UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, September 14, 1995
38
Golfer has competitive streak
By Spencer Duncan
Kansen sportswriter
Freshman golfer Carrie Padden wasn't sure what to do as she got her picture taken. She grabbed the wheel of the golf cart she was sitting in and leaned forward, then leaned backward, then leaned forward again.
Steve Puppe / KANSAN
Kansas freshman Carrie Padden competed on the boy's golf team at Marysville High School. Padden said her father influenced her to play.
"Should I act like I'm driving?"
she asked the photographer.
"This is so embarrassing," Padden said with a sigh.
"Sure. Just relax," the photographer said as he walked around the cart snapping shots.
At first glance, Padden seems the stereotypical freshman: quiet, reserved and unsure of herself. But these first impressions are a mask, and behind the mask is a person who is outgoing, competitive and ready to play golf.
Padden, who Kansas women's golf coach derry Waugh calls the best athlete of this year's recruiting class, remembers starting golf at an early age.
"My dad was a big influence," Padden said. "He put me in the direction of golf and kind of pushed me, and I liked it."
Padden, who grew up in Marysville, also played basketball in high school but had a small problem when she signed up for the golf team. The school had only a boys' team. Padden didn't see that as a drawback but as a challenge.
"Being on the boys' team, I wasn't expected to do that well," Padden said. "But it was fun. That was really good for my competitive level and made me work harder."
The Marysville team qualified for
the state tournament three consecutive years. Padden also placed fourth at the Kansas Women's Golf Amateur junior tournament and 11th at the KWGA amateur in 1994.
Padden was unsure of where she would go to college until the summer of 1994. While playing in the Women's Amateur in Wichita, Waugh spotted Padden playing.
"I was impressed with her athletic ability," Waugh said. "She has great physical qualities to be a player, and that is important."
qualifying for a tournament, she keeps things in perspective.
"I just have to concentrate more." Padden said. "I'm usually pretty consistent and easygoing. Even if I play bad, I don't huff and puff. I can keep my frustration to myself." Above all, Padden keeps in mind what is important.
Now, as Padden works toward
"I have other options besides golfing, and I could go for them," Padden said. "Like my dad says, take five minutes of your day and think about what is important to you and do that."
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