The contestants followed a mixed-team format featuring various golf-related skills challenges, with the ultimate winner receiving his or her "big break" — an exemption to compete on the pro tour.
"The pressure on 'The Big Break' is high because in a normal golf tournament, you have 54 holes or 72 holes to make up for your mistakes," said Kenoyer, 24, who played high school
golf at Cardinal Gibbons and Westminster Academy. "On the show, you literally had one chance, and your team is counting on you. I felt more pressure (than when) I played in the U.S. Open."Kenoyer, the lone contestant on the show to have competed in a major championship — the 2009 U.S. Women's Open — knows what it is like to play in front of large crowds and cameras, yet this was a different experience altogether.
"I still felt my hands shake and my heart beat out of my chest," said Kenoyer, who is playing full-time on the Symetra Tour with a renewed sense of confidence and passion following the experience. "I can't tell you what a positive experience (the show) has been for my career
."Collins, who turns 24 this month, had to keep her selection a secret from December to April. She told friends that she went to England to visit a friend.
"It was really difficult because I disappeared for four weeks, and no one knew where I was and I couldn't tell them," said Collins, who played at St. Thomas Aquinas High School and helped Nova SoutheasternUniversity
win three National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II titles.Collins, who set a scoring record with her 10-under 278 while winning the national championship in 2011 as a member of NSU's women's golf team
, said the spotlight seemed much brighter in Mexico."It was a lot more stressful than what I expected," Collins said. "The first few challenges, I thought, 'Wow, this is intense.'"
Collins said having as many as 15 cameras and 50 crew members following your every shot and wearing a microphone daily during filming also was a challenge.
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