BRIGHTON — When Elle Krill was unable to compete in her preferred sport in high school, she fell back on one with which she was familiar.
Krill said she’s been around golf her entire life, but the Brighton junior didn’t take it seriously until swimming was no longer an option.
“I was going to swim in high school,” she said. “Then I had a shoulder injury, so I couldn’t. I thought I would just do golf and really got into it.”
Plan B is working out quite well for Krill, who is now a key contributor for the Bulldogs after being left off the postseason lineup of a veteran team that finished second in the state Division 1 tournament last fall.
Krill shot 85 to tie for eighth place in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association preseason tournament Thursday at Kensington Metropark Golf Course.
She had the lowest round by any of Livingston County’s 18 players, leading Brighton to a second-place finish with a score of 345. Northville had five of the top six golfers to win with a 312.
Krill played in both KLAA tournaments last season as Brighton’s sixth golfer. The problem come postseason time is teams are allowed only five golfers.