By: Andres Luis Makilan, Staff Writer

As the fall sports season comes to an end and winter sports tryouts begin to emerge, the Girls Golf team reflect on their seasons and for what’s to come. Throughout the season, they have worked hard and competed to the best of their abilities to reach PALs. At the end of the regular season, the team finished 4-3, allowing a third place finish in their division, which was enough to make PALs. “I thought it was pretty cool to make PALs,” says Girls Golf team member Angelina Chen (11).

She elaborated on her answer, saying that the team has gone every other year, but this year the team had made it with all of the team members being able to go. She continued, saying,“It was really nice to play a championship round with the whole team and all the girls.”

It wasn’t all about the team though, as PALs are an individual event, and individual events mean individual performances. The team had an all around feeling of improvement following the regular season, with team member Kayli Tsang (11) saying that she “dropped lots of scores,” but also feeling like that there is room for more improvement. Team member Katie Chun (11) agreed with the sentiment, stating,“The second half, I hadn’t played the back line since last year, so no practice. I did pretty bad, but I did improve.”

Usually, it’s common practice to have a game plan coming into such an important event. For Chun (11), it’s the opposite. “Oh, I never have a plan when it comes to golf.” She continues, saying that her “plan” was to make the match a pressure-less environment and to just have fun, as she herself said that she performs better in low pressure situations rather than high pressure ones.

The team shares a sense of accomplishment from this season, but their sights are already set on what’s next. “I think we made a lot of progress this year, so I’m satisfied with the season overall,” Chen (11) says. “But I think the next year will be even better, and I hope PALs, especially next year, will go better.”