Harrison Tanner '26 Recruiting Profile

Hello, my name is Harrison Tanner.  I love playing golf.  I'm always wanting to be out on the driving range and the golf course playing.  How I got into playing golf was my dad began taking me to the golf course when I was 8 years old.  This gave him a reason and approval from my mom to play more often by saying it was father-son bonding.  I was always into sports. I played soccer, basketball, golf, and baseball.  I was not really good and interested in any of the sports except for golf, so I chose to focus on golf.  I began the First Tee program during the spring of 2018.  My First Tee (Rockbridge County) coach was Scott Frasier. He taught me the basics of golf when I started out. My high school golf coach Is David Miller. My current swing coach is Jeff Wagner. Once I learned the basics of golf. I got into competitive golf the year of 2021 with VSGA at the intermediate level, then competed in the players rankings with VSGA the next year. Now I am getting into more and more golf competitions with VSGA at the players ranking level. The things that I like about playing golf is the feeling of sinking a putt for a clutch par or for a birdie, another is the feeling of hitting a good shot, and shot shaping just the mindset in figuring out what is the best shot, or the safest shot in a tough situation. Strengths that I have in golf are driving and my short game. I'm always up to try to hit my driver as far as possible, landing in the fairway. Some of my struggles are my second shot into the green, and my mental game, which both are these are what I'm going to work on. I have also improved my putting, particularly my lag putting, over the past year. My handicap has improved from a 16.0 in August 2021 to a 12.3 in August 2022 to a 7.8 in August 2023. My handicap is currently a 6.4. I am wanting to keep going into golf and to show what I can do.