KREW THOMPSON

MUSKOGEE HIGH SCHOOL

After qualifying for the state tournament last year, the Muskogee High boys’ golf team returns six players from that team including standout senior Krew Thompson who got his start in golf kind of by accident.

“I grew up playing soccer but when COVID did away with the soccer season in seventh grade, some of my friends that played golf got me interested and I started practicing with them some and then finally got into it in eighth grade,” said Krew who is in National Honor Society as well as some leadership classes at Muskogee High while maintaining a 4.0 GPA.

When he got to high school, he had some more good fortune come his way according to golf coach Ryan Dvorak.

“His freshman year he had a good group of seniors ahead of him including Mesa Falleur (now golfing at the University of New Mexico) that looked after him and provided good role models for him. He qualified for state individually his freshman and sophomore years and then the team went as a whole last year. I think the strongest part of his game is that he’s just very steady and very levelheaded, which is so important in golf. “

But it hasn’t always been that way according to Thompson.

“I used to get mad at myself a lot if I made a bad shot but I’ve learned to control my emotions better the last couple of years and I’ve improved my shots along the way especially in my short game.”

Although golf is mostly an individual sport, there is some senior team leadership that is required as well.

“I’m glad to give advice to the players if they come to me but I believe that they’ve eventually got to figure it out for themselves to be successful,” said Krew.

Thompson cites a round of 72 that he shot last year in the first round of the state tournament under tough conditions as a highlight of his time as a Rougher and has a couple of key goals for this year.

“I want to try and keep all of rounds under the high 70’s this year and make state for the fourth straight year.”