FAULKTON - Bennett Cassens’ pre-tournament ritual began sort of by accident.
Cassens, a multi-sport standout at Faulkton High School, was cleaning his clubs one night during his junior year and noticed a golf movie, The Greatest Game Ever Played, playing on TV.
“I’d never seen it before,” Cassens said, “but I liked a lot of the golfing scenes.”
Soon, Cassens was watching that movie before every tournament, using it to help get his mind set on golf.
While it’s difficult to attribute success specifically to that – Cassens puts in plenty of work on his game – it certainly didn’t hurt. Cassens finished as the runner-up at the Class B state tournament last spring, finishing one stroke behind Brody Boltjes of Platte-Geddes.
This season, Cassens has expanded his pre-tournament routine, adding The Legend of Beggar Vance to his movie selections, alternating between the two movies while cleaning his clubs.
“It just helps me calm down for the night,
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