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In high school, he began taking the game more seriously. On top of a busy schedule as a member of the student council, Beta Club, the National Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Patterson began taking lessons and specifically working to improve his game. That hard work has paid off. He has been recognized as the golf team MVP and OWL Awards Fall Male Athlete nominee, received the FCA Dean and Tyler Zimmerman Memorial Award, and been a district and regional qualifier for the Franklin County golf team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Patterson said his low scores have been consistent enough that he has been confident in reaching out to college coaches. Ultimately, he wants to play for Maryville College, but in the meantime, he has begun competing through the Sneds Tour: the junior golf tour of the Tennessee Golf Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy dream has always been to play a college sport while getting all the academics that I need to become a vet,\u201d Patterson said. \u201cIt\u2019s very exciting for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aside from hard work and practice, Patterson said the key to a successful game is to remember that everyone is there to do the same thing \u2014 shoot a low score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe only person that you\u2019re really playing is yourself and the course,\u201d Patterson said. \u201cIf you can stay mentally stable, you\u2019re going to play well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n While he played other sports, like basketball, Patterson always felt more at home on the golf course. He said it has made him a better person, and it\u2019s a place he can always go to relieve stress and focus on what is important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s a different feeling \u2014 a different kind of calm than all the other sports,\u201d Patterson said. \u201cThere\u2019s only one person to blame, and you can always make yourself better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Getting better doesn\u2019t require fancy equipment or access to a nice golf course. All you need, Patterson said, is a good starter set of clubs and a little space to begin working things out. There are tons of resources online that can help, and when you really begin to love the sport, things will begin to fall into place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cStart out by yourself,\u201d Patterson said. \u201cFinding your love is the first step, and then everything will come to you from there.\u201d GN<\/strong> ROLLING GREEN fields, beautiful skies, rustling trees, and the crack of club on ball are the staples of the golf course. For Franklin County High School senior Garrett Patterson, those are sights and sounds that mean hard work, focus, and hours playing the game he loves. Patterson\u2019s exposure to golf began when he was young, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":24186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/franklin-county\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/3-2-1024x683.jpg\")
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