Personal Narrative: The Sport Of Golf

Golf is a sport that takes a lot of practice to get to a point when a person is happy with their abilities. Also Golf is a mind game where the person playing cannot get mad, give up, or change your form to try and dig the round out of the hole its in. A lot of people say the whole game is between the ears and there is a lot of truth in that, but it also takes a lot of practice and time. At the beginning of my freshman year I didn’t practice and didn’t take it very seriously, but as the season grew old my work ethic changed completely. I was at the range 3 days a week and hit the range before matches. Never give up when your not doing your best keep trying practicing because it will change. It was a cold Saturday morning and the day of my first match. I had made up a plan to keep me busy before my match. The plan was that I would eat breakfast, chip in my backyard, then head to the course and go to the range before the match. My dad came to watch and he gave me a few pointers. My dad said; “keep
Down!” I guess the ball heard me because it dropped right next to the hole for an easy birdie. The next hole is a straight par 3 with a valley in front of the green. Confident in myself again I pull out a seven iron knowing I will need every bit of it. I hit one of the most beautiful shots of my life on that hole. I knew it went dead straight and right where I wanted it, but the sun blocked my view of where it fell. Suspension increases as I inch closer to the green. I see two balls one out of bounds short of the green and one 2 feet from the hole. As I look at the ball next to the hole all I’m looking for is the Elder Golf logo on the ball, and I look down and there it is. Back to back birdies and I couldn’t be happier at this point. The next hole is a straight away par 4 and I play it great and record a par. As I walk up to the eighth hole I have no idea I’m even par, but my opponent nicely told me I was, and that brought a whole lot of weight on