The team is hungry, and wants to take the next step this season. To get to that next step in the spring, the women have to prepare themselves during the critical fall season beginning this weekend, Sept. 19 to 21, when the Crimson Tide will be in Franklin, Tennessee for the Mason Rudolph Championship
“Well, the thing I’m looking for is for us to continue to improve,” said coach Mic Potter. “It’s a long season, having both a fall and spring segment, and a championship segment being in the spring. Every tournament is a chance to prove ourselves, of course, but it is also a chance to find out where we are and what we need to improve on.”
The team will be looking for a new leader this year. All-American Stephanie Meadow graduated at the end of last season, so now the reins have been passed on, likely to junior Emma Talley.
“Emma Talley is a junior, and she had a fantastic summer, making the cut in the U.S. Open, clinching the winning point for the U.S. Curtis Cup team and winning the Amateur at the British Open,” Potter said. “They’re definitely credentials worthy of being a college team leader. So we expect a lot from her, and she expects a lot from herself.”
Talley played alongside Meadow for the United States in the Curtis Cup, the top trophy for women’s amateur golfers. The championship came down to Sunday, when Talley clinched the match for the U.S. with a 4-3 win over England’s Bronte Law. Talley’s performance befit the winner of the 2013 U.S Women’s Amateur Championship.
“It really was just a great experience for me,” she said. “Everything that happened this summer I hope will make me a better player for this fall and spring, and a better player in the future.”
