PGA High School Golf National Invitational<\/a> at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club July 11-13. Personally, Shae improved from shooting in the 100s to finishing the season with rounds of 86, 87 and 91.<\/p>\n\u201cWhat we\u2019ve all done as a team is put in the extra work,\u201d Shae said. \u201cThe mindset is, \u2018Do more than everyone else.\u2019 We\u2019ve all adopted it. My teammates and I will be the last ones practicing, and the last ones at the course when everyone has left. As a collective, we all go the extra mile.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grief initially added a layer of numbness to overcome. \u201cEverything became a nuisance,\u201d Shae described. \u201cI became really motivated, but then it really just clicked. I changed my perspective from, \u2018I want to leave practice,\u2019 to \u2018I need to stay for my dad.\u2019 It transformed into doing something to honor him.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the last 18 months, Shae has been taking lessons from Hannah Michael, a standout senior in the New Mexico State University (NMSU) PGA Golf Management Program.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShae wasn\u2019t a beginner, but she hadn\u2019t played in a very long time,\u201d said Hannah. \u201cWe rebuilt her swing. She puts in so much dedication and effort, and she does her own research and practice in between lessons.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hannah and Shae have a strong mentor in Henry Stetina, PGA Assistant Director of the PGM Program at NMSU and co-owner of Mesilla Valley Golf Academy with his wife and fellow PGA of America Member, Kelly. Henry and Kelly hired Hannah as their lead coach across their academy\u2019s three locations. As Shae began showing an interest in coaching juniors, Hannah was more than ready to hire her, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of my favorite things about coaching is seeing so many kids love golf and watching how easily they fall in love with it,\u201d Shae said.<\/p>\n
Henry and Hannah both watched as Shae grew from a reserved teenager who was OK at golf to a standout player with a strong drive, commitment to improvement and desire to learn.<\/p>\n
\u201cHannah has worked with Shae on her confidence and course management,\u201d said Henry. \u201cI spoke with her about the PGM program and that it is a strong possibility. Her golf game has improved so much. She\u2019s doing great with the kids and is coming out of her shell, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe told me that I influenced her in that decision, just giving her the experiences and opportunities, and I\u2019m so proud,\u201d Hannah said. \u201cShae is always so appreciative and grateful, and she doesn\u2019t take anything for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n
But before Shae charts her collegiate path, something else is on the horizon: this weekend\u2019s PGA High School Girls Golf National Invitational at Pinehurst, which Shae describes as an exciting opportunity for her team to get out of their comfort zone.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know my dad would be proud, not just because we won, but because I finally answered his question,\u201d Shae said. \u201cI didn\u2019t just stay on the team. I contributed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAre you there to serve the team, or just be on it?\u201d Shae DiBasio began telling her story…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-792583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}