Of all the challenges facing a brand-new, highly decorated college golfer following a cross-country trip, you would expect most of the heavy lifting to include golf, teammate assimilation and academic workload with a touch of homesickness.
But Anna Davis, 17, has found that the most surprising part of the transition from California high school early graduate to spring semester freshman college golfer at Auburn has been figuring out how to drive a new car … in the rain.
“I was practicing at our facility at Auburn, and it starts raining,” Davis recounted in her low-key manner, with a chuckle every few minutes. “Really raining hard when I left to go home. I bought a car when I arrived. I thought, Dang, this is really hard. I realized I had never driven in the rain like we get in the South. I guess the California kid had to face different challenges sometimes.”
Davis’ ascension over the last two years from accomplished junior to 16-year-old Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion in 2022 and on to the c…
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