In front of a large group of family, friends, and teammates one of the original members of the Chesnee girls golf team, Sydney Roberts, teed off for the final time at Meadowbrook Golf Course as a member of the Eagles team against a familiar foe.
Roberts, who has been a member of the Eagles golf team since it's first season four years ago, said that it's hard to believe it's her final home match for the Eagles. "The last four years have just flown by so quick," said Roberts. "I'm thankful for all the members and I'm really going to miss it. I'm so thankful for Coach Scruggs and all my coaches as well as teammates. I just can't believe these four years are almost up." While Roberts has been with the Eagles program for the last four years, she started her career as a member of the Boiling Springs golf program as a seventh grader and it just happened to be the team she was competing against in her final home match. "It's kind of cool to be finishing against Boiling Springs," said Roberts. "In my eighth grade year I would have never guessed we would have started a program at Chesnee so it's cool that I'll be playing against Madison Dixon who I played with at Boiling Springs. I imagine we'll be talking about some memories as we compete today and I'm excited about that." Chesnee head coach Kyle Scruggs, who also coach Roberts in her two years at Boiling Springs, says it's hard for him to believe that her career with the Eagles is almost over. "I've been coaching her since the seventh grade and I'm really going to miss the kid," said Scruggs. "It's hard to believe her high school golf is almost over and that today is her last ever home match. When Sydney and the other girls that helped start the program that came over from Boiling Springs it really started us on a good foundation at Chesnee four years ago. We've been pretty successful in these four years and I think all those kids helped to start that trend here. Having a player of Sydney's caliber play here at Chesnee is big for these younger girls because they see her success along with getting a scholarship to Clemson and it shows them that they can do it too." Roberts said that while she has accomplished a lot so far in her senior season, she still has a few goals she wants to accomplish before her career with the Eagles ends. "I have a total of five state medals and four of them are silver," said Roberts. "Hopefully this year I'll get a gold one and maybe even two of them. I want to end this year excelling both individually and as a team because I think we can do it along with getting this team going on the right foot for next year. I just want to end my career on a good note at the state tournament." Scruggs said that Roberts in her senior season has only shown in impressive fashion why the expectations for her going into this season were so high. "She's won three of four tournaments along with two runner-ups including her third medalist honor at the Rebel Invitational this year," said Scruggs. "In every tournament she has been in this year she has pretty much been in contention. She set a course record at the Ponderosa Country Club with a score of 62 just the other day and her overall average score for the season is like 68.6 so she's doing everything she can to back up that she's one of the top golfers in the state." One thing that Roberts says she has learned this year as a senior is how to be a leader to the younger players on the team. "When I first started I had four girls ahead of me on the team but this year has been quite a change as I've had learn how to be the leader," said Roberts. "This year has been pretty cool as it has matured me because I had to take on the leadership role as I was the only senior on the team. It has been a really good year for me personally because it has taught me how to be a leader." While Roberts is winding down her career as a player for the Eagles, she is also looking towards next season as she recently committed to play college golf at Clemson University. She said that she fell in love with Clemson on her first trip there when she got to tour the campus with just her family for the first time. "I'll be going there for my third trip there tomorrow but my first time down there was in January before things opened back up," said Roberts. "I couldn't talk to the coaches on that first trip so I kind of just toured around myself and I just fell in love with the campus without seeing all the ins and outs of the school. Then I got a chance to go back in June and see all the other things that the school offered, along with the great coaches there, and that really just helped me make my decision. I also like the opportunity to play close to home and I couldn't be more excited." In her senior match on Thursday, Roberts led the Eagles to a victory over both Boiling Springs and Landrum with a team score of 154. Roberts won medalist honors with a score of 34 which was one stroke ahead of her teammate and sister Olivia Roberts in her senior match. Roberts and the Eagles will return to the course on Tuesday when they travel to the Newberry Country Club to compete in the Smith Memorial Tournament. Comments are closed.
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