Golf amateur Ali Kruse wins trophy at Blue Valley North Invitational
Unlike charity, Golf starts from school.
Ali Kruse, a senior student at St. Thomas Aquinas won the regional Blue Valley North Invitational with a victory of five strokes. The tournament, which took place between several schools, was held at the Leawood South Country Club.
The amateur proved her mastery at the back nine, where she has been practicing ever since her junior school.
The participants came with their school coach and in Ali’s case, it was Ryan Best. The coach told the press, “She shot 1 over or 2 over on that back nine and Leawood South is one of the toughest courses we play to score on all year. That was a big confidence booster, especially after coming off last year when she was the medalist a few times and showed that she can compete at that elite level”.
He added that Ali was “2010 All-Metro girls’ golfer”, which was a huge title in the junior level and was presented to a golfer, who won five titles in a year. Generally, expectations rise with added responsibility and create pressure for the player but in her case it did not.
Best went on to say, “She wanted to step it up and be the player to beat, to shoot par or better most rounds as a senior, and she was able to pick up right where she left off. That was great to see. Her mental game plan and preparation is something she really stepped up her senior year”.
Ali Kruse won Shawnee Mission East Invitational and Washburn Rural Invitational in the starting of the year. Later in the season, she laid her eyes on the East Kansas League individual gold and grabbed second place in it.
In addition to this, in October of 2010, Kruse was honoured with the Kenneth Smith Award. She bagged another winner in Kansas 5A state tournament, at Willow Bend Country Club.
The player has completed her high school and has joined Seton Hal for senior year. Let us see what more she has in her treasure box. After all, Cristie Kerr and Michell Wie too, started when they were kids.
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