Junior golfers Sophomore Mia Landegren

Junior golfers Sophomore Mia Landegren

Landegren, who, in her role as Shepaug’s number one plays against the top male players on opposing teams, revels in being a member of an all-boys team. In fact, she finds motivation in going against good male players.“I really look forward to competing against the guys because I’ve always played against girls. I think it gives me a competitive The Hot News Of Augusta National edge Mark Wilson Masters Golfing Technique when I do play against girls, and I like playing from farther back on the tee. It makes me work harder.”Said head coach Al Ciarlo, “Mia means everything to our team, when you realize that she led us last year to a decent season as a freshman playing number one. She will have to shoulder even more of a load this season since we graduated two seniors, Samian Roy and Cory Soetbeer, and are only returning one, Ross MacKay. Ross has to move from number four to number two, Spencer Ylagan moves from five to three, and Zach Krin moves to number four with very little varsity experience.”

The coach added of his young star, who won’t turn 16 until the summer, “Mia sets the bar very high for herself. I’m expecting her to be the number one player in this league since Alex DiClemente of Lewis Mills has graduated. We are depending on her to give us that three to five stroke lead from her spot.”Ciarlo said Landegren makes everyone around her better because other players are inspired to work on their game more when they observe her work ethic.