High School golf practice started this past Friday and it brought back a lot of fond memories! Coldwater can be quite proud of the outstanding achievements of it's junior golfers through the years. The modern era of great junior golf in this area was led by the 1994 team of Nate Gilchrist, Jason Gilchrist, Cory Braman, Kevin Wischmeyer, Eric Eberts, and Josh Shaffer who, under the direction of Coach Roger Fuller won the State Championship. Their success seemed to fuel golf interest and led to more juniors working hard on their games. State Championships for the girls golf team came in 1999, 2000, and 2001. The 1999 and 2000 teams were led by Jennifer Petzko, Sarah Kellogg, Sarah Doll, Kaitlyn Parshall, Anna Watkins, and Amanda Labadie, while the 2001 team was led by Megan Petzko, Suzy Brady, Anna Watkins, Amanda Labadie, Michelle Case, and Michelle Langwell. Four State Championships in the span of eight years is very impressive and as I look back on those successes, there are some commonalities with each of these teams that helped them achieve their goals. 1) Practice (lots of range balls and learning course management by playing) 2) Good instruction and 3) Tournament tested (playing in competitive events to give them experience under pressure).
This group of golfers certainly can be proud of their great accomplishments and those that follow have had the bar raised very high, but if they are willing to follow the three steps listed above, good things will happen!! Rolla Frisinger-March 22, 2011
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