Bacardi has reset the record books at Palmer Trinity. She
has been named to six consecutive All-Dade First Teams
(2019-2024), set the record for lowest PTS 9-hole (31) and
18-hole (63) scores, won five Youth Fair Tournaments, four
District Championships, one Regional Championship, led
the Falcons to three District Championships as a team, and
been named the Miami Herald Golfer of the Year for four
consecutive years (2021-2024), among other accolades.
To cap off her career, Bacardi finished as the 2024 FHSAA
Class 1A State Runner-Up.
Bacardi's interest in golf began after trying soccer and
tennis at a young age and realizing neither sport was right
for her. At the age of five, during a family lunch at the Riviera
Country Club, Bacardi walked past the golf bays and was
immediately intrigued. "I wanted to try whatever that sport
was," Bacardi recalls. "That day my dad signed me up for
the clinic they give to kids and it stuck. I started to take
individual lessons and register for tournaments, and the rest
is history." In the years since, golf has taken her around the
world, playing courses in Ireland, Wales, Spain, Australia, all
VARSIT Y
GIRL S GOLF:
R E M I B A C A R D I ' 2 5 &
D A N I E L L E H E R N A N D E Z ' 2 8
BY M AT T HE W L E V IN , DIR E C T OR OF MIDDL E S C HO OL AT HL E T IC S ,
P H Y S IC A L ED U C AT ION A ND HE A LT H DEPA R T MEN T C H A IR
WHEN REMI BACARDI FIRST ARRIVED AT PALMER TRINITY IN THE FALL OF 2018, THE VARSITY GIRLS
GOLF TEAM DID NOT EVEN EXIST. DESPITE BEING ONLY A SIXTH GRADER, BACARDI EARNED A SPOT
ON THE VARSITY GOLF TEAM AS A CO-ED MEMBER WHO HAD TO COMPETE INDEPENDENTLY, PRIOR
TO BECOMING A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE VARSITY GIRLS GOLF TEAM IN THE FALL OF 2019. THIS
BECAME THE START OF A SPECIAL RUN FOR BACARDI AS A FALCON, WHO ENDS HER CAREER AS ONE
OF THE MOST DECORATED ATHLETES IN THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL.
B A C A R DI I S T HE MO S T S T OIC , C ON SI S T EN T, A ND DEDIC AT ED S T UDEN T-AT HL E T E I H AV E SEEN. SHE
L E A D S BY E X A MPL E A ND HER TE A MM ATE S EN JOY HER C OMPA N Y, HER W IT, A ND HER MENTORSHIP.
TRACI HOLSTEIN, VARSITY GIRLS GOLF COACH
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