Senior Amber Lindgren had an important decision to make following her
fourth birthday. She could learn golf from her father Randy, or spend
the summer with her grandparents.
She chose golf.
Although Lindgren couldn’t play much golf at the age of 4, she would
tag along with her father who coached the boys’ and girls’ programs at
Northwestern High School in Kokomo, Ind.
“At first, I was not allowed to play with his high school team, so I
would just watch in amazement and pick up their balls for them,”
Lindgren said.
Becoming a Hoosier
Lindgren, a lifelong Hoosier fan, who came into the world on the day of
an IU-Purdue basketball game in 1987, unexpectedly found her way onto
the IU golf team and has made a significant impact.
Lindgren played in her first tournament at age 6 and received national
exposure growing up playing in tournaments all over the country. In
2004 she was named Indiana Golf Tour Player of the Year.
Although many acknowledged her as the best player in the state of
Indiana, the Hoosier women’s golf team, going through a coaching change
at the time had not called her and almost let her go to Iowa.