The Bolles School Rising Golf Player

Written by: Sabrina Sclater | Photos submitted by: Tori Mouton

Tori Mouton, a junior at The Bolles School, has been playing golf half her life.

“I’ve been playing since I was eight years old,” said Mouton. “I am 17 now which has been about nine years. “My dad played golf and he introduced it to me when I was seven years old, but I wasn’t really interested until one day I wanted to stay out there longer and started playing.”

Mouton has an incredible passion when it comes to playing golf. While playing, she describes that she feels strong, engrained, and long-lasting. For her, she expresses to have a unique style as a player, “I trust myself but I’m a feel player and I’m not necessarily technical so if I feel like I can do something then I go with my gut and instinct,” she explained.

With golf being a huge part of her life, it has helped shaped her into the person she is now.

“With golf, it has helped me to learn quickly that you can never give up because anything can happen at any given time,” said Mouton. “You just have to keep fighting through it no matter what and it has given me a lot of perseverance.”

Not only has golf shaped Mouton’s life, but it has created different opportunities such as competing around Florida. She describes being thankful to be able to experience it all.

“Golf has taken me to a lot of places,” she said. “I traveled so much and got to go to different places. I got to experience a lot of different cultures. Also, if it wasn’t for golf, I wouldn’t be here at a college prep school.”

Unfortunately, many sports were reshaped due to the modification of the COVID-19 pandemic, but golf generally stayed the same with just a few adjustments. Despite an unpredictable season, Mouton had a phenomenal fall season as she managed to perform substantially despite the few changes.

“It didn’t necessarily affect the high school season, but it did individually,” she said. “I can only talk to [college] coaches, but they can’t come out to see me or watch me play. I can’t have official visits or anything so that has really effected everything.”

During the season, nothing was able to stop the rising junior as she shot her career low of 64 earlier in the season. Concluding the golf season, Mouton finished as state runner-up in the FHSAA Class 1A Golf Tournament at Las Colinas with a final round of 3-under 69.

As college is gradually approaching for Mouton, she plans on attending a major D1 university that she’s able to fit in and call home for the next four years. “Golf has taken me to a lot of places. I traveled so much and got to go to different places. I got to experience a lot of different cultures. Also, if it wasn’t for golf, I wouldn’t be here at a college prep school.”

— Tori Mouton