An Under Appreciated Sport at Hopkinton High

By Nicole Mitchell

Hopkinton High School has a great athletics department with State Champions in almost every sport. Parents, students, teachers, and people from the community all come to watch all the games in all the sports, except one. This one team that the high school has receives very little publicity is the golf team. When asked about the golf team, Laura Jones commented, “The golf team is a very under appreciated sport in our school that deserves more publicity and praise.” Most people do not even knows who is on the golf team or what their record is. Once this information came out, it was decided that the golf team would have to be investigated a little more.

New this year, the golf team changed where they practice. They used to practice at Dustin’s Country Club, but now the golf team travels to Country Club of New Hampshire to get their practice in. The golf team usually practices three or four times a week with an optional practice on weekends. They normally have meets two or three times a week. At the end of the season, the golf team has tournaments. Tyler Guilmette, co-captian of the team, commented on how the score is kept in golf by saying, “To keep score we use the scorecards that they provide at the golf course. Out of all the teams that were competing, the team with the lowest score wins.” This year the golf team includes, Curtis Fraser, Jake Lessels, Jack Hastings, Alex White, Ben Olimpio, Colin O’keefe, Sam Winslow, Taylor Cloutier, Josh Coe, Betty Wallingford and Tyler Guilmette. Curtis Frasier co-captians with Guilmette, and the coach is Jeff Cahill.

When asked how many years we have had a golf team, Tyler Guilmette responded, “I think we have had a golf team for about forty years now.” Guilmette has been on the golf team for four years now and when asked what he likes about the golf team, he said, “Golf team is wonderful because it allows you to be outdoors, enjoying the weather and the beautiful course. It’s a nice break from being in school all day. I also have a good time with everyone on golf team, and share great memories with everyone… Golf is a very difficult sport that takes a lot of patience but when you get the hang of it its a great time.” Guilmette also commented on what got him into golf by saying his grandfather got him into the sport when he was younger.