Angela Clark (’26) is currently one of the two captains of the JW Mitchell Girl’s Golf team, having been on the team since freshman year. She has been playing golf since age 2 and credits her father for getting her into the sport.
“It’s definitely been a process, and there’s still so much to learn about the sport. It’s pretty complicated, but I love playing it, and it’s definitely something I can play for my entire life,” Clark said.
Clark’s biggest inspiration as an athlete is her Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Pro Coach, Suzie Fisher.
“She’s absolutely amazing at teaching her own skills to other people and helped me fix my swing, and I really find that amazing about her. She’s obviously amazing at golf too,” Clark said.
For Clark, competing at the regional level and earning a medal for it during her sophomore year was her proudest moment as an athlete.
“We also won the district tournament, so I got to hold the trophy, and we were able to add it to the trophy case in the gym. We always add to the banner for our conference championships and our district championships too. I absolutely love seeing our wins getting posted public for everyone to see,” Clark said.
A challenge that Clark crossed during her athletic career was during a match when she wasn’t shooting well and her swing wasn’t working.
“I have to really think through it, especially when I’m playing a match against an opponent. I really have to go back to my roots and think ‘Why are we going left?’ or ‘Why are we going right? Let’s fix that’. I also have to strategically think about if a club isn’t being hit right whether I should put it away for the rest of the round or if I should just keep trying with it,” Clark said.
Through golf, Clark was able to learn to become a more disciplined person which, as she says, shows in her everyday life.
“Discipline and hard work will get you anywhere you want to go. If I hadn’t had discipline with golf, I definitely wouldn’t be where I am today with it. It took a lot of work, and that carries into my daily life through, for example, schoolwork,” Clark said.
For younger athletes looking to follow in her footsteps, Clark emphasizes showing up for your team, especially as a captain.
“You have to be motivational, you have to be a leader, you have to assist the coach, you have to be social, you have to really stand up for others and stand up for your coach when either of them needs you. You have to learn how to settle disputes between people, because it occurs a lot, especially in girls’ sports. And of course, if a girl comes up to you and she asks you to help her with her swing, you need to know the basics of how to help that person,” Clark said.
In the future, Clark hopes to play golf recreationally.
“Maybe in a few tournaments here and there for fundraisers, but nothing professional. But I could definitely see myself using the sport to do business deals because, like I said, it’s a very important thing in the professional world to know how to play golf,” Clark said.
Congratulations to Angela Clark for being recognized as the Gregg Schindler-State Farm student spotlight of the month.
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