high success this season.
“I am very excited for what this season has to offer,” senior Eric Lester said. “I think our team is very solid top to bottom and our varsity is going to compete at a high level. I honestly believe we can make a run at state.”
With such a solid team, the Jays aren’t looking at what could have happened at Liberty Hills and are now looking forward to the great things that are going to happen at Shoal.
“We really feel like we have a chance to have an excellent season this year with both varsity and junior varsity. We feel like we have a chance to compete for a state championship if we get there because we have the ability to go low and that’s what it takes to compete,” Bertoldie said.
