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Beth Not A Typical Freshman
March 13, 2026 | Women's Golf, The Frierson Files
By John Frierson
Staff Writer
As a seventh-grader, Trinity Beth helped Marshall County High School win a Kentucky state championship in golf. She did it again as an eighth-grader, and then took medalist honors at the state tournament twice while in high school.
Beth, from Calvert City, could still be roaming the halls of her high school this spring if she wanted to, chasing one more state title and maybe figuring out what she's going to wear to her senior prom. Instead, after graduating early and joining the Georgia women's golf team in January, Beth is busy adjusting to college on and off the course.
"It's definitely been an adjustment, but it's going good. I'm happy with how school and golf are going," Beth said, adding that while she was "a little worried" about joining the team mid-year, when all of her teammates have spent months together already, her fellow Bulldogs have made it easy.
"I live with three of the other girls on the team, so that's four of us together, which is half the team right there. I feel like that was good, being able to live with them, and we've all become really close already," she said.
In her first collegiate round, at the FAU Paradise Invitational in Boca Raton, Fla., Beth shot a 3-over 75. In her second round, she made five birdies en route to a 1-under 71. She made five birdies again in the third round, shooting a 70 to finish even for the tournament and place 16th on the leaderboard.
The birdies and under-par rounds have continued to come. In three tournaments for Georgia, Beth has played nine rounds and shot under par in seven of them. Cumulatively, she's 3-under over those nine rounds, with an eagle and 29 birdies. She already has one SEC Freshman of the Week honor to her name, and more could come before the spring is finished.Â
For Georgia head coach Erika Brennan, Beth's strong start to her collegiate career is impressive, but not surprising.
"It's like nobody told her she's a freshman," Brennan said. "She has hit the ground running. It's funny, some people just fit in so completely and so effortlessly, and that's how she's been with plugging into our team culture and what we're trying to do.
"Her work ethic definitely stands apart. She is not afraid to lock in and focus, and get her work done."
Beth grew up in a family of athletes, but basketball was the main sport, not golf. Both of her parents played college basketball, she said, and she played some when she was growing up, along with some soccer and gymnastics, but golf was clearly her favorite from a young age.
"I did a little of everything when I was little, but I quickly realized that golf was what I wanted to do," she said. "I just really like the individual aspect of golf. I like being out on the course; I guess it's kind of bad in the sense that everything is one you, but I like it in that sense. ... I do also like the team aspect of golf, where it's still an individual sport, but it's also so much fun to have a team and try to compete and win as a team."
In Kentucky, middle schoolers can play for the high school team, which is how Beth was competing for Marshall County in seventh and eighth grades. Over her prep career, she was named Kentucky's Miss Golf four times. Brennan said one thing that stands out about Beth is her maturity. She knows who she is and knows how she wants to play, her coach said.
"I think that so many times, our student-athletes think that they have to be robotic to be successful. And what I love about her is she's figured out that she can play Trinity golf, and that Trinity golf is really, really good," Brennan said. "I think that that just comes from a deep place of authenticity."
In August, in her final event as a junior golfer, Beth won the 2025 Granny Junior Invitational at Richland Country Club in Nashville, Tenn. Over three rounds, she shot 6-under par and finished four strokes ahead of second place. Beth said it was a great way to wrap up that chapter of her golf career.
"Nashville is only about two hours from where I live, so it kind of felt like a home tournament. I just really love that event, and being able to win and finish my junior career on that high of a note, that was really special."
Brennan said all of Beth's junior and prep success, along with her maturity and approach to the game and life, have paved the way for her to join Georgia's team in January and play well right away.
"Even as she has made it to the SEC and she's playing at Georgia, she really has stayed true to herself and stayed true to what's gotten her to this point, and then she's just doubled down on exploiting those strengths," Brennan said. "She's not trying to be somebody she's not, and that is super refreshing."
While Beth hasn't yet won an event — her best finish so far is ninth, at the Daris Rucker Intercollegiate earlier this month — two of her teammates have. Sydney Givens won the Schooler Fall Classic in September, and Maria Garcia won The Robbie in early November, with teammate Karoline Tuttle placing second. Givens leads the team with 10 par-or-better rounds out of 21 played, and Tuttle is second with eight, one ahead of Beth.
