Personal Narrative: My Passion Of Golf

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Golf is my passion and it has shaped my mentality and my approaches on not only the sport, but also life. Very commonly, in any sport, it is easy to be hard on yourself and get easily disappointed in bad performance. I have learned that

In golf, swallowing- focusing on, mistakes or difficulties creates more of a mess for yourself because it clouds your judgement and focus for all the following shots. I have developed the mental stamina to be able to be unaffected by mistakes. This has been one of my biggest achievements this season. I think this helps me outside of the golf course, because I am able to approach new subjects with open eyes- clear eyes- unclouded judgement.

Golf has given me many lessons to live my life by.

Hard work makes

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