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Roncalli golf team loaded with youth

Aberdeen Roncalli girls golf coach Kerry Brandenburger, far left, watches as Claire Crawford tees off on the 10th hole at Lee Park Golf Course during practice Friday. Looking on are golfers Ava Danielson, Reese Heinrich and Morgan Helms. Photo by John Davis taken 4/9/2021
The youth movement is underway for the Aberdeen Roncalli girls’ golf team. The Cavaliers have five players out for the sport this spring: one eighth-grader and four seventh-graders. “Out of those five, I have four of them that play in that Junior PGA, so we have some pretty good experience with them,” said Roncalli coach Kerry Brandenburger. “They’ve got lots of good experience and they play every summer in those tournaments. There’s a lot of good experience, young experience, but very good.” Because of their golf background, Brandenburger said it isn’t like starting from ground zero. “You don’t have to spend a whole lot of time on teaching them how to hold a club, the swing aspect of it,” she said. “We get to do a little bit more course management, fine tune some of those things. It’s a lot more helpful when there’s a little bit of experience there.” Part of that experience comes from growing up around the sport of Golf. Brandenburger noted

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