Langhals sixth OSU women's golfer in Hall of Fame

COLUMBUS - It's sort of like a 54-hole golf tournament this weekend for Amy Langhals.

She's got a big day on Friday, another on Saturday and still another on Sunday.

Langhals, the former Ohio State, Kalida High School and professional golfer, is one of 12 former Buckeyes who will be inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday night.

Saturday, she will be introduced on the field at OSU's football game against Ohio University. Then Sunday she will be in the Pioneer Days parade back in her hometown.

"It's going to be incredible, probably one of the best weekends of my life," she said. "It should be quite exciting."

Langhals, a 1993 Kalida graduate, started playing golf at the age of seven.

She was one of the best junior golfers in the state and played on the boys golf team at Kalida for four years.

At Ohio State, she was the Big Ten freshman of the Year in 1994. She was the Big Ten champion and honorable mention All-American in 1997 and a first-team All-Big Ten player three years.

She is currently the assistant women's golf coach at Ohio State after playing professionally for nine years. She earned conditional status on the LPGA Tour one season and played nine seasons on the Futures Tour.

She is the sixth OSU women's golfer to go into the university's Hall of Fame. The others are Rosie Jones, Meg Mallon, Cathy Kratzert, Cheryl Stacy and Kelly Trent.

Langhals described her reaction to getting into the Hall of Fame as "pure shock."

"I wish I could have seen what my face looked like because it was probably priceless," she said. "I'm so excited but in a way it truly does mark the end of my playing days."

She pointed to the fact she has played only four rounds of golf all year as evidence that she has become more a coach than a player.

"It's been fun. Each year I've enjoyed it more," she said about coaching. "It's been fun, it's been a challenge, it's been a change," she said.

"One thing I hope I can pass on to my athletes is to really cherish every place that you get to go, and more than just the golf part. I got to go so many beautiful places and see so many parts of the country because of golf

Langhals works for her former coach, Therese Hession, at Ohio State.

She says the possibility of becoming a head coach at the college level is there, "if the place is right and the timing is right, I definitely would like to take that challenge on." But she has no plans to leave the school where she became a Hall of Famer anytime soon.