2013-2014 Season (Jr.):
Manley appeared in 9 events for the season. Her best finish was at the Jim English Centre Fall Invitational where she finished 3rd overall with a 78. She also finished 4th overall with a 79 in the Centre College Spring Invite and 13th overall in the Rhodes Collegiate Classic with a 2-day total of 163 (85-78). She was named to the SAA All-Sportsmanship Team as well.
2012-2013 Season (So.):
Manley played in 13 events her sophomore year. She started off the season shooting the low round of the Jim English Centre Fall Invitational with an even par round of 73. She T-15th at the O’Brien National Invitational with a 2-day total of 162 (80-82). Manley T-3rd in the Centre College Spring Invite with an 80. She also T-3rd at the Rhodes Invitational with a 2-day total of 155 (79-76).
2011-2012 Season (Fr.):
Manley appeared in 12 events for her freshman season. She shot 76 in the Jim English Centre Fall Invitational which gave her a 2nd place finish. She also finished 4th with a 78 at the Centre College Spring Invite. Manley T-6th at the Illinois Wesleyan Spring Fling with a 2-day total of 160. She was named to the All-SCAC team with her finish at the SCAC Conference Tournament. She also finished well (T-48th) in the NCAA DIII Tournament with a 4-day total of 35 over par (80-85-78-80).
Career Bests:
Best Finish – 1st at Jim English Centre Fall Invitational, Sept. 6, 2012
Low Round – 73 at Jim English Centre Fall Invitational, Sept. 6, 2012
Low 36-Hole – 155 (79-76) at Rhodes Invitational, Apr. 15-16, 2013
Low 54-Hole – 248 (82-85-82) at SAA Conference Championship, Apr. 26-28, 2013
Low 72-Hole – 323 (80-85-78-80) at NCAA DIII Championship, May 5-8, 2012
If you could put together your dream foursome for an 18-hole round of golf, who would it be and where would you play?
I would play in a foursome with Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott, and Jordan Spieth at St. Andrews in Scotland.
If you could invite anyone — living or from the past — to spend a weekend with you at Centre, who would it be and why?
Morgan Freeman would be my guest for a weekend, because he seems like he would be someone who I could learn from as well as be a lot a fun! Plus, hopefully he would turn my every move into an epic commentary.
When you get frustrated on the golf course, what keeps you from losing your poise/cool?
I’ve gotten a lot better at keeping my cool while playing college golf. I honestly think it’s because our team is very team-centered. So, whenever I hit a bad shot or have a bad hole, I tell myself to “suck it up and play better on the next hole” because my team is counting on me to pull through for them. I try to concentrate even harder on the next shot, which really helps me calm down and forget about everything else.
Ten years from now, what do you hope to be doing?
Ten years from now, I hope to be a practicing occupational therapist. I’ve always been interested in science and helping make a difference in people’s lives. Occupational therapy is the perfect way that I’ve found to incorporate both of those things into my work. I still want to be involved in golf though. I’ll definitely still be playing it, but I can see myself coaching a high school team or something in addition to my occupational therapy career. I love the game and I could never give it up.
