August 18th came quicker than I ever imagined it was going to. My summer was filled with so much. I golfed in several tournaments and worked at a local golf course. The main event of my summer was visiting Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for a week with my entire family. We went to celebrate my grandparents’ 50th wedding anniversary. It was the first time in 6 years that my entire dad’s side of the family has been together. We went horseback riding, zip-lining, jet skiing, swimming in the Pacific Ocean, and even got massages at the house (we had rented a villa for the family instead of staying at a resort).

After my trip to Mexico, the rest of the summer flew and soon I was packing up my car and driving back here to Ohio.

Golf camp started the 19th and we’ve been going strong ever since. This year we have everyone returned as well as 4 new freshman. As soon as camp started, it was looking like it was going to be another good year for us. Our first tournament was in Lima, OH for UNOH’s invitational. What started out as an interesting journey ended in a big success. Let me explain… 

The morning of the tournament we were supposed to meet Coach outside the dorms at 5:45am, so fellow teammate and roommate Nikki Kulasa and I set our alarm for 5:30am. Well apparently 5:30 came and went and we were woken up to the sound of Abbey pounding on our door at 5:41am. After a sprint to get ready and outside, we were on our way. Everything was going smoothly until we all woke up to Coach pulling over to the side of the road. We had a flat tire. So, 2 hours later, we were finally back on the highway trying to make it to the course on time. We made it with some time to spare, so had a short warm up and began playing. With the morning we had had, who would have thought that the day would start going well? We broke the school record for a team score by shooting a 317 (which also happens to be 20 strokes lower than our best score last year). I also broke the individual score record by shooting an even par 72! I was backed up by Nikki, who shot an 80, Katie Ko (one of our freshman) who shot an 81, Abbey who shot 84 and Kelsey (another freshman) who shot 85.

The second day went just as well for us but we had 3 girls in the 70s. I shot a 79, Nikki 78, Katie 77, Abbey 83 and Kelsey 87. So we shot another 317; nothing like consistency We won the tournament by 20 strokes, beating St. Francis, UNOH, Madonna, Defiance, and Indiana Tech. I took first, Nikki 2nd and Katie 3rd. It was a very successful weekend.

After the excitement from the tournament, we came back to a Walsh campus filled with the incoming freshman. We joined in on the festivities of the evening (a giant slip n’ slide, ice cream, and music). The following day, everyone else moved back in. It was really great to see everyone again. I’ve missed them all while I was in Jersey. 

Monday brought on the first day of classes, and everything was back to how it had been last year. My classes do not seem very bad at the moment, but I’m sure they will all get a bit more intense. To name some of my classes, I have Physiological Psych, Social Research Methods, Physics, and Honors World Lit. I can’t tell which class will be my favorite yet, but I’ll let you know how they all go as time progresses. 

As for now, I’ve already got some reading I need to do, and then its up early for a team workout session. Fun fun! 

I hope you all had a wonderful summer! And I can’t wait to see what unfolds this semester!

Kim

PS!! We have a home tournament at Sanctuary Golf Course in North Canton September 14th and 15th. Come out and support Walsh’s women’s Golf Team! Questions, please feel free to contact me.