A rising star at Massachusetts’ Sandwich High school senior is not only one of the best golfers on the boys’ golf team and in the state, but also the only girl on the team.
That standout golfer is Emma Abramson, who will also serve as a co-captain on the Sandwich boys golf team this fall.
“It’s a great leadership role that I’m really excited to have with the team,” Abramson said. “Whether it’s me just going out there to give some positive encouragement or just helping players out, I’m just excited to help our team this year.”
She said it’s been great being the only girl on the team for the past three seasons. The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association hosts a boys’ golf season in the fall and a girls’ golf season in the spring, but when a school only offers one sport, members of the opposite gender can play for the other team.
“The guys are all great to me and we all know we’re just trying to put the best scores out there no matter who it is,” Abramson said. “We are all cheering for each other and it’s a lot of fun.”
When she was five years old, Abramson’s father Scott took her to a golf course. Since then, she has not been able to put the golf club down.
“We lived on a golf course (The Ridge Club), so that’s always been my home course,” Abramson said. “I’m very thankful to be able to walk out the door and go to the range. It’s a game I fell in love with since the beginning.”
Sandwich career
In eighth grade, Abramson joined the school’s first girls’ golf team in the spring season. In their first year, the Blue Knights won the state championship.
COVID-19 canceled what would have been her sophomore season and delayed the team’s momentum. By 2021, there weren’t enough players for Sandwich to have a girls’ golf team.
“All the other girls had already graduated, so I played on the boys’ golf team sophomore and junior year,” Abramson said.
Sandwich golf coach Brent Pearsall said that Abramson was by far the top player on the team last season and she is not intimidated by being the only girl.
“She probably works the hardest,” Pearsall said. “She is an amazing talent, so consistent and rarely ever makes a mistake. She’s mentally sound and one of the best, and is a great role model on and off the course.”
Abramson said that Pearsall has always kept up with her on and off the course, even when he is not coaching her during the fall.
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