By Hayden Swope
Salina Sacred Heart’s Walker Tuttle has known golf since he was young. Tuttle had many friends to play with and adults to look up to, and now he’s playing at a higher level of his own.
“I’ve been playing golf since I was a kid,” Tuttle said. “When I was growing up all my friends played golf and we would go to camps and clinics together. I had a lot of family friends that were older than me that played as well, one of the reasons I played was because I looked up to them.”
Looking back on last year, Tuttle can still taste the victory of a state win.
“Our season is just getting started but my favorite moment of last season was winning state,” Tuttle said. “This is a goal our team had been looking forward to all year and it was awesome when we accomplished it.”
Hoping to add on to last year’s accomplishments, Tuttle has endless goals for the rest of the season.
“One of my goals this season is to shoot even par or better in a tournament,” Tuttle said. “Another goal of mine is to take top five at state. I am also trying to improve my mental game which I know will lead to better scores.”
Individually, Tuttle had a season to remember last year as well.
“Last year I was first team All-State in 2A, averaged an 18-hole score of 78 last year, took fourth at state in 2023, and placed second at regionals in 2023,” Tuttle said.
Tuttle plans to take his studies to Lawrence in fall.
“I plan on attending the University of Kansas to major in Finance,” Tuttle said.
