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Another U.S. Girls' Junior Championship is now in the books, and our champion is Amy Anderson of Oxbow, N.D. Not exactly a hotbed of golf, but the state has now produced four USGA champions, including 1984 U.S. Mid-Amateur winner Michael Podolak, who is a member at Oxbow Country Club, where Anderson plays.
Here are some other interesting facts about our champion:
- She will attend North Dakota State in the fall on a golf/academic scholarship.
- She scored 31 out of a possible 36 on the ACT, which is another college boards exam that many students take over the SAT.
- She can play the piano and violin
- Her competitive golf season consists of three months, June, July and August, although she can play for five months before it gets too cold.
- She does do some indoor work in the offseason to stay sharp
- Her golf coach is actually an amateur (Dale Helm), who lives an hour away in Mayville. Mayvill is north of Fargo while Oxbow is 10 miles south of Fargo.
- She also is actively involved in church activities.
- She was home-schooled and graduated a year early so she could start college with her brother Nathan. Nathan also is a strong golfer and served as her caddie this week at Trump National Golf Club.
Anderson now will drive with her family to Ohio for next week's PGA Junior Championship, but is unsure if she'll go home from there or compete in the U.S. Women's Amateur. She now has a two-year exemption into that championship (2009 and 2010).
It's a tough one to turn down considering it's one of the great amateur events in the world. Then again, Anderson never has been one to play much golf outside of North Dakota, so you never know.
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