It might have been the best example of how Joanna Bushnell Crist has improved as a golfer this season.

Playing for her La Quinta High School golf team, Bushnell Crist started a round in a match against Xavier Prep with three consecutive bogeys.

"I just kept bogeying and bogeying and I couldn't putt," the senior for the Blackhawks said. "The greens, they had scalped them and they were very fast."

In past years, Bushnell Crist admits she might not have recovered from the poor start. Instead, after a birdie and another bogey, she finished the round with four consecutive birdies on the way to a 1-under 35 that didn't include a single par. This season, such a bad start does not derail her game.

"I would just focus on it too much and then let it go and go and go and go," Bushnell Crist said.

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