Prior to her sophomore year at Brownstown Central, Shelby Stuckwisch asked Emma Zabor about playing golf.

Zabor ran cross-country as a freshman but didnt enjoy running as much as she hoped she would.

Both girls switched to golf that year, with Zabor playing No. 5 at the beginning of the season before moving up to No. 2.

This fall she is in her second season playing No. 1 for the Braves.

The senior enjoys the difficulty of playing on the Braves home course at Hickory Hills.

Hickory is a very complex golf course, especially compared to Shadowood, Zabor said. Hickory has quite a few trees, definitely more hills. You just have to be more precise with your ball placement at Hickory.

One of my favorite holes (at Hickory) is No. 4. It is over the water, but I think it is one of the easiest holes for me. My low score there has been in the low 40s.

On the schedule, Zabor looks forward to the tournaments.

I like 18-hole matches better because I feel like if I mess up on one or two holes I have more holes to get it back, Zabor said.

She said her favorite away course is Shadowood, where she has worked the last two summers.

I love Shadowood, Zabor said. I like the length of it. Its not too long and they have quite a few par fives that are fairly short for me because I can hit the ball quite a ways. All-in-all I like it.

Her career low is an 82, which she shot in the Seymour Invitational in 2016.

Zabor said you have to have to keep your composure on each hole when playing golf.

People say golf is 90 percent mental and 10 percent physical, she said. I believe that a lot. I know when I first started my mental attitude wasnt where it needed to be. I would have a bad hole and I would let it control me for the rest of the nine holes.

I feel in this last year its gotten a lot better and I feel like you need to have a strong mental attitude to be able to play golf because you have to be able to recover from bad shots.

This season, Zabor said she feels confident with her tee shots and mentioned her drives as the strongest part of her game.

I have good distance, she said. The accuracy could use some work. I worked on my chipping a lot over the summer because it needed quite a bit of work but its getting there. My putting has helped me sometimes and its broke me sometimes.

Golf changes continuously, and I love the challenge that it brings. Practice is so important. You cant expect to go out and play well if you dont go out and practice well. When its dewy and wet out there the courses tend to play a lot slower than what they normally would, and you have to adjust to that as the day moves forward.

With four letter winners back from last year, Zabor said she has high hopes for the Braves this fall.

I think we can do well as long as we keep practicing, and stay calm throughout the whole season and just continue working, Zabor said.

After tearing an ACL in basketball her sophomore year, Zabor decided to just focus on golf.

It took me a while to bounce back from that, Zabor said. I didnt want to risk getting hurt because I knew that golf was going to be the sport that I could go somewhere with. I took it as a blessing, honestly.

She plans to play golf in college.

Zabor has enjoyed her time at Brownstown.

I love Brownstown, Zabor said. I would not change a thing if I had to do it over again. I love how such a tightly-knit community it is, especially when you go to a sporting event you feel like everyones there, and they have little banners up and theyre so supporting.

Zabor file

Name: Emma Zabor

School: Brownstown Central high School

Parents: Susan and Greg Zabor

Sibling: Ellen

Sports: Golf, three years; basketball, two years; cross-country, one year

Athletics highlights: Golf regional qualifier in 2016, All-Mid-Southern Conference in 2016 and 2015.

Organizations: Booster Club, Lettermens Club

Plans after high school: Attend college, play golf

Favorite food: Filet mignon

Favorite TV show: Greys Anatomy

Favorite singer: John Mayer

Favorite movie: The Choice

Favorite team: Green Bay Packers

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