BOILING SPRINGS, SC - After a stellar five-year career that has seen her become one of the most decorated golfers in Boiling Springs history, Madison Dixon is approaching her senior season with a lot of goals left to accomplish and memories to soak up.
Dixon has been a starter for the Boiling Springs girls golf program since she was a seventh grader where she has earned All-Region honors each of those five years, while also being named All-State in her eighth and ninth grade seasons. She also has won medalist honors in at least one match or tournament in each of her five seasons of playing for the Bulldogs. In her sophomore and junior seasons, she won medalist honors in a combined 16 different events and capped off her junior season winning the Region III-5A individual title to be named the Region Player of the Year. She also won the individual Upper State championship as a sophomore. Dixon said that being a senior this year seems unreal and real all at the same time as it has been a long journey since she started with the Bulldogs. "It does and kind of doesn't feel like I've been here this long," said Dixon. "I've been playing on the team since I was in seventh grade and at that age you talk about looking forward to being a senior and now that it's finally here it's just crazy." Dixon will mark the last Boiling Springs player that played on the former combined team with them and Chesnee, which included both Dixon and now Clemson golfer Sydney Roberts. She said that she looks forward to carrying on the tradition of success that those golfers have accomplished after leaving high school. "All the girls off those teams have gone on to play college golf and have done really well at that level," said Dixon. "I'm really excited to see how they continue to grow, and I hope to be the last one out of that group to move on to play college golf next season." Outside the high school season, she has also represented the Bulldogs in numerous tournaments across the country including the National High School Invitational at the Pinehurst Resort where she finished 29th out of a field of 245 girls. As she goes into her senior season Dixon said that her goal as a senior is to be a good leader and set an example for her younger teammates but that she also has some personal goals as well. "My goal as a senior is to lead the team and set an example for the younger players," said Dixon. "I want to hopefully inspire them on what they can accomplish in years after I'm gone from here. On the personal side, each year I set a goal of lowering my average from the previous year and I of course want to do that again this year and hopefully make All-Tournament teams while winning medalist honors at as many events as I can this year." She said that getting to return to a local region in her senior year is nice as well, even though she'll miss the players she met over the last two years in the Fort Mill area. "It was nice getting to meet those girls around the Fort Mill area and I'll miss seeing them but it's nice being back around here seeing the girls I grew up playing against from teams like Byrnes and Dorman," said Dixon. "It's nice getting to play against the other girls locally that are like family and it's a lot more fun that way." Dixon said that while she is looking forward to her senior season, it has been hard to keep the thoughts about her future at the college level off her mind as her college recruitment ended just recently as she committed to USC-Upstate earlier in August. "It was hard not to think about it because if you play a bad hole, you think a school may not want you because of that," said Dixon. "But I learned you have to keep that out of your mind because the colleges recruiting you know what kind of player you are besides just one shot in a tournament, or they wouldn't be looking at you." Off of the golf course Dixon says that she's looking forward to her senior year because she now gets to participate in the events that were only for seniors in years prior. "I'm really excited about my senior year because it never felt like it was going to get here when I was younger," said Dixon. "I look forward to participating in senior night and senior night at the football game along with all the senior activities. I'm just happy it's finally my turn to be the senior." She said that going into this final season she wants to really soak in every moment and that some of her favorites are the car rides to and from events. "The car rides to and from tournaments are some of my favorite moments because we just jam out to music like One Direction and go to eat as a team," said Dixon. "It's not just the golf because I'm going to be friends with these girls forever and just getting to be around them has been the best part of the whole experience." Dixon teed off her senior season last Thursday against Mauldin at Holly Tree Golf Course where she won medalist honors. She will play her first home match of her senior season on Tuesday against Gaffney before competing in the Lady Rebel Invitational at River Falls on August 30th. The Bulldogs girl's golf senior night, where they'll honor Dixon, will be October 5th at Woodfin Ridge against Mauldin and Chesnee. Comments are closed.
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