By Ryan Duffy
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The men’s varsity golf team hits the links again to start off a new season. Chad Carr starts his second season as the varsity head coach for the golf program, and said he is feeling good about the team this year.
“Our team will be young. We have no returning players from last year who are current seniors,” Carr said. “But I am optimistic about the season because I know I am surrounded by a bunch of dedicated players who want to improve every day.”
Junior player Connor O’Neal said he also feels pretty good about the team’s chances for success this season. “We lost four key seniors, but we have a few other juniors who have a lot of talent,” O’Neal said. “I’m confident all of them will do great throughout the year.”
Carr said he thinks that the team will need to improve its game around the greens to have success this season, along with just overall experience. “Getting experience is going to help us tremendously,” Carr said. “I would say that we are going to focus a majority of our season on the short game.”
O’Neal said that steady play is his biggest concern for this season. “We definitely need to play consistent,” O’Neal said. “We had a few players last year who shot a few lows and a few highs and we really need to improve on eliminating high scores and careless mistakes.”
Though the team has lost many of its varsity players from last season, Carr said he thinks the team will be able to play just as well as it did last year. “(We can match our success) without a doubt,” Carr said. “But it will take a lot of hard work and dedication to achieve our goals.”
O’Neal said he thinks that they will be a contender again this season as well. “I’m feeling we could be a surprise team. We have zero returning seniors, so we’re pretty young, but full of talent,” O’Neal said.
“I’m looking forward to coaching these individuals this season. (And) despite our youth I believe we can accomplish great things,” Carr said. “We will fly under the radar for most of the season, but hopefully we’ll be peaking at the right time and make it to the finals. From there, it’s anyone’s game.”
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