UTD golfer Brooke Yount said she was focusing on her own game and didn’t feel the need to check the scoreboard. However, midway through the final round, assistant coach Adam House walked over from the rest of the UTD team to be by her side, making Yount realize she was in contention for her first championship win.
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“I hadn’t been refreshing the score page, but as soon as he came over, I was like, OK, it’s go time,”
— Brooke Yount
“I hadn’t been refreshing the score page, but as soon as he came over, I was like, OK, it’s go time,” Yount said.
Yount claimed medalist honors at the Lone Star Conference Women’s Golf Championship, earning her first collegiate victory and leading the Comets to a sixth-place team finish.
When the result became official, the weight of it all hit at once.
“I literally started to cry happy tears when I found out,” Yount said. “It was my first win in my collegiate career, and for it to be my conference championship is kind of surreal.”
Yount, who was later named to the All-LSC First Team, said she entered the tournament believing she had a fighting chance.
“I knew I could win,” she said. “I had been playing super well and I knew I was very capable. That might sound cocky, but I knew I had a good chance.”
Yount opened her final round with an eagle, setting up a performance that would give her a lead ahead of the rest of the field. After a precise approach shot set up the opportunity, she immediately capitalized on it.
“I absolutely just stuck eight iron,” Yount said. “I had a 15-footer and tapped it in for eagle.”
Yount tracks her tee shot off the club on Hole 2 during day two of the Lone Star Women’s Golf Championship.
Head coach Cole Sondgeroth said that defining moment foreshadowed her win.
“When she made eagle on the first hole in the final round, she had gone from 1-under to 3-under and gotten right into the mix,” Sondgeroth said. “And as soon as she was able to take the flexibility and make the easier shot on the next hole, that’s when I knew she was going to be disciplined enough to go and win the tournament.”
Still, the round was far from over. A missed short putt later tested her composure, but instead of unraveling, Yount used preparation that had been years in the making.
“My dad and I have always done pressure drills,” she said. “You just have to fall back into your process and trust it.”
House said what Yount accomplished in the final round was different from anything he had seen before.
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“It’s another thing to do it in a conference championship, and to do it in the final round is something special.”
— Adam House
“It’s one thing to shoot 66 on the weekend,” he said. “It’s another thing to do it in a conference championship, and to do it in the final round is something special.”
Yount also described heading into the final round with an aggressive approach after a three-putt.
“I was like, it’s now or never,” she said. “And I stuck it again to like four feet.”
But the moments of great career highs and setback lows only show part of Yount’s game. House said her growth in those small in-between moments went beyond any scores.
“For her to struggle in her first round in the conference championship and then turn around and play two of the best rounds of the golf tournament. Anytime adversity called, she was there and met it,” he said. “A lot of people get afraid of the pressure and Brooke takes it head-on.”
However, her athletic career did not begin in golf. Before golf became central to her life, Yount was a swimmer, only discovering the sport after a casual visit to Topgolf with her family.
“I was immediately addicted to playing golf and wanting to beat my dad,” Yount said with a laugh.
Now, years later, that competitive spark has carried her to the top of the LSC.
“Brooke didn’t win that golf tournament when she showed up,” House said. “She won that golf tournament two weeks before when she was putting in the work.”
After the milestone achievement, Yount’s focus began to shift toward the future.
“To win again next year and make it to regionals,” she said. “That’s definitely the goal.”
Long after the final putt dropped and the scores were finalized, the emotions of the win continued to resonate with her.
“I’m just super grateful,” Yount said. “I will never forget it.”
Brooke Yount poses after securing first place at the LSC Women’s Golf Championship