If you are interested in playing girls golf at St. Pius X, please reach out to Ms. Braham (rbraham@spx.org).
Basic Standards of Golf
A cornerstone of the SPX Golden Lion Golf program is to develop proper awareness and exhibition of etiquette, sportsmanship, and maximization of talent among all golfers. From the start of the process, however, there are basic elements which a player must demonstrate. The following itemized list may assist players in that process.
All team candidates, prior to making the team, should be able to:
- Contact Ms. Braham for details on the girls golf team. Girls on the team do play year-round so material is available upon request. We firmly encourage getting started the minute you have interest!
- #1 – MUST HAVE a current (dated after 1 May) physical on file and other supporting documentation in PlanetHS to participate in any golf activities.
- Walk nine holes of golf in a foursome in approximately 2:30
- Must have your own clubs (meaning that you cannot share clubs with another golfer in your pairing)
- Finish a hole without causing undue delay for the rest of the group
- Appreciate the nature of silence during a player’s address and swing, putting lines, and playing visibility lines
- Locate their own golf ball without assistance
- Understand when to place a provisional ball into play, and when to drop a new ball into play
- Treat their fellow competitors as they themselves would wish to be treated
- Respect the golf course facility, staff, and other non-Pius golfers on the course….this means that players mind their manners and act in a dignified manner at all times
- Properly repair damage made to the golf course through the normal course of play (fix ball marks, kick in divots, and discard all trash appropriately…even if you didn’t do it!)
- Refrain from emotional outbursts that demonstrate a lack of maturity or reveal an athlete’s inability to keep from disgracing him/herself
- Cleanly strike a golf ball (no whiffs, shanks, or skulls) almost all (90% or more) of the time
- Know and enforce the basic USGA Rules of Golf
- Rangefinders are welcome and encouraged; they may calculate distance ONLY per GHSA rules, and cannot be a phone app or other GPS model
- Wear golf shoes OR tennis shoes to play
- Have appropriate rain/wind gear at all times
Golfers are encouraged to have notes about rules, swing coach instructions, club use, etc. in their possession during all play time. Golfers should access those notes regularly as it is impossible to keep everything in your head!
**PRE/POST SEASON REQUIREMENTS
Golden Lion Golf is competitive at the local and state level, and our varsity team is firmly committed to winning a State Championship. Girls who come out for tryouts and join the golf team are committing to play golf for the season as well as take lessons and play in off-season tournaments. Girls’ golf is a year round commitment that we take very seriously.
Girls must commit to utilizing a public or private driving range weekly/bi-weekly to continue developing skills.
Girls must commit to taking weekly lessons during season as well as off season from a certified swing coach. Girls also commit to weekly conditioning to gain better physical endurance and fitness to be competitive golfers.
