UF sophomore golfer Sierra Brooks was a high school star in the Orlando area and committed to the Gators as an eighth-grader. Instead, she opted to attend Wake Forest, where an injury sidetracked her career and led her back home.
Outside it is a Chamber of Commerce day in Gainesville, where a cloudless, brilliant sky illuminates the undulating terrain and stately live oaks at Mark Bostick Golf Course.
Inside the Florida Gators golf complex, Sierra Brooks’ smile lights up the room. The look is born from a sense of belonging, contentment and achievement the one-time phenom from the Orlando area had not felt in some time.