KANSASVILLE — The Wilmot girls golf program began in 1999 and as recently as three years ago, the Panthers didn’t even have the five players necessary for a full varsity lineup.

But in a that-was-so-yesterday moment that showcased the rapidly changing landscape of girls golf in Kenosha County and of a generation that probably doesn’t remember life before cell phones or iPods, here’s what some Wilmot players were suggesting they do to help celebrate Monday’s historic County Invitational at Brighton Dale Links:

Post their pictures holding the championship plaque and medals on Facebook, of course.

Kailee Wahler fired a 6-over par 42 on the front nine of the White Birch Course to become the first Wilmot medalist at the county tournament, and the Panthers’ 192 score was plenty good enough to secure the school’s first county team title.

Tremper sophomore Jaime Elsen finished second with a 44, and her Trojans also placed second at 198. Central’s Sara Sattersten (48) won a tiebreaker for third, the same position her Falcons (203) finished in, and defending champion Bradford (222) took fourth.

The Panthers’ lowly status throughout their history made her individual title and team’s victory more special for Wahler, one of five Wilmot seniors to play Monday.

“We had three girls when I was a freshman on varsity, so we were always kind of used to taking last — nothing really great,” Wahler said. “But this year we pulled it together, and it’s super exciting.

“We knew we always had the potential, but for some reason we were always missing it. But today we really pulled it together.”

Mackenzie Franzen (48, fourth), Afton Swartz (48, fifth), Brittany Rogness (54) and Marie Perl (54) joined Wahler on the victorious squad.

Wilmot also won the JV title with a 208 total, led by medalist Krystal Cooke’s 46.

Swartz hit perhaps the shot of the day when her 7-iron tee shot on the 146-yard, par-3 fourth hole finished 2 feet short of going in for a hole in one.

“I’ve never been so excited in my life. I almost had a heart attack,” said Swartz, who tapped in for a birdie.

Like Wahler, Swartz said she wasn’t sure she’d ever be part of the all-around performance that Wilmot enjoyed Monday.

“We would struggle and we would take last place in everything,” Swartz said of previous seasons, “and now we’re winning and doing really well. So this is exciting to see that come along.”

Greg Olson has been Wilmot head coach for all 11 years of the program’s existence, so he arguably more than anyone reveled in the Panthers’ monumental feats. In the previous 10 County Invitationals, Tremper had won five team titles, Bradford three and Central two. The medalist count read Bradford five, Central three and Tremper two.

“It’s really awesome,” Olson said. “I’ve told the girls all along that they were capable of doing this, that they could come out here and shoot good scores and win this. ... They took it to heart.”

Wahler and Elsen came to the seventh tee tied for the lead, but Wahler went ahead to stay when she got up-and-down for par from about 50 yards short of the green and Elsen bogeyed.

Wahler’s 6-iron tee shot on the uphill 135-yard, par-3 eighth set up a two-putt par, and Elsen hit hers into a bunker, leading to a double-bogey 5.

Heading to the final hole with a three-shot cushion, Wahler hit a 9-iron approach from the rough to the far-left part of the green. Elsen crushed a drive to about 25 yards short of the green, but needing to likely hole out to have any chance of forcing a tie, instead hit her second shot short into a bunker.

Immediately after her round, Elsen headed to the practice green to work on her chipping, a problem area of her game recently. Elsen said she was looking forward to the rest of the season and wouldn’t dwell on finishing second.

“It’s not too disappointing (to lose), especially considering that I’m only a sophomore and (Wahler’s) a senior this year,” Elsen said.

“If I can work on my chipping, then I should be able to par most holes because I’m hitting my drives (well) and I’m getting my shots there close enough to be able to chip on and putt in.”