“Teen soars as a golfer, but only after homework” (news item)

Colleges & Universities Princeton University
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<p><a href=“http://www.boston.com/sports/golf/articles/2007/08/16/teen_soars_as_a_golfer_but_only_after_homework/?page=1[/url]”>http://www.boston.com/sports/golf/articles/2007/08/16/teen_soars_as_a_golfer_but_only_after_homework/?page=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>To get a sense of the summer Evan Harmeling has had on the golf course, take into account two dates:</p>

<p>First, there was June 6, when he failed to snatch one of 17 spots at a Massachusetts Amateur Championship qualifier, shooting a 75, then losing in a playoff at Indian Ridge Country Club, a course he frequents. He had already played in two Mass. Amateurs.</p>

<p>Then, there was Aug. 2, when the 19-year-old North Reading resident fired a 69 to finish off a two-round 141 at Middleton’s Ferncroft Country Club, eventually winning a playoff to earn one of the three qualifying slots for his first United States Amateur Championship, which starts Monday.</p>

<p>“It’s been kind of a weird summer,” Harmeling said by phone last weekend from San Francisco, where he managed to play a couple of practice rounds at The Olympic Club, the site of this year’s US Amateur. “I probably wasn’t practicing as much as I should have been, but I turned it around, and I started playing a lot more.”</p>

<p>“What happened there,” said Harmeling’s father, Mark, “was pretty clear. We sort of had a deal, he and his mother and I, that he was going to finish his academics at Phillips Andover strongly.”</p>

<p>While many parents of elite athletes are known to force their children into intense competitive regimens, the Harmelings were the opposite – Evan, a regular on the local and national junior circuit since age 11 and bound for Princeton this fall, was studying so much he didn’t even have time to practice.</p>

<p>Now, he’s hoping to make it out of the 312-player field in San Francisco, into the 64-man match play bracket, which is decided by two days of stroke play.</p>

<p>He’ll also have plenty of support. Princeton coach Will Green, who was a big reason the heavily recruited Harmeling chose the school, e-mailed Princeton alumni in the Bay Area, many of whom will turn out. Evan’s parents will also be there, along with a dozen relatives from the area, where his mother, Amanda, grew up.</p>

<p>After that, it’s on to Princeton</p>

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<p>This is a nice story about a talented Princeton ‘11 and a family with its priorities in order. Congratulations, Evan!</p>

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<p>Ahhh must you guys always show off your amazing student body?? We all know Princeton is amazing, just let it bask in its own self-excellence.</p>

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