Following months of training, practice and rehabilitation, rising sophomore diver Montana Monahan is left with a concrete board under her feet, a 10 meter drop and just over a second of flight. She just has to jump.
During the past six months, golf has taken them to Georgia, Hawaii, Texas, Arizona and Nevada.
But on Wednesday, the fifth-ranked Bruins competed a hop, skip and a jump away from their Westwood dorms and apartments, crossing Wilshire Boulevard to compete for the Pac-12 men’s golf championship at the Los Angeles Country Club.
Awkward, nervous, inexperienced and excitable – stereotyping freshmen will always be a favored pastime of the seasoned upperclassmen, many of whom forget their own wide eyes and youthful exhilaration.
Everything is bigger in Texas, a reality even the golfing world cannot escape.
But for the No. 5 UCLA men’s golf team, the 36-hole Aggie Invitational was much anticipated, as the Bruins’ trip to the Lone Star State marked the conclusion of nearly a month without team competition.
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