By Matt Browning
During the 2024 high school golf season, Rock Hills’ Ethan Wirth shot a personal best score of 74.
That would be a difficult score to better in 2025, but Wirth was determined to do so.
“One of my individual goals was to improve my personal best score through 18 holes,” Wirth said. “Last year I achieved a score of 74 and this year I was able to beat that with a score of 71 even with two tournaments left to play.”
Wirth was not the only member of the Rock Hills’ golf team that improved this season. The growth he saw from his teammates made his senior season a special one.
“My teammates and I have had a tremendous amount of fun this year,” Wirth said. “They make every practice a very competitive and enjoyable experience for me which makes for the best few hours of my day each day. They all mean so much to me and watching our team scores do so much better as every kid improves each meet is a great display for the future of our young team.”
Rock Hills is one of the few Class 1A schools in its area that has golf, so Wirth typically played with the same group of players at most of his tournaments. That was something he came to look forward to each week.
“I am usually paired with the same three or four other kids, and they always make the hours we spend together each tournament very enjoyable and memorable,” Wirth said.
