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Wednesday • April 16, 1997
ox takes skills
:o higher level
By Chris Ferrell
The Battalion
s the legend goes, when Ty Cox stepped up to his
ball on the 17th hole of last year’s NCAA Regional
Tournament, he found himself in an undesirable
losition. The highly touted freshman was in the rough,
S1I behind a tree and 150 yards from the pen.
er .a Cox went to his bag, pulled out his pitching wedge
rAd unloaded on the ball. With the tree blocking his
Jew, Cox looked over at the player he was paired with,
gRuisiana State University’s Jim Skinner, and asked,
ijvhere did the ball go?”
Skinner replied, “Just short of the green.”
As the pair approached, there was Cox’s ball, all of 3
etfrom the hole. Skinner looked up at Cox and asked,
Jy God, how do you hit shots like that?”
Cox went on to finish 15th, leading the Aggies to the
’ntraJ -Regional ChampionsJiip. The tournament also sent
C( -message to the college golf ranks —Ty Cox had arrived.
1 “That’s the ability he has,” Head Coach Bob Ellis said,
md that’s what we need to see two weeks from now,
at ability coming through.”
Ability never has been a problem for Cox. Now a
I iphomore on the Texas A&M GolfTeam, Cox brings a re-
ime to the table which rivals any other collegiate golfer.
Becker makes transition to new team, country
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See COX, Page 1 2 Senior Ty Cox practices his putting Tuesday afternoon.
By Lara L. Zuehlke
The Battalion
M any freshmen have a
difficult time adjust
ing to college—mov
ing to a new town and meeting
new people. But freshman
Anna Becker, a member of the
Texas A&M Women’s Golf
Team, has had to overcome
more than just moving to a
new town. She has moved to a
whole new country.
The 5-foot-6 freshman phe
nomenon is a native of Lund,
Sweden. In Sweden, Becker
dominated the golfing circuit,
the 1994 Trygg Hansa Teen
Tour, winning the Swedish
championship in 1995 and the
1995 Finnish Open.
Becker said golf in the Unit
ed States is much different
than in Sweden.
“We didn’t have high school
golf, but it was as an individ
ual,” Becker said. “I played for
my home course. That’s prob
ably the biggest difference.”
A&M Head Coach Jeanne
Sutherland said Becker is at an
incredible level considering
her freshman status.
“Not many freshmen
come out of high school and
have so many adjustments to
make,” Sutherland said. “Golf
is the one thing that she knew
how to do, but the other ad
justments, like in school and
with the language, have af
fected her game.”
Becker said several com
ponents influenced her deci
sion to leave Sweden and
come to A&M.
“I wanted to come to the
United States, and I heard
A&M was a big school,” Beck
er said. “I am a business major
and heard the business pro
gram was good. Coach
(Sutherland) also recruited
me really well.”
Becker sought the advice of
fellow Swede and A&M team
mate junior Isabelle Rosberg.
See Becker, Page 9
Robert McKay, The Battalion
Freshman Anna Becker drives the ball down
the fairway at Briarcrest Country Club Sunday.
Small frame does not deter Hullet's dreams of playing pro Junior keeps Up mental toughness
By Lara L. Zuehlke
The Battalion
iTunior golfer Jamie Hullett might
ilbe small of stature, standing
i) only5-foot-2, but when it comes
io the game, this member of the
feasA&M Women’s GolfTeam can
out-swing and out-putt anyone.
E Hullett has been the powerful
punch behind the 12th-ranked
adyAggie golfers’ success this sea-
on. She leads the team with a 76.79
verage and ranks third in the Big 12
inference individual rankings.
I( jj iullett also represents the Lady Ags
jjl Uhe Rolex Collegiate Golf Rank-
igs, coming in at No. 17.
The Mesquite native has made a
[Lfrong showing this season, posting
oven top 20 finishes.
Tm a lot more consistent now,
ut I still have a few bad rounds,”
Iullett said. “1 have more opportuni-
esto shoot lower than I did before.”
Sophomore teammate Jennifer
mmons said Hullett’s consistent
lay is reassuring to the team.
“Everybody always knows she
ill shoot low. There’s no doubt that
he will shoot low,” Emmons said.
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"If I’m playing badly, I don’t have to
worry about, ‘What if Jamie is play
ing badly too?’ because that’s not
going to happen.”
A&M Head Women’s Golf Coach
Jeanne Sutherland said Hullett al
ways has been a solid player for the
Lady Ags.
“She’s always played well for us,
but she is gradually learning more
about her own game,” Sutherland
said. “She works a lot harder at her
game, because in high school she
wasn’t pushed as hard. Once she
came here, her teammates pushed
her to get better.”
Although Hullett played soccer
for 11 years, she chose to stick with
golf. She began playing as a seven-
year-old under the watchful eye of
her grandfather. Hullett has an old
er brother, David, who plays pro
fessional golf.
Hullett will follow her broth
er’s footsteps into the pro circuit.
She will tee off in her first Ladies
Professional Golf Association
Tournament May 1 in Daytona
Beach, Fla.
“I am getting to play in the LPGA
because of a tournament I won last
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Robert McKay, The Bati alion
Junior Jamie Hullett judges how
to putt the ball at practice.
summer,” Hullett said. “I am kind of
nervous, but it should be a good
chance to see how it all works out.”
See Hullett, Page 9
Junior
swing
Robert McKay, The Battalion
Miguel del Angel takes a
at practice Tuesday.
By Matt Mitchell
The Battalion
ontrary to popular belief,
not all good golfers are
handed a nine-iron at age
three or hit the links at the local
country club with their golf-ad
dicted fathers.
Miguel del Angel, a junior on the
Texas A&M Men’s GolfTeam, wait
ed until he was 10, and even then he
learned the subtle nuances of the
world’s hardest sport in the arid,
gusty plains of the Valley.
“We have a lot of nice golf cours
es,” del Angel said of his Valley
roots. “There’s not a lot of big trees,
obviously, like we have here. It’s
more of a windy-style golf course.
You have to learn how to hit it low
and straight.”
But del Angel says the unusual
conditions under which he routine
ly played actually helped him when
he began his college career at A&M.
“It helped a lot, because most of
the conditions we play under here
are either wet or windy,” del Angel
said. “It’s very rare that we get a day
when it’s just beautiful. I’d say it
helped a lot growing up — learning
to hit the ball low and learning to hit
different shots in the wind.”
After a slow fall season, del An
gel has had an excellent spring,
compiling a 75 stroke average and
placing in the top 20 in three of his
past four tournaments, including
two top 10 finishes.
“Miguel’s having a good sea
son,” A&M Head Coach Bob Ellis
said. “He didn’t start off that well
in the fall, but in the spring he’s re
ally been very consistent. He’s
very solid mechanically — good
putter, good ball-striker, good
chipper. And he handles himself
beautifully on the golf course.
Watching him, I can’t tell if he’s
three over or three under — there’s
just absolutely no emotion, and
he’s good with that.”
Del Angel’s mental toughness
and consistency have been his hall
marks this season, and he says each
is a direct result of the other.
See del Angel, Page 9
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