Written by James Buce
The Harding University Lady Bisons golf team is well on their way through the 2010 season with a number of different golfers leading the team.
The team has been led by freshmen So-Yun Kim and Whitney Ohlhausen. Along with Tara Fuchs, Janelle Galloway, Ragan Muncy and Evelyn Poteet, the team is geared for a successful season.
“The two main things that have changed this year are Whitney Ohlhausen and So-Yun Kim,” Coach Nick Boyd said. “They are both terrific young ladies and outstanding golfers as well.”
Boyd is in his second season as the Lady Bisons coach following 14 years of coaching the men’s team. He has helped establish a feeling of family among the players and nurtured the growth of the women’s program.
“I have loved playing for Harding,” Ohlhausen said. “Coach Boyd is so sweet and encouraging, and my team is really amazing. I love them.”
The team played several tournaments during the fall semester and won the tournament hosted by Harding.
“Our best overall tournament, I think, was last semester at our home tournament when we won,” Ohlhausen said. “But actually this weekend in Villa Rica, Georgia, at West Georgia’s tournament — we won it too.”
Ohlhausen finished second overall in the West Georgia tournament. It was her third top-five finish in six tournaments of play this season. Kim also finished in the top-five for the tournament.
“We had a really good fall season, but I am really proud of the way our team met the challenge last week at the West Georgia tournament,” Boyd said. “On Monday, it was really cold (about 38) and rainy and just miserable conditions. Our team hung in there and then put together a really good round on Tuesday to win the tournament.”
This win followed a disappointing spring season opener at the Lion Invitational, hosted by Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Kim, along with Ohlhausen, has been a strong part of the team. She was recruited by Boyd following the high school state tournamentlast year. She graduated from Arkansas Baptist High School after she moved to the states from South Korea.
Kim has the team lowest score for a single round at a 71 and is second on the team overall in her tournament average at 80.6, just behind Ohlhausen’s 79.6 average.
With the two freshmen on the team, several of the returning players have stepped up their game and improved throughout the season as well.
“Ragan Muncy, a junior, is playing much better this year,” Boyd said.
The team finished seventh last year in the Gulf South Conference and is looking forward to finishing the season on a strong note following their win at the West Georgia tournament this past weekend.
The team is young and with the success this year can look forward to several years on top of the Gulf South Conference.
