By KATIE LACKEY, Sports Editor
It was by chance she was introduced to the game of golf.
Kennedy Jewell, a sophomore at Northwestern from Sherman, Texas, got her start in golf when she was a sophomore in high school.
It was at a TopGolf driving range that a friend of hers noticed Jewell’s ability to swing a golf club. From there, the high school golf coach convinced Jewell to come out to practice. Jewell instantly fell in love with the game.
Jewell doesn’t have any major game day routines except she must eat a big breakfast and be wearing matching socks.
The fall season of golf has come to an end, but it will start up again in the spring. Jewell’s goal for this past fall season was to beat her lowest college round from last year and she did just that. Her best score was an 83.
“My motivation to be the best at golf comes from myself because I know I have so much potential to become a better player,” Jewell said. “There is always going to be room for improvement, and I strive to reach that.”
Even though Jewell had a successful season, golf doesn’t come without struggles. “My biggest struggle in golf is the difficulty of forgetting the bad shots I make rather than remembering all of the good ones,” Jewell said.
Her favorite golf course to play on is Hardscrabble Country Club in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and her favorite experience from golf is all the team bonding that occurs in the vans on the way to golf tournaments.
Cole Ward, a teammate to Jewell, has had the chance to travel and play golf with Jewell for the past year and a half. Ward, a junior from Kennedale, Texas, said, “She’s always fired up and ready to go.”
Ward also said she has a great attitude towards wanting to get better and a great work ethic to go along with it.
Jewell said she strives to be as hardworking and kind hearted as her mother. Her mother always pushes her to be the absolute best, whether it be in school or on the golf course, but Jewell said if it wasn’t for her high school golf coach she wouldn’t be where she is today.
“Playing golf has taught me lots and lots of patience,” Jewell said. “It has also taught me that some things are going to be out of my control on the golf course, and the only thing I can do is learn to adapt to the situations.”