Christine Fields, pride of the pack.
There’s no one to fall back on. It’s all her.
Christine Fields is unique at Coupeville High School, the only golfer to tee off repping the red and black. And with back-to-back top 15 finishes at the 1A state tournament, the junior has more than held her own.
Since CHS doesn’t field a team, Fields trains and travels with South Whidbey, but competes as a one-woman Wolf wrecking crew.
The past two seasons, when she placed 8th and 15th at state, older brother Austin, a state meet regular himself, made the trek down Island with her.
He’s a freshman at New Mexico State University this year, so she’s flying solo now.
Having a well-established relationship with her friendly rivals at SWHS helps.
“The Falcon team has been REALLY welcoming to me and my golf game,” Fields said. “Falcon coach Tom Sage has been so understanding and definitely has my back in the golf season!
“I never feel that much like an opponent until I’m on the course; even then I’m still cheered on by them and I give props to the girls on the Falcon team as well!,” she added. “They’re fun to travel and practice with! But, in the end, I’m without a doubt a Wolf!”
On the course she has been a consistent winner since day one, and while she can’t carry Coupeville to any team wins playing one-on-five, she can, and does, consistently medal by shooting the low score in matches.
Fields credits her memory, or better still, the ability to not use her memory at times.
“A strength that I don’t see too often in the field, that I have, is being able to not keep a shot-by-shot score in my head,” she said. “It allows me to focus on each shot instead of the ending round score.”
As she heads into her third season on the high school links, Fields is aiming for a return to the state meet and taking another crack at a top ten finish. Making the All-Cascade Conference team would be a good kick-off to her postseason.
Having worked hard on improving every facet of her game, she still has areas she’d like to tweak a bit.
“This year I’m especially looking to up my short game skill, which is really what makes the low scores, as well as the consistency in my swing.”
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