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Laney Frye ( @laneyfrye11 ) is a junior at the University of Kentucky. As a freshman at UK she had a stroke average of 73.5 and had 2 Top 10s. As a sophomore, she had a stroke average of 72.1 and 4 Top 10s. During this summer, she qualified for the US Women’s Open, played in the Shoprite LPGA Classic, was co-medalist of the stroke play for the US Women’s Amateur, and came in 2nd place in the Sea I...

Austin Squires ( @AustinSquires7 ) explains what he learned about preparing and staying engaged in tournaments at the junior, college, and professional levels of golf. Austin Squires is a professional golfer who played college golf at the University of Cincinnati. As a freshman, his stroke average was 76. As a sophomore and junior, he improved his stroke average to 71.92 and 71.91, respectively, a...

Evan Davis ( @evandavis2 ) just finished playing college golf at Belmont, where he set the school scoring record multiple times (most recently 70.19). Evan won the OVC Championship in 2020. As a junior golfer, Evan played multiple sports until he decided to focus on golf. He shares how he has tried to keep his swing athletic and how he focuses on taking one shot at a time. Evan plans to play profe...

Leo Herrera ( @LH3golf ) explains how to he got used to feeling nerves and performing under pressure in big tournaments. Leo Herrera played at University of Central Florida for the 2020 season. Prior to UCF, Leo was an elite amateur golfer who won the AJGA Jim Bell Memorial in 2017, won the AJGA BishopsGate Golf Academy Junior Championship in 2019, and won the USGA Four Ball with Kiko Coelho. Leo...

Will Holcomb V ( @WillHolcombV ) explains how he went from playing on a 9-hole course in Crockett, Texas to beating the #1 and #2 ranked golfers in the country at the U.S. Amateur in 2019. Will played golf at Sam Houston State and led them to their first NCAA National Championship appearance. Now, he plays professionally and won his first event at the All Pro Tour Victoria Open in April. --- Follo...

Jacob Cook ( @Big_Cookie5 ) tells us how he got to college, realized how good the competition was, and leveled up. As a junior golfer, Jacob played in a variety of high-level tournaments, such as the Western Junior and the Callaway Junior World Championship, and holds the record for the longest playoff in AJGA history. Outside of college, played in the 2021 US Amateur, and qualified for US Open Se...

Daniel Booker ( @daniel_booker ) explains how to best prepare for golf tournaments from his experience as a player, college coach, and swing instructor. Daniel played golf at Belmont University and started off strong as a freshman by winning OVC Freshman of the Year. After a lull due to a swing change, Daniel finished off his senior season with 7 Top 20 finishes, with 3 of those being Top 10. Now,...

Keenan Hickton ( @keenbean1295 ) explains how he didn’t start playing tournament golf until high school, but immediately converted his high school game into solid college play and started on his college golf team as a freshman. Keenan played golf at Emory University and improved his scoring average in college by a stroke every year. He is #9 on the school's all-time scoring list. Now, he is an ass...