Peyton "Beans" Factor

Chickasaw citizen Peyton "Beans" Factor is an up-and-coming Division 1 golfer and 3x State Champion who is taking the golfing world by storm. After picking up a golf club at the age of three, she was playing competitively by the age of six and now strives to be one of the first American Indians in the LPGA.

At just 13 years old, Beans, as she's known by her family and friends, regularly competed in tournaments against golfers several years older, including high school seniors already committed to D1 universities. But that didn’t intimidate her. Beans accepted the challenge, saying that competing against older girls made her golf game better. "It takes a lot of practice," she said. "It takes you losing and realizing it's not the end of the world." For her, golf is the greatest game ever because it teaches life lessons and how to overcome new challenges.

Beans has dreams of going pro but also aspires to become a brain or heart surgeon, and she's well on her way. She's picked up a new sponsor in Saucy Spoon Baked Beans and pursuing new opportunities playing Division 1 collegiate golf on scholarship for the Jaspers at Manhattan University in New York City.