PAR ONE

by Deshna Venkatachalam design by Ananya Adur

Members of the women’s golf team reflect on the end of the season

Par…Birdie…Bogey…Eagle. The girl’s golf team at Columbus North recently said goodbye to these words as they ended their season on a high note. Senior and team captain Ritisha Rashmil explains their accomplishments this season.

“I’m happy to say we’ve done really well this year,” Rashmil said. “We ended up first at conference and sectionals and fifth at regionals. We also had three of our five varsity team members accomplish allconference.”

Senior Nettie Meeks explains her feelings at Conference; one out of the three tournaments played.

“It was very nerve wracking because you tee off in front of a ton of different people. We played the course before, so you just need to have a lot of confidence,” Meeks said. Sophomore Lindsey Hartwell explains how she felt after placing first at Conference. “It honestly felt really good. I feel like we needed the confidence to push into sectionals and regionals,” Hartwell said. First place in Conference means the lowest score, unlike in other sporting events where one would have to score the most in order to come out successful. “The lower your score, the better in golf. Your final score is the amount of strokes you take with a golf club to get a golf ball into 18 different holes on a golf course,” Rashmil said. Hartwell explains how they prepared for these tournaments in order to get a low score. “Usually we go to Harrison or Timbergate after school, and we’ll rotate between hitting ball, putting, or chipping,” Hartwell said. While hitting, putting, or chipping are vague terms, Meek elaborates and explains some golf terminology mentioned earlier. “Par is your goal of how many strokes you want. A birdie on a one hole would be one under par. A bogey is one over par and an eagle is two under par for each par,” Meek said. Rashmil explains that although they did not reach their goal and move onto State she was proud to be a member of this team. “It’s really amazing to see how much everyone improves year to year, or even match to match. I’m really proud of everyone on the team, and I’ve learned a lot from everyone,” Rashmil said.