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SRVHS Women's Golf Team
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By Lynne Harrosh, Resident since 2008
Hey Girls, for the love of golf, get out on the golf course! That is exactly what the San Ramon Valley High School Women’s Golf Team did this fall. High School Women’s Golf is a fall sport which starts the first week of school and continues through EBAL’s, East Bay All League Championships, finishing with NCS, North Coast Section, at the end of October. Lucky for all of the girls out there, Women’s Golf is currently a sport looking for enthusiastic players. This is an opportunity like no other!
San Ramon Valley High School Women’s Golf Team 2019 at home course Crow Canyon Country Club
This is a grand opportunity to learn about the game of golf, course etiquette, be outside in nature, learn techniques and skills to use with the various clubs, and compete with other high school women. Beyond high school, unlike many other sports, golf is a sport you can play your entire life. It is a sport to play with friends, with colleagues, and for charitable events. To be able to learn all of this with a skilled coach, I believe, is one of the best educational and valuable resources we have in our athletic department within the public school system. To get the kind of instruction, practice, and tournament time that SRV players get, it would cost the average person more than $400 a week. The SRV team is not only lucky to have a great coach, Coach Debrah Gilozzi, who has extensive knowledge and skill in the game, but to practice and play at the Crow Canyon Country Club in San Ramon. For the 2019 season, there were 11 high school girls on the San Ramon Valley High School Women’s Golf Team. She said other teams in the league have some players that are yearround golfers and are very committed to golf and “my team loves to have fun and enjoys playing.” Besides wanting her students to be skilled golfers, Coach Gilozzi’s goal for these young women is to “make lifelong golfers of all my players”.
2019 San Ramon Valley High School Women’s Golf Team
Coach Gilozzi’s practice and game schedule is rigorous. From Monday driving range practice, with the focus on club distance and consistency, to chipping and putting, practice 9 holes on Wednesdays, and 9-hole games on Tuesdays & Thursdays, their week is packed with golf. The tournaments are normally on Mondays. The Crow Canyon Country Club is a “gracious and generous host for the women’s and men’s teams.”
Beau Pre Golf Club McKinleyville. Division 2 North Coast Section Championship, October 2019. Sienna (left), Coach Gilozzi, Lauren (right)
To be on the San Ramon Valley team, a no-cut team, each player needs their own set of clubs and provides their own golf balls for games. Each player needs to dress for the requirements of the golf course, which is usually a collared shirt and golf pants, shorts, or skirt, golf shoes, and glove. If you are not a golfer, you would be surprised at the amount of golf clothes that are out there! At each game the golfers have to walk the course since they are not allowed to drive the golf cart. They play one school at a time, each team with 6 players, but only the top 5 scores are counted. They are responsible for keeping their score and the score of the players in their foursome - it is based on an honor system.
San Ramon Valley Parents, if your daughter doesn’t have a fall sport, this is the one! Take her to the driving range, get her on the course, and bring her friends along!
Lynne Harrosh is an avid golfer and traveler. Follow her on Facebook & Instagram @TeeItUpTravel to get connected to the best places to golf, golf technology, golf equipment, discounts on green fees, stay & plays, and golf travel - lynneharrosh@me.com
