Blood Thirsty Branches

First, I wanted to say congrats to the whole team on doing a good job at the tournament! I think we're off to a good start and can only get better. It's gonna be a good year.

So..there's this one hole in Creekwood that we have dubbed the Par 3 of DEATH!! Lol. XD But anyway, it is my duty to tell you my experience on it. I'm sure you'll find it entertaining.

Day one of the tournament and I got off to a good start and I'm just going along until I get to the Par 3of DEATH. I hit my first ball, which goes right and into the woods. So I hit a provisional which ends up just off the back of the green. I'm thinking that that's okay. I'll just shoot for double, because that's all I could get with a chip and one putt.

So we go over and start looking for my ball. Which we find. Not out of bounds. Which would have been perfectly fine with me. But it is down in this ditch right by a tree root. And I get to hit it out. So I'm like okay. Let's try this. Then...CRACK! My club hits the root and I don't see where the ball goes. (The next day, the girl I was playing with thought I broke my wrist when I hit the root. Lol.) But then I hear it bounce on the cart path behind me and see it bounce further into the woods. Great.

So my ball is further in the woods surrounded by a ton of branches. Small, very sharp branches. I wedge my way into them and try to uncover my ball by throwing the branches aside, and I finally got it somewhat cleared away. So I try a practice swing. I can't take the club straight back. I can only pick up up and basically karate chop the ball. And to my amazement, this works, and the ball pops out into the middle of the fairway, safely.

I chipped the ball up and to my excitement, one putted. I got away with my double in a very odd fashion.

But the best part of the story is when I looked at my legs. Four scratches on my legs from the branches that actually drew blood! Yup. The Par 3 of DEATH is really blood thirsty. And it got me. Oh well. The next day I parred and was happy. So I got back at it.

Alright. You've heard my experience. Good luck. I really think they should put a sign over there that says "Abandon all hope ye who play this hole."

Tournament One

Wow. This is pretty crazy. First college tournament. I'm pretty nervous. All this college stuff isn't too bad, it just seems to get thrown at you all at once. It's a lot of learning how to manage your time and figure out what you need to do when. I'm currently working on two papers (this is my cool down time before go back to work) and an exam, all next week. It's pretty crazy. But I'm so thankful that golf doesn't take up obscene amounts of time. Even though my schedule seems pretty tight, I actually have a lot of time to do my work, which is essential to my sanity.

See...I'm nervous and so excited tho. I'm excited to jump into the college golf world. It's great. I want to do well but still make friends. I think that's very possible, especially with the girls on the team. The team is so nice and I think we're ready to take this challenge on. I look forward to tomorrow and to see how well we're going to do.

Go Jackets!

It's Golf Season :)

Hi, everyone! :) Our golf season is in full gear! TOMORROW (wow, I can't believe it) is our first tournament! It's the 2-day invitational held by us at Creekwood golf course. We've been practicing for a little over 2 weeks now as a team. Our team is really coming together. We have a strong group of girls and I think we're ready for this weekend. It's going to be a big tournament for us and we're really looking forward to it! We've shared some memorable moments together since golf season started up - we survived a tornado while on the golf course... but no big deal or anything. Haha just kidding! We've never been so scared in our lives but it was kind of funny now that we look back on it! Caci and I went out for a practice round yesterday and hit close to 5 balls each on a par 3... aka the par 3 of death. We had a lot of fun though and got in some good practice as to what clubs to use where etc etc. We've been doing some different practice methods which seem to be working and helping us pretty well (thanks, Coach!). We have practice today which is going to get us pumped up for tomorrow and Sunday! This is what we've been waiting for so let's go get 'em, ladies!! :) Goodluck to everyone!

Nicole

The First Week

Ok so I can't even begin to explain how nervous I was for the first week of golf!! Never playing on a girls team before and finally having true competition was overwhelming for me.  I don't know why I was ever so scared!! The BW womens golf team is AMAZING. Nicole, Caci, and Sam are the most welcoming upperclassmen ever and the five new freshman really seem to click! Also, coach is always there supporting us whether we hit the best or the worst shot of our round.  

I can honestly say that even though one week has passed....we DEFINITELY have made some great memories so far.  Everyday that we practiced last week the sky looked awful and we would ask coach if it was going to rain.  He would respond NO and tell us it was going the other direction.  So finally on Friday we were going out to play at Creekwood and once again the sky did not look promising, but coach reassured us that the storm was not going to hit.  After playing about 4 and a half holes and the sky turning darker every minute, coach calmly stated that after we putted we should hop into the cart because we were going in.  All of us SCARED to death, we asked coach what was wrong and he would NOT tell us! Finally, as we were back to the van the thunder and lightening was louder and more visible than before.  After the loudest strike Nicole threw her clubs into the van and jumped over three rows of seats to ensure her safety! As we began to drive back coach told us that there was a tornado warning in the Berea area!  About twenty minutes later we were finally back at BW and in the safety of our dorms. With only one week done I can tell this is going to be a great season!! :)

~Rebecca

P.S- I would like to thank Mrs. Strickland for calling coach and telling us about the tornado warning! 

So it is almost time for the Fall semester to begin and I am really starting to get excited. Both of my parents attended BW and as a child I visited BW often. After visiting BW during my Senior year of High School I knew I wanted to attend this college with hopes of playing golf. I really enjoyed meeting all the lady golfers. I had a lot of fun at the highlighter party =) I think that BW will be a great fit me. I just can't wait for the season to begin!


~Rpina

Brooke's Summer

So hi everyone! Goodness...I haven't blogged in a few weeks, and so I figured my first post in a while would be with you guys.

First of all, my summer this year has been pretty boring. A lot of it has been going to graduation parties, hanging out with my boyfriend, working, and golfing. I think the best event of my summer has been a highlighter party. It was so cool. We would draw on each other in highlighter under a blacklight, and it looked so awesome! My friends and I like doing random stuff like that. But aside from that, I've been shopping around for stuff to bring to my dorm and working so I could pay for it. My job's not that bad, either. Let me tell you, florists are an interesting group of people. Lol.

That's about it for my summer, but why did I choose BW? I actually didn't want to at first, if you can believe it. My dad actually told Coach not to call because I wasn't interested in the school. XD Go figure. But the more I looked at it and after visiting a couple of times, I realized that it really was a cool place. All of the people that I talked to loved the place, plus my favorite English teacher from high school got her degree here. The campus is really nice, and I really enjoyed talking to the students about classes and what they were like. I wanted to come to a place that would seem like a family, and I think this is the best place for that to happen.

And I hope the golf team will be a nice little family of its own. I'm really looking forward to getting to know all of you and to an awesome golf season!

The Long Road to BW

Hi everyone! I hope your summer is FANTASTIC and everything is going well!!! So basically “why I choose BW” is a VERY long story, but it began with me visiting about 16 schools, applying to 11 and still not knowing where I wanted to go.  The first time I stepped on BW’s campus it didn’t really click with me and I put it on the back burner.  Then I started getting interested in playing golf and coach called me and we began talking about coming on campus and taking another tour.  After that day I COULDN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT!!!! In the end it came down to Wittenberg and BW where everything seemed similar.  I eventually stayed on campus one night with Sam and realized that BW felt like home.  I love everything about it and can’t wait to be with the team.  In high school I had to play on the boy’s team and that got really old, so FINALLY I will be on a girls team and I couldn’t be more excited!!  This year is going to be great and I am proud to call myself a yellow jacket!