“This year I was really working on staying focused,” said Hamlyn. “I find it a really big mental game. I used to let the little things affect me and if I missed a shot it would affect my whole game. This year I was focusing on each hole and doing what I had to do.”
That will be key when she reaches Ontario and is up against the best junior competition Canada has to offer.
“I’m really excited to go up and get the experience of seeing all the different players,” said Hamlyn. “There are people up there who train all year because they are in British Columbia and they go to school specifically for (golf). I just want to go up and play against people who are so good and so focused and hopefully it will help my game.”
This year’s provincial championship was Hamlyn’s fourth attempt at making the provincial team. She had high hopes for the 2010 competition after finishing sixth the previous year and the four members of last year’s provincial team graduated from the junior program.
“This year I just wanted to go in and make the team,” said Hamlin. “Becoming juvenile champion - I wasn’t focused on that. After the third day there were six strokes between me and the girl in third, so on the fourth day I went out and thought I’m just going to play and whatever happens, happens.”
Hamlyn was a member of the Central Summer Games team in 2008, but has never participated in a tournament outside of the province and will have at least one friendly face on the trip to Ontario.
In her first provincial competition, Hamlyn met Anna Moulton from Marystown and, after four tries, they are both heading to a national competition and that is what Hamlyn is looking forward to most about the opportunity.
“I’m looking forward to just playing with my friends,” she said. “This is a really big thing. I’m going travel with my best friends and I’m looking forward to going and playing golf on a really good course.”
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