With anything in life, practice makes perfect.     

Freshman Charlie Allen practiced golf for three hours a day during the summer. He practices two hours every day with the Xavier varsity boys’ golf team and one to four hours on the weekend by himself. This practice prepared him to have a hole-in-one at Valley Oaks and he also took home medalist honors with a 2 under par 33 at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course in Waterloo. 

“I am most excited to play in districts and state at one of the best courses in Iowa and compete for a state title,” Allen said. 

Allen continues to get better with the competitive environment of the team and with the help of Head Coach Tim O’Brien. 

“Charlie has been a definite bright spot. He has been playing very well,” O’Brien said. “He made the adjustment to team golf pretty quickly and he continues to get better. When you have a younger player playing well, it is also a big motivator to the older players and so I am  very pleased.”     

Allen is a new addition to the Xavier boys’ golf team and is competing against many kids older than him. 

“There was a little bit of pressure coming in as a freshman, but this summer, I was competing against kids older than me and most of them are some of the best in the state. I knew I could hang with them, so that took some pressure off,” Allen said.        

Seniors Michael Glavan believes that Allen is a great player because of his consistency. 

One main goal for the team this season is making it to the state tournament for the third consecutive year.    

“We will have a great season just because of how many solid players we have on varsity. We all practice and play together and it is just a great environment to be in,” Glavan said.  

The team will compete next on Monday, September 23 at Thunder Hills Golf and Country Club in Peosta at 3:15 p.m.