The Bulldogs are back in action on Monday at the Briars Creek Invitational in Kiawah Island, S.C.Â
Staff Writer
As a seventh-grader, Trinity Beth helped Marshall County High School win a Kentucky state championship in golf. She did it again as an eighth-grader, and then took medalist honors at the state tournament twice while in high school.
Beth, from Calvert City, could still be roaming the halls of her high school this spring if she wanted to, chasing one more state title and maybe figuring out what she's going to wear to her senior prom. Instead, after graduating early and joining the Georgia women's golf team in January, Beth is busy adjusting to college on and off the course.
"It's definitely been an adjustment, but it's going good. I'm happy with how school and golf are going," Beth said, adding that while she was "a little worried" about joining the team mid-year, when all of her teammates have spent months together already, her fellow Bulldogs have made it easy.
"I live with three of the other girls on the team, so that's four of us together, which is half the team right there. I feel like that was good, being able to live with them, and we've all become really close already," she said.
In her first collegiate round, at the FAU Paradise Invitational in Boca Raton, Fla., Beth shot a 3-over 75. In her second round, she made five birdies en route to a 1-under 71. She made five birdies again in the third round, shooting a 70 to finish even for the tournament and place 16th on the leaderboard.
The birdies and under-par rounds have continued to come. In three tournaments for Georgia, Beth has played nine rounds and shot under par in seven of them. Cumulatively, she's 3-under over those nine rounds, with an eagle and 29 birdies. She already has one SEC Freshman of the Week honor to her name, and more could come before the spring is finished.Â
For Georgia head coach Erika Brennan, Beth's strong start to her collegiate career is impressive, but not surprising.
"It's like nobody told her she's a freshman," Brennan said. "She has hit the ground running. It's funny, some people just fit in so completely and so effortlessly, and that's how she's been with plugging into our team culture and what we're trying to do.
"Her work ethic definitely stands apart. She is not afraid to lock in and focus, and get her work done."
Beth grew up in a family of athletes, but basketball was the main sport, not golf. Both of her parents played college basketball, she said, and she played some when she was growing up, along with some soccer and gymnastics, but golf was clearly her favorite from a young age.
"I did a little of everything when I was little, but I quickly realized that golf was what I wanted to do," she said. "I just really like the individual aspect of golf. I like being out on the course; I guess it's kind of bad in the sense that everything is one you, but I like it in that sense. ... I do also like the team aspect of golf, where it's still an individual sport, but it's also so much fun to have a team and try to compete and win as a team."
In Kentucky, middle schoolers can play for the high school team, which is how Beth was competing for Marshall County in seventh and eighth grades. Over her prep career, she was named Kentucky's Miss Golf four times. Brennan said one thing that stands out about Beth is her maturity. She knows who she is and knows how she wants to play, her coach said.
"I think that so many times, our student-athletes think that they have to be robotic to be successful. And what I love about her is she's figured out that she can play Trinity golf, and that Trinity golf is really, really good," Brennan said. "I think that that just comes from a deep place of authenticity."
In August, in her final event as a junior golfer, Beth won the 2025 Granny Junior Invitational at Richland Country Club in Nashville, Tenn. Over three rounds, she shot 6-under par and finished four strokes ahead of second place. Beth said it was a great way to wrap up that chapter of her golf career.
"Nashville is only about two hours from where I live, so it kind of felt like a home tournament. I just really love that event, and being able to win and finish my junior career on that high of a note, that was really special."
Brennan said all of Beth's junior and prep success, along with her maturity and approach to the game and life, have paved the way for her to join Georgia's team in January and play well right away.
"Even as she has made it to the SEC and she's playing at Georgia, she really has stayed true to herself and stayed true to what's gotten her to this point, and then she's just doubled down on exploiting those strengths," Brennan said. "She's not trying to be somebody she's not, and that is super refreshing."
While Beth hasn't yet won an event — her best finish so far is ninth, at the Daris Rucker Intercollegiate earlier this month — two of her teammates have. Sydney Givens won the Schooler Fall Classic in September, and Maria Garcia won The Robbie in early November, with teammate Karoline Tuttle placing second. Givens leads the team with 10 par-or-better rounds out of 21 played, and Tuttle is second with eight, one ahead of Beth.
The Bulldogs are back in action on Monday at the Briars Creek Invitational in Kiawah Island, S.C.Â
Assistant Sports Communications Director John Frierson is the staff writer for the UGA Athletic Association and curator of the ITA Men's Tennis Hall of Fame. You can find his work at: Frierson Files.
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