Boys & Girls Golf

For those who like stats, we encourage you to look through the many pages we’ve compiled detailing the accomplishments of the 166 boys and 23 girls that have played on the TC golf teams.

 

Lorin Shulstad and Ryan Tamashiro each posted school records based on their performance at this year’s Regional Tournament.

The Crusader Cup was contested on December 4th. For only the 2nd time in the 12 year history of the event, the Varsity took the Cup. Read more by using the link at the left.

 

TC will be in fine shape heading into next season. Eleven golfers will be returning including four of this year’s top five golfers.

 

Again this year, an anonymous individual is donated money for birdies and eagles holed at practice and matches. The $275 earned was added to our Kiva account and used to make loans to people in developing countries. We currently have $1,135 in the account and on loan. It is our practice to re-loan any money we receive in payment. You can read more about this unique program here.

 

Date	Golf Course	Time	Opponents	Result
Tues. Aug. 30	The Eagles	4pm	Sickles
Thurs. Sept. 1	Rocky Point	3:30pm	Berkeley Prep
Tues. Sept. 6	Rocky Point	3:30pm	Jesuit
Wed. Sept 7	Tampa Prep	4pm	Westchase
Tues. Sept 13	Hillsborough	3:30pm	Rocky Point
Thurs. Sept 15	The Eagles	4pm	Berkeley Prep
Tues. Sept. 20	MacDill	3pm	Bayshore Christian, CambridgeChristian & Robinson
Thurs. Sept. 22	Cheval	4pm	Jesuit
Mon. Sept. 26	Riverhills	3pm	Newsome
Wed. Sept. 28	Buckhorn	2:30pm	Brandon & Lennard
Tues. Oct. 4	Temple Terrace	3:30pm	King, Jesuit
Weds. Oct 5	Rocky Point	3:30pm	Tampa Prep
Tues. Oct 11	Rogers Park	2pm	Hillsborough & Tampa Bay Tech
Thurs. Oct. 13	Rocky Point	3:30pm	Spoto
Oct. 17 or 18	TBA		District Tournament
Oct. 24 or 25	TBA		Regional Tournament
Week of Oct 30	TBA		State Tournament

In the fall the sport on the mind of most people is football. But in high school fall is also golf season. Mark Twain is said to have suggested that “golf is a good walk, spoiled”. And while every golfer has days when that sentiment is accurate, golf also teaches its practitioners important lessons in life. This may be most true for high school golfers.

Consider the circumstances under which a high school golf match is played. It is a team competition but each player must face the course alone and play every type of shot. The coach can’t substitute a player facing a difficult sand shot with the team “sand player” and when preparing to attempt an important short putt, no time out can be called to discuss strategy or technique.

There are no officials on the course during matches. The players must know the rules and how to apply them – neither of which is an especially easy task. By way of illustrating this last point, here’s a one question quiz: What additional options does a player get after hitting into a lateral (red) water hazard instead of a regular (yellow) water hazard? Click here for the answer.

Further, golf is the only sport where players are obligated to access penalties on themselves. It is nearly impossible to imagine a football defensive back calling pass interference on himself. Yet a golfer who, for instance, grounds his club in a sand trap must take a two stoke penalty whether anyone else sees the incident or not.

It is not hard to see the applications to life off the golf course. Scripture teaches us that those that are faithful in small things will be entrusted with larger responsibilities. In the context of life, a player calling a two shot penalty on himself in a golf match is a small matter but it speaks volumes about the character of that player.

High school golf does indeed teach life lessons. Honesty, integrity, character, perseverance, and patience are just a few things our TC students can learn through this sport. We wish them well in their golf and their future.

Donation for the 2010-2011 Season:    $275.00

For the seventh consecutive season an anonymous individual is showing his support for Kiva and the TC Golf Teams by pledging to donate money to our Kivaaccount based on the number of birdies and eagles scored by the golfers.  For the first four years the donation has gone to the Lance Armstrong Foundation. In the past 3 seasons the money has been sent to our Kiva account which the team uses to make micro-loans to people in developing countries. We encourage you to visit the Kiva website at http://www.kiva.org/.

Ten dollars is donated for every birdie scored by the players in match play and $5 for every birdie scored at practice. These amounts are doubled for eagles.

Season	Practice Birdies	Match Birdies	Match Eagles	Donation	Player w/ most match eagles	Player w/ most match birdies	Player w/ most practice birdies
Fall 2004	Not included in donation	14		$140.00	n/a	Jason Sproat	n/a
Fall 2005	15	15		$225.00	n/a	Derek Sierra – 10	Trent Stoker – 6
Fall 2006	12	26		$320.00	n/a	Tommy Spitale – 9	Will Knox – 4
Fall 2007	14	39	1	$480.00	Tommy Spitale - 1	Trent Stoker – 18.5	Trent Stoker - 7
Fall 2008	48	24	1	$500.00	Tommy Spitale - 1	Tommy Spitale & Trent Stoker – 9	Patrick Reed- 15
Fall 2009	26	23		$360.00	n/a	Nick Sarich – 9	Nick Sarich - 5
Fall 2010	23	16		$275.00	n/a	Max Miller – 6	Ryan Tamashiro - 6

                                                Total Donation to date:                     $2,300.00

                                                Total Kiva Donation to date:            $1,145.00