Finally tonight, most high schoolers spend their summer vacations hanging out with friends, but not Genesis Lewis.

She's spending hers gearing up for an international golf competition.

The North Carolina Rising Senior will be on a U.S. junior golf team selected by coast-to-coast international athletics to compete in an upcoming tournament in Australia.

She's taking a break from the driving range to join us now.

Genesis, how long have you been playing golf?

I've been playing since I was four and started competing at seven, so probably about 10 years now.

How did you get started?

My dad would take me to the golf course when he goes to the driver range, and I would just

admire how you swing his golf club, which probably more into the game as well.

And what is it about golf that you like?

What appeals to you about it?

It's a very strategic game, and I really like playing and watching things that requires

your brain power when it comes to making decisions

or trying to discover something. So the strategic party game is really my very part.

In the history of the LPGA, there have only been eight black members. I wonder what it's

been like growing up playing this game and not seeing a lot of players who look like you.

It was very tricky because when I was younger, I would try to make friends on a golf course.

And like a lot of them didn't really try to be friends with me.

They'd be friends with each other, especially when I start getting better at the game and start improving more.

They kind of distant themselves away from me.

So that was a big drawback for me, but as I got older, I realized that no matter what you got focus on yourself.

And I got to a point where I almost put my clubs down and just play for fun.

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