Editors Note: All summer long, the Troy Tribune will be featuring a different returning athletes as part of a special series to focus on the athletes at Troy and Troy Christian schools.

For most high school athletes, they see their dreams come to an end when they graduate. One of the exceptions is a sport that can be played for a long time after the high school days end, and for some, it even grows into their life.

For Troy sophomore Holden Scribner, he is hoping the latter comes true.

Scribner had a great freshman season on the links with the Trojans, and after realizing what kind of future he could have in front of him, he made a tough decision.

“I have quit all of my other sports to focus mainly on golf, so I can spend the maximum amount of time I can to become the best I can be,” Scribner said, as he prepares to use the summer as a chance to get better. “The influences in my life to play golf were probably my parents, who were both athletes and had me try multiple sports. Golf was the one I stuck with the most. My dad and Tiger Woods have influenced me to keep going.”

The summer will be busy for Scribner, as he looks to focus on lowering his score and improving his game.

“I have been going out every day I can and playing 18 holes, chipping and putting,” he said. “This summer I will be attending an Ohio State golf camp and will be trying to just play 36 holes or more every day.”

“I also plan to stay competitive by playing in Golfweek and AJGA junior tournaments as well as the junior Troy Strawberry Festival Tournament and the Troy Men’s City Championship.”

While his game is solid, he knows he has some work to do.

“I am working on my mental game,” Scribner said. “The most important thing I have to work on is short-term memory. When you hit a bad shot, you have to be able to get the next shot and forget about the last one.”

All of this work is expected to pay off for the young linkster, who shined as a freshman but has higher goals for this year.

“Overall team golf is amazing within itself, and it was a new experience for me,” he said. “The Hadley Invitational was my main highlight, placing first overall out of 112 Division One golfers, posting a 71 with two eagles. I also missed making state by two shots, and that was tough to swallow but it is only motivation for me to get it (this) year.”

His long term goals, after his days with the Trojans are done, includes playing college golf and making pro. But first, he focuses on what is at hand.

“My main goal is to make it to state, period,” he said. “That’s been my goal ever since the end of last season. For the team, they are all great golfers and if we can all put it all together, we could have a great year.”