{"id":7168,"date":"2017-11-20T08:26:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T13:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=7168"},"modified":"2017-12-03T21:06:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T02:06:11","slug":"hole-one-earns-first-colonial-student-second-state-golf-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/hole-one-earns-first-colonial-student-second-state-golf-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Third career hole-in-one helps golfer clinch second state championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Colonial High School\u2019s Carley Rudolf is the 2017 Virginia High School League Girls Golf Co-Champion, but this is not her first time achieving this feat.<\/p>\n

She clinched the VHSL championship in 2015 as a freshmen and this year, as a junior, tied as co-champion. At the state championship, played Oct. 24 at Independence Golf Club in Midlothian, Rudolf also achieved something that most golfers don\u2019t accomplish in a lifetime: sinking a hole-in-one.<\/p>\n

That was her third career hole-in-one.<\/p>\n

Her first hole-in-one was at the U.S. Kids Golf Championship for golfers ages 13-18.<\/p>\n

Since that time, she has played numerous tournaments and always garnered a Top 5 finish at the Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour, the largest girls-only tour in the nation, according to the organization\u2019s website, and a tournament that carries the namesake of the legendary iconic golfer who advocated for women\u2019s golf.<\/p>\n

Rudolf picked up the golf bug at the invitation of another woman: her grandmother.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI started playing when I was 11 years old,\u201d Rudolf said. \u201cMy grandma took me to Owl\u2019s Creek, which is now closed down, and that was it. I was in love with the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

One month later, Rudolf entered and won her first tournament which she fondly recalls earned her $100 from her grandparents.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy grandmother said that she would give me $100 if I placed first, second or third place,\u201d Rudolf said. \u201cShe didn\u2019t know there were only two players.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rudolf, who has a 0.6 golf handicap, is looking forward to next year\u2019s state championship.<\/p>\n

If she wins at state next year, she will have earned the most VHSL girls\u2019 golf titles in the past 15 years, according to VHSL available records.<\/p>\n

As far as playing at the college level, Rudolf says that \u201chopefully I will continue playing in college. I definitely want to get a scholarship.\u201d<\/p>\n

She has her sights set on Virginia Tech and plans to pursue a career in broadcast journalism.<\/p>\n

Will she join the professional golf tour after college?<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to want to join the tour 100 percent but I just want to experience college and see where it takes me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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