Paige Bailey, senior, and Coach Huesch are excited about the current women’s golf season. Golf is a very difficult sport and is extremely underrated. It’s very hard to “master” the game of golf, even the professionals have bad days.

Making Shadow’s golf team is fairly simple, but the real competition is in whether or not athletes can compete. There are only two steps to making the team which are, 1. to get registered and 2. show up to intramurals. After making the team, the golf team practices a couple days a week, and have one match per week.

“Tournaments are usually once per week for 5 weeks and then depending on the season results, we have a chance of playing in the postseason. Practices are 2-3 times per week,” says Huesch.

Coach Huesch has been the Women’s Golf Coach for 10 years and the men’s coach for 15 years. He chose golf because he likes to play and it’s fun to help others learn the game. Even though he enjoys playing golf and has coached for a long time, he did not play golf in high school, but he wishes he did. He always wants to see his athletes become the best they can be.

“Helping players achieve their goals and become better at a sport that they can enjoy for the rest of their lives,” states Huesch.

Watching athletes become better at a sport they love so much is the highlight of any coach’s career. Bailey started playing when she was in 8th grade after a family member inspired her to play after she stopped playing volleyball. She has been on the golf team since her freshman year, and as a senior her goal is to make it to State.