Auburn women's golf seeks title in its own backyard

Auburn women's golf seeks title in its own backyard

“I really think it’s just where you are mentally,” Evans said. “For some, I think it’s a toss up. I think it’s to your advantage, because you know the course. You know if it gets windy or rainy or all that, you know all those things. But being at home brings extra pressure.“The parents get to come. That’s fun. They get to sleep in their own bed. That’s great. They do know the course. But I think part of it is you do add a little bit extra expectations that you are at home Masters Match All About The Traditional Game and you should win.”Expectations and pressure are major hurdles in golf, so that’s why Evans said she and her staff are taking a different approach this week as the Tigers prepare for the conference championship in their own backyard.“We’ve gone light with them,” Evans said. “We’ve tried not to bear down on them and say, ‘Try to learn this course’ and ‘Try to do this.’ We just want them to have the week and prepare kind of on their own.”In preparing, the Tigers have come to a very simple, almost cliche conclusion: Be consistent.With three veteran juniors as the top golfers on the squad, Auburn has experience and talent, according to its players and head coach, but it just hasn’t put it together as a team in an event this year.“I think once we get everyone in one tournament to play well, we’ll dominate,” said the Tigers’ No. 1 player Cydney Clanton, who is sixth in the SEC in stroke average (72.43) this season. “We have a lot of talent. We have a lot of old talent, that’s been here. We really don’t have any rookies.