Golf

Aaron Watkins is the head coach for both the men’s and women’s golf teams at the University of the Cumberlands. In his sixth year coaching at the university, the Harlan native says that he is optimistic about the upcoming spring 2025 season. Watkins said recently that he expects another strong showing from the women’s team, which finished among the top ten in the country one year ago. Despite losing some key senior players, he said that the team currently features a lot of capable young talent. On the men’s side, Watkins said that he is hoping to build on some of the positive developments from the fall season and be a...

According to its website, www.kygolf.org, Golf House Kentucky “is the umbrella organization for Kentucky’s Family of Golf Organizations: Kentucky Golf Association, Kentucky PGA and Kentucky Golf Foundation.” In the fall of 2024, an announcement was made concerning a “strategic reorganization” at Golf House Kentucky. This included the introduction of some new executives who are being tasked with more effectively managing and promoting the many exciting initiatives that are ongoing within the organization. Before we look at the who’s who, however, let’s take just a moment to consider what each individual organization under the Golf House Kentucky umbrella is all about. Again, these descriptions are all taken directly from kygolf.org… Kentucky Golf Association...

With many athletic activities, opportunities to remain involved and engaged can dwindle as participants age. Not so with golf. Not only can able-bodied enthusiasts continue playing the game regardless of what stage of life they happen to be in, but there are also many different career paths that allow a person to have a hands-on role in making sure that both themselves and others can keep learning about, competing in, and watching golf. Case in point, Corbin’s own Zack Ingle. Ingle was a football standout at CHS during the early 2010’s. He went on to play for a year at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill., but soon found himself back in...

It’s golf... I can appreciate the fact that there is a certain level of skill that must be obtained in order to compete in the game. I understand that these skills aren’t developed overnight, and that, just like anything else, only dedication to practice will get you to where you want to be. I get that golfing requires things like balance, posture, hand-eye coordination and mental toughness. But it’s golf! At the end of the day, you are using clubs to smack a ball long distances before eventually using different types of clubs to knock it shorter distances into a hole. Again, I know this is an oversimplification, and...

Will Freeman and Ethan Mott are the two outgoing senior players on this year’s Corbin High School boys golf team. They both say that have enjoyed their time as Redhound golfers, but now that that chapter of their lives is coming to a close, they are looking ahead to what the future could hold for them in the sport. “It has been really fun,” said Freeman, who has played golf at CHS since his sophomore year. “You get to come out and play free golf. That is the best thing. This is a sport that you can play your whole life, so to be able to come out and do...

Makena Myatt is no stranger when it comes to golfing in high-pressure situations. She managed to turn heads last year, as a seventh grader, by competing at the state level and this year has been more of the same. Earlier this fall, Myatt won the Kentucky 2A regional at Wasioto Winds in Pineville, and she and her teammates – Kalyn Watkins, Hannah Perry, Addison Bonham and Mackenzie Hutton – qualified to play in the 2A state championship meet in Owensboro. Just a few weeks ago, Myatt played well enough in the “big” regional meet at London Country Club to advance to this year’s Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Championships....

It was a successful year for the Corbin girls golf team. Showing continued improvement throughout the season, the Lady Hounds capped off their fall campaign by sending three players to the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s state championship tournament. The CHS girls golfers finished the region championship meet in Somerset just a few strokes away from sending the entire team to state, but in the end it was three players – Hannah Perry, Makena Myatt and Kalyn Watkins – who ultimately made the cut. “Getting to end the season at state was pretty cool, because I have never got to do that,” said Perry, who was one of the junior leaders...

“The golf course can be a very intimidating place.” This is what Corbin High School boys golf coach Joe Roberts had to say recently when asked what it feels like to be a young golfer just starting out in the sport. Luckily for the youngest members of the Redhounds golf team, they have a group of seasoned veterans who are ready and willing to go the extra mile to show their less-experienced counterparts how it’s done. Roberts’ “beginners” team, made up mostly of middle school-aged students who are taking their first steps into competitive golf, have been involved in an intrasquad competition in order to gain some experience on the course....

As we close out Mental Health Awareness Month, three Corbin High School students are receiving some much-deserved recognition after putting together an award-winning public service announcement about mental health as part of global HOSA - Future Health Professionals organization. “HOSA began as ‘Health Occupation Students of America,’” explained Julia Rollins, health science teacher at the Corbin Area Technology Center. “About eight years ago it went international as a student-led organization, not a club.” This year, three of Rollins’ students - Riley Lewis, Lindsay Jones and Hannah Perry - came together to create a 30-second PSA on the important topic of mental health. The project has been well-received, and was selected as...

After last week’s ruling from the Kentucky High School Athletic Association that they would move forward with their plan to begin fall athletics in early September, there was much speculation about whether Gov. Andy Beshear would override the decision during his Monday press briefing. As it turns out, Beshear decided to not reverse the KHSAA’s decision, but he also made it clear that he does not think it is wise for schools to allow athletic competitions to resume at this point in time, explaining that we are currently in a perilous situation where the number of new cases of COVID-19 could begin to spike again if we make the mistake...