Family has a large effect on us whether we realize it or not. Some people get little mannerisms and others get pushed to be better academically, but for the girls and boys golf teams it was playing golf. Multiple athletes and coaches reported that they started playing because someone in their family introduced them to the sport. The person pushing them to play might be different, but in one way or another family has pushed all of them to start playing. 

Junior Karter Segerstrom is a player on the boys golf team. His dad pushed him and his brother to start playing golf. Segerstrom stated, “So my dad really got me and my brother into golf and then after my first lesson I just really liked it.” Segerstrom’s dad impacted both him and his brother. Now Segerstrom is very competitive and enjoys the sport very much.

Scott Uyeshiro is the varsity boys golf coach and a counselor and has been coaching this sport for eleven years, originally he started here coaching the boys team, then he went to coaching girls golf, then back to boys. His father helped him discover golf and pushed him to play. Uyeshiro stated, “I always loved playing golf as a teenager, so I did play baseball, but my dad really liked golf as far as that’s how he got me involved in it.” Uyeshiro described the way that his dad helped start his love for the game and how his adoration for the sport only grew from there. 

Nathan Harder is the coach varsity girls golf and the varsity softball team. Harder discussed the way that his mom got him into golf and helped him find a new passion. Harder said, “I was probably in junior high and one of the coaches I had was doing golf lessons. I don’t even know why my mom did, but she signed me up to take golf lessons.”

Sophomore Blake Franklin is a player on the girls golf team. Franklin has been playing golf for seven years. Her sister is 22 years old and played both in high school and college. When Franklin was asked about who inspired her to start playing she replied, “My sister played, and … I’ve been following in her footsteps.” Franklin was inspired by her sister and her dedication to the sport and decided to play alongside her. 

Their last invitational was The Golf Peaks invitational in Flagstaff which was a two day long tournament. Despite the rough weather conditions it was still a beneficial trip where the teams bonded and built their chemistry. Both the girls and boys teams are optimistic about their future matches.