State consisted of quiet whispers, an overabundance of walking, and copious amount of water, but none of these stopped the three girls who went. Senior Rachel Larberg, and juniors Maddie Locke and Marti Collantes all went to  state. This was Larberg’s last golf tournament of her high school career and she ended it with a bang, placing in the top 50 with a score of a 94.

“The course was really tough but overall the three of us pushed through,” Larberg said.

During state, there were a couple of already spoken rules when attending state. The first: no noise. It was shameful and rude to talk loudly or make a sudden noise messing up someone’s backstroke or causing them to putt too hard. Another rule was having a conversation or touching the players. The judges were uptight on what you say to the players, because you could be giving them information or coaching that would give you a upper hand. Touching someone, as in giving a player a hug or high fiving a player, could get them disqualified. One more rule while on the course was where you stood. Standing in the wrong places could give you nasty stare downs or quiet whispers saying “move back a bit”. Besides the rules, I realized that golf is really interesting and tedious but can bring you to the edge of your seat (or the sidewalk).