Texas Tech University Athletics
Rosalyn Kim Aiming For Strong Finish
March 05, 2010 | Women's Golf
March 5, 2010
By Spencer Sorensen, Texas Tech Media Relations
LUBBOCK, Texas - Rosalyn Kim can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The real question is though, does she want to leave that proverbial tunnel?
The lone senior on Texas Tech's women golf team has only a short time left until her collegiate experience is over, so she's trying to make the most of it.
"I'm just trying to fulfill everyday with everything I have on the golf course and in the classroom," she said.
Kim exudes optimism about her vanishing time left in Lubbock saying that she wants to "go out with a bang" and leave the program in good hands.
Recently, a conversation with her brother, Jamie, a former collegiate golfer at Western Washington, helped Kim put things in perspective.
"I was talking to my brother the other day and he said `yeah you're starting to feel it huh? You're starting to feel that it's almost over,'" recalling the telephone conversation.
She admits that ambivalent feeling is there, but her attitude certainly conveys that she has no regrets and feels content about her time at Tech.
"It's been a wonderful, wonderful experience," she said.
"It's definitely made me appreciate ..." she stops and gives a thoughtful pause, "everything."
Kim is very appreciative of her parents who introduced her to golf when she was young. From her recollection she began around age 4 or 5 and has been hitting the little white ball ever since.
"I really don't know life before the sock line, but I have always had the sock line," she said, referring to the tan line that golfers get around the ankle area from an excess of golf.
There are several highlighted moments in Kim's career, but up to this point she claims her most memorable being the 2008 UNLV Rebel Classic, where she shot a 54-hole score of 211 (5 under par), which is tied for as the third lowest 54-hole score by a Lady Raider ever.
So far her senior year has started off well. During the fall portion of the season she helped Texas Tech win the Heather Farr Memorial Tournament in Colorado by posting the third lowest individual score. Additionally, her average score for the first half of this season is second lowest on the team at 74.0 per round.
Not only is Kim one of the team's top producers, she also tries to make sure is the best example she can be to the young team. She explained that she does this by getting to practice early, staying after practice to work on different facets of her game, and to show decorum on the golf course.
Although the Texas Tech Women's Golf Team is young this year with several underclassmen, Kim believes that the team has the talent to be atop the Big 12.
"Our message to our opponents and our competitors is to say 'Hey we're here, we're the team to beat and if you want to win you have to beat us,'" she said.
Kim is excited for what the future holds for Tech with first year coaches JoJo Roberston and John Cleary.
"They're great," she said. "They're one-in-a-million."
"They're going to make this program so great."
As for Kim's future she hopes to continue to play golf competitively after she graduates, even if that might be at an amateur level. After all, Kim will hold a degree in Industrial Engineering with a dual-minor in Mechanical Engineering and Math, something that is rather uncommon among student-athletes.
Kim is not sure where she would be today without golf in her life. She says it best with a succinct yet apropos comment.
"It has just opened up so many doors," she said.
So it has.
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