VSGA Women’s Division Junior Girl of the Year
HOLLANDSWORTH
2013
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Captured the VSGA Junior Girls’
Championship for a second
consecutive year.
Reached the final of the VSGA Women’s
Amateur Championship.
In October, she notched a six-stroke
victory at the Group A state championship;
Hollandsworth’s individual championship
matched the pair of Group A titles her
older sister, Jessica, won for Floyd in
2004 and 2007.
HOMETOWN: Floyd, Va.
HOME CLUB: Great Oaks Country Club, Floyd, Va.
HIGH SCHOOL: Senior at Floyd County High School
in Jessica’s shadow anymore,’ ” Amanda says.
“I think people sometimes take it the wrong
way when I say that I want to get out of my
sister’s shadow. She was a great player and
being able to look up to her has made me a
better player because I’m constantly pushing
myself to improve. If I didn’t have her, I
wouldn’t be half the player that I am because
I wouldn’t have pushed myself as far as I have
to this point.”
WHAT’S NEXT: Hollandsworth will attend
Virginia T
ech on a golf scholarship starting
in the fall of 2014.
OFF THE COURSE: In March 2013,
Amanda scored a career-high 26 points
and grabbed 10 rebounds to help Floyd
County’s women’s basketball team to a
72-62 victory over Central-Wise in the
Group A Division 2 championship game.
QUICK TIP: “Even though I’m a long hitter,
I don’t feel as though I swing hard—unless
I’m really mad,” Hollandsworth says with a
laugh. “You can swing 100 mph and still hit
the ball off the heel or toe of the club or you
can swing slower, hit it right in the center and
the ball will travel farther—for miles it seems.
If you’re struggling with your driver, during a
practice session, take time to hit some practice
balls with your driver at a tempo that will send
the ball only about 100 yards initially, move
up to 150 yards and incrementally from that
point. Continue to increase your swing speed
at a rate where you remain in control of your
motion. If the ball starts travelling sideways as
you swing harder, your ball flight is sending
you a message—you’ve probably exceeded
the capacity that is ideal for your body and
swing characteristics. Stay under control and
swing at a speed that yields solid contact.”
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IN HER OWN WORDS: Amanda’s older
sister, Jessica, was twice a winner of the
VSGA Junior Girls’ Championship and set
the event’s 36-hole scoring record in 2007.
She later went on to star at the University
of Maryland, where she was a three-time allAtlantic Coast Conference selection.
Amanda admits that having a high
achieving sibling has been a motivator.
“When I signed with (her college choice)
Virginia T
ech in the fall, my mom (Susan)
looked at me and said, ‘I don’t think you’re
Amanda Hollandsworth, who is known to blister
her tee shots uncanny lengths, says her length is
derived from relying on controlled power.
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