YOUNG golfer Mo Haintz is getting into the swing of national-level contests.<\/p>\n
The 16-year-old Ballarat High School student competed at last month\u2019s Victorian Junior Amateur tournament at Cobram, and teed off at the New South Wales Junior Championships in Byron Bay this week.<\/p>\n
The 2023 Ballarat District Boys Golf Champion is a member at Mount Xavier Golf Club and said there\u2019s rarely a moment when he\u2019s not out on a course.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love the constant challenge that it brings, and how every day is completely different,\u201d he said. \u201cYou still have to adapt.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt drives you insane every day, there is always more you can get out. I\u2019ve loved that challenge my whole life, and the striving to be better all the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just play golf, and it\u2019s all I\u2019ve ever known.\u201d<\/p>\n
Haintz tried mini golf as a three-year-old, before he was introduced to his coach Andrew Cartledge at age four.<\/p>\n
Ever since, he\u2019s had a goal to reach the peak of the sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d love to be at PGA tour level for a long period of time and to win a major championship would be a huge thing for me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been on my bucket list since I turned eight. I said, I\u2019m going to win a major championship one day and nothing\u2019s going to stop me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Having trained for 12 years, Haintz\u2019s passion for the sport is stronger than ever, and he said he hopes he can go pro by consistently winning events and receiving invitations to others.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you move through the Australian tour, and win some Australian events, then you can go international, and expand into big league essentially,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Haintz is also a coach and mentor to other budding players at Ballarat Golf Club three days a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
YOUNG golfer Mo Haintz is getting into the swing of national-level contests. The 16-year-old Ballarat High School student competed at last month\u2019s Victorian Junior Amateur tournament at Cobram, and teed off at the New South Wales Junior Championships in Byron Bay this week. The 2023 Ballarat District Boys Golf Champion is a member at Mount […]<\/p>\n