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Caroline Curtis
VSGA JUNIOR GIRLS’ GOLFER OF THE YEAR
HOME CLUB: Hermitage Country Club
HIGH SCHOOL: Collegiate School, Richmond
2015 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
» The 14-year-old Curtis, seeded fourth,
CHAMPIONSHIP MOMENT
The victory in Myrtle Beach was a breakthrough first in an AJGA open tournament. “The most exciting moment was
on 18. I had a one-stroke lead and I hit my
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OFF THE COURSE
Caroline is a freshman at Collegiate. She
gave up playing school basketball this year
(they will miss her height), but she has attended as many games as possible to cheer
for her friends who still play. She stepped
away from tournament golf after an AJGA
tournament at Thanksgiving and was fitted
for new clubs in December. She has been
working on her game and fitness: “not just
golf, but everything that comes with it.”
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reached the semifinals of the VSGA
Women’s Amateur Championship at
the Country Club of Fairfax.
» Tied for 10th at the VSGA Women’s
Stroke Play Championship.
» Medalist (7-under-par 65 at Willow
Oaks CC) in Richmond Women’s
Golf Association Championship and
reached semifinals.
» Won AJGA Greg Norman Champions
Golf Academy Championship in
Myrtle Beach, S.C.; finished fifth in
AJGA Toyota Music City Junior in
Nashville, Tenn.
» Invited to AJGA Nike Junior All-Star
Invitational.
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Curtis’s focus is on the mental side of the
game, “on keeping steady and not getting
too high or too low and just maintaining
composure during the whole round to
score better. Once I’m done with a hole I
write the score down before I tee off on
the next hole so I can just forget about
[that one] and just focus on the hole I have
ahead and just go shot by shot.”
shot to about 15 feet from the hole. I kind
of knew I had it and so I was able to let go
of all the anxiety and it was just a really,
really exciting moment for me.”
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