Kesta Fang also contributed to this article.
With a strong start to their season, the golf team has won several games and is showing great progress throughout the opening of their season. In one of the first matches of the season, a tri-match, they played against Everett and Medford. While Malden lost to Medford, they did end up beating Everett.
Currently, the golf team has a 4-9 record that they plan to improve as the season goes on.
“We lost to Medford just by a little bit in both those matches. But I mean, we started strong, and we’re even with them for the record,” elaborated Saul Kruckenburg, captain of the golf team. “We’ve been spending our hours of practice well as we get down to business. So I think that if we just keep practicing then we’ll keep improving.”
Sophomore Christopher Macdonald and Freshman Billy Gavin agreed, saying that “We’re off to a hot start. We’ve split almost every match that we’ve played.” Kruckenburg added to that saying, “it’s fun to get to hang out with the team. We have a lot of good people on the team and the coaches are great. So just any day that we get to go to practice or having matches, it’s just exciting to get to go and hang out with the with the guys on the team.”
Kruckenburg continued saying “we have a good, focused team, we’re able to get down to business but we also have lots of fun with each other joking around and whatever.” Elaborating on the healthy relationship the team has, Dante Federico, a sophomore, added, “The mindset was there, the effort was and we were ready.”
Federico continued, saying, “What I like most about golf is even though it’s somewhat solo, you still work together as a team because what you do on the course can make up for somebody else’s actions. Like, alright, you gained a stroke, somebody else can make up [for] that and then by making a birdie or something, it’s still collaborative. And what I like most about the team is our effort and our respect, and we have really good coaches. I’m really grateful for what we have.”
