295-over par at a college event? Here's the uplifting story behind it

Jenna Smith is a member of the Reinhardt University volleyball team. And now the golf team. Nick Piastowski The new golfer brings the bottom of the new-to-her object close to her face and tilts it at a 2 o’clock angle, examining it curiously, before extending it toward a nearby onlooker.

“Is this one right? ” It’s a 4-hybrid club, which the new golfer discovers after being shown its marking. That’s good to know, and it seems correct, but that also depends, especially when you’re a new golfer.

I’d hit whatever feels best. “OK, thanks,” says Jenna Smith, who goes with the club, and her ball wanders off to the right, dodging a few trees along the way. The college golfer then does it all over again.

And again. Her scores are out there , but keep scrolling. Two weeks after this practice session, at her school’s most important meet of the year, the NAIA-level Appalachian Athletic Conference conference tournament, there were 12s, a 13, some 14s and a 21.