Tori Mouton, The Bolles School Golfer, on the Rise
Tori Mouton, a junior at The Bolles School, has been playing golf half her life.
“I’ve been playing since I was eight years old,” said Mouton. “I am 17 now which has been about nine years. “My dad played golf and he introduced it to me when I was seven years old, but I wasn’t really interested until one day I wanted to stay out there longer and started playing.”
Mouton has an incredible passion when it comes to playing golf. While playing, she describes that she feels strong, engrained, and long-lasting. For her, she expresses to have a unique style as a player, “I trust myself but I’m a feel player and I’m not necessarily technical so if I feel like I can do something then I go with my gut and instinct,” she explained.
With golf being a huge part of her life, it has helped shaped her into the person she is now.
“With golf, it has helped me to learn quickly that you can never give up because anything can happen at any given time,” said Mouton. “You just have to keep fighting through it no matter what and it has given me a lot of perseverance.”
Not only has golf shaped Mouton’s life, but it has created different opportunities such as competing around Florida. She describes being thankful to be able to experience it all.
“Golf has taken me to a lot of places,” she said. “I traveled so much and got to go to different places. I got to experience a lot of different cultures. Also, if it wasn’t for golf, I wouldn’t be here at a college prep school.”
Read the rest of Tori’s story in our Northeast Florida Summer 2021 digital magazine below.
