The day was June 29, 2016 when I played in my first golf tournament at the age of 16. Even though I had only been practicing and playing the sport for less than a month, I felt confident in my knowledge of the game going into the tournament. However, I was actually very naive. After one of the girls in my group asked me to “tend the flag,” my confidence went down the drain and I realized that I lacked the understanding of everyday language among golfers. From that point on in the tournament, I tried my best to hide my inexperience and fit in with the other girls, who were much more experienced than I was. Looking back now, I realized that I was not yet literate in the golf world and that I had far more to learn than I realized at the time. …show more content…
Living in the tennis world my whole life, I knew exactly how to dress based on experience. However, entering into the golf world so late in my life, I had no experience and didn’t know how the other girls dressed for the sport. The only piece of information I knew was that wearing a collared shirt was mandatory. I didn’t know if the girls wore shorts or skirts or what type of golf shoes they wore. As I played in more tournaments over the course of the summer, I picked up on different trends based on what I observed from the other girls. I realized that most of the girls wore skirts with sleeveless collared shirts, while only a few wore shorts. I also realized that most of the girls wore tennis skirts to play in, which was very convenient for me considering my vast tennis wardrobe. By wearing outfits like the rest of the female golfers, I was able to dress the part while still working on the other areas of my game. Not only are there clothing trends among the golfers, but there’s also a distinct language used among them. I had to learn the terms like “birdie”, “par”, “bogey”, and so forth, which are the terms for the score you made on each hole. I remember being asked to “tend the flag,” and not having any idea what that term meant, but I soon learned and will never forget. Being surrounded by veteran golfers in my tournaments, I was able to pick up on common phrases and begin to use them in my own
All of these players, dead or alive, leave their footprints for the future generations of golf. Golf as a whole right now can be seen two different ways, it is hard to tell if the sport is dying or growing right now. The numbers show that golf is growing. “Participation in PGA Junior League Golf – a team format for boys and girls 13 and under – has increased 233 percent since
I began golfing in the past five years. I went out for the high school team and made it on the varsity co-ed team. I was the only girl, but I was determined to make it.
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Woods grew up watching his father golf day after day in the garage and anywhere else his father could get his hands on a club. His father was not only his coach but his best friend and when he died a few years down the road, it showed in the way Woods played. Woods had his father as a coach since he was able to stand up on his own and without the encouragement and the talent of both his father and himself the world may have never seen a problem with golf being an all-white game. Woods hadn’t doubted himself since the day he stepped on the green in 1997 to prove everyone wrong about his ability, but the day he had to play without his father was the day it
When I started golfing, it wasn’t serious at all, it was just something to go and have a great time with. My dad and I would go out on the course and spend the day out there, but it wasn’t just playing golf: we would eat snacks that we bought from the store, we would obviously play
I guess it started when I was about twelve years old. My father took me to this place called a golf course. I did not know why or what we were here for, but I was interested in finding out. We entered a building called a clubhouse; then, he paid for a bucket of practice balls. I followed him to the driving range. Once we got there, he got a metal stick from his golf bag and gave it to me. I grabbed the stick, and he showed me how to hold it. Then, he told me to swing it. I swung it back and forth as careless as I could. He then said, "Son, you have one of the nicest golf swings I have ever seen." I did not even know what I was doing with that stick, but I guess my dad saw something I didn't. My father then decided that he was ready to teach me how to use the three clubs of golf: a putter, iron, and wood. He handed me the putter, and we went to the green. He explained to me that a putter is used on a green to get the ball into the hole. I took a few smooth swings back and forth to get a feel for a putter. He said, "Hit this ball until it goes into the hole." I was impressed with myself because it only took me six hits to get it in the hole. He laid twenty balls on the green, and he told me to hit every ball in with one shot. It took me about three hours, but I accomplished what my dad told me. He thought I was ready to try the next club, so we headed to the next location. We went out onto the fairway, and he handed me an iron. He laid out some more balls on the ground and told me to hit them towards the flag on the green. The first ball I hit did not even get close to the green. The rest of the balls I hit went either over or on the front of the green, but I never let another one fall short. My dad said, "Keep practicing until you hit all of the balls on the green." I kept practicing until all of the balls were laid up around the flag.
Playing golf encompasses many ups and downs, excitement and frustration, and an abundance of fun when things go right. Golf is a game with so many different emotions that constantly change and play with countless minds in menacing ways. Motivation is the key to success, brought by successful moments that cause excitement. Those moments keep me returning to the course, continuing to make mistakes, but always learning more about the puzzling language. Over several years, I have been able to learn the secondary Discourse of golf by learning about the golf swing, learning terminology, principles of the sport, and through my experiences.
I grew up at Ravenwood Country Club. I had the perfect life. My dad was a PGA golf professional and I got to use the club’s facilities whenever I pleased. However, there was one problem: I despised golf. Not only did golf disgust me, but it was my mortal enemy. I was around it so much that I never wanted to play. I would have been much happier chasing butterflies than playing golf.
Walking into the Loyola golf coach's office, I couldn't help but smile at what I saw: a golf bag with my name embroidered on it. Now I am officially a NCAA Division I athlete. This happened more than a year ago, when I just arrived at Loyola and was getting ready to play collegiate golf. Golf was the thing that excited me the most. I looked forward to meeting my teammates, going to my first practice, and playing in my first tournament.
It just always seemed like something that I had to do. Ever since I was ten years old I’ve been playing, practicing, and talking about golf. I always have had a love for the game, but I never really thought about how stressful and painful it made my life. Even at ten I thought my future had already been planned for me. I was already thinking of life as a professional golfer. I was certain that I would go play golf for a big college, and instant fame would soon follow. It wasn’t until the last couple of years that life has changed for me.
Tiger Woods is the most dominant golfer in the modern era. His victories include seventy nine Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour events and fourteen major tournaments. His record is the second most wins of all time, only behind Jack Nicklaus. One of his most dominant wins is the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links, in California where he won by an astounding margin of fifteen strokes over Ernie Els. His golfing dominance started when entered into the Greater Milwaukee Open for the first time as a professional on August 28th, 1996. Woods influenced the game on many fronts. According to Ryan Harrington in his article What Golf Looked Like Before Woods Turned Pro..., Woods played in his first PGA tour event as a professional in the Greater Milwaukee Open on August 28th, 1996. On that day, the game of golf was changed forever. From then on Woods was the most dominant player on the PGA Tour
(38) I started playing golf in the second grade. My grandfather made my first set of clubs, and when I was a tyro he would take me to the range to teach me the game. That was ten years ago and I still have to do a lot of work to perfect my
As I got older and more aware of the sport, I did not just see it
My love for tennis blossomed at the young age of eleven. During middle school my peers knew me as the boy who was remarkably talented at tennis and I savored that title. Butterflies floated throughout my youthful body whenever someone complimented me. As the years passed, my dad nurtured me into a top player. Before I knew it high school arrived and it was time to compete at a higher level. My excitement was out of this world, but I knew my dad could no longer push me forward and my future was up to me. However, the ego I developed over the years blocked what lie in front of me. I wasn’t looking at the bigger picture; the hard work demanded of me, teamwork, and the motivation to reach an ultimate goal. Throughout my four years of participating
Vince Solano’s statement in an interview on NBC 5 Chicago, “It really isn’t about women. It’s simply about golf” shows the controversy of allowing women into the sport, bringing into question the difference between women and men. There are countless physical separations between women displayed, however, looking past that, there are not many disparities between us. Since the involvement of women, equipment has tremendously evolved, leading to universal advancements in golf that are beneficial for men as well. Although, there are multitudinous rules and restrictions women experience.