Personal Narrative: Golf Or Sport

To begin with, a lot of people these days argue about if golf is a sport or not. If you look up the word sport in dictionaries golf meets that definition. Golf also burns off a lot of calories while playing the sport. If golf wasn’t a sport than why should other things be called a sport. Golf is part of the sports category because it requires muscles and physical exertion, you compete against other players, and it has everything that other sports have.

You will never believe what I am about to tell you! I have been a golfer since I was in third grade. I took my first golf lessons at the age of eight, and then I took more lessons at the age of eleven. I have been golfing with my dad numerous times, which led to my love for the sport and my interest in continuing. Golf is special to me because it gives me the opportunity to gain more skills, have more patience and drive, and spend quality time with my dad.

When learning to play the game of golf, there are many ways to be a great golfer. So with me by means of my love of the game I’m just trying to become something great. People really show how there many different techniques with golf but it’s not golf to get techniques from anybody and everybody. Many people have there own little way of playing golf but me overall think my own is the best. I became successful a golf by learning about its history, learning how to be true to something that you love, the process of becoming a successful golfer.

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.

I had pulled my scorecard out and added up my scores. The 18th was a dogleg left par 5 and with a par I shoot 78. A score that would make it through to districts. Following an arid tee shot, I disobeyed my coach in club choice for my second shot. The dominos began to fall and one bad shot followed another. I took a triple bogey on an easy hole and I knew as soon as I picked my ball up out of the cup that I had let people down. Waiting was the worse part of the whole process, it just dragged out the failure. After an hour passed and the news was given that I finished fifth, just short of being in that top four. That was the longest bus ride home ever. It was the start of a new fire and a new beginning.

“Joe and I are going down to the golf course to hunt for golf balls and sell them,” I yelled to my mom.

I chose this topic because lately I have experienced a great deal of dedication lately. My sophomore year I took it upon myself to become the next up and coming golfer in the school. My sophomore year there were two seniors who led the Golf Team: Ryan Sola and Spencer Haldeman. These guys had been showing me the ins and outs of High School Golf and what it takes to succeed at that level. In the Summer, Ryan tried to practice every single day. If Ryan had to work or was out of town he always found a way to get to the range or play a round of nine or 18 holes everyday. Spencer was a very good basketball player and even starts for the UNiversity of Northern Iowa right now. During High School he had many tournaments he had to travel too on the

On a cloudy spring morning on our home course at Medina Country Club, I watched the all the other groups in front of me tee off at my first golf match. After we finished our first hole, one of the girls on the other team recorded her score as a four. I counted ten. A big knot grew in my stomach. I knew I would have to confront her. I am typically a person who keeps to oneself. I had joined golf team in order to be more social, but this was out of my comfort zone. As we walked to the next hole I timidly explained to her that she scored a ten. She turned around to give me a hard glare. Annoyance of my accusation flowed off of her. Fortunately, it turns out she was new to golf and did not realize that whiffs counted as strokes. Facing that conversation

My pace was brisk climbing up the final fairway, bag feeling twice as heavy as I knew it to be. The energy that had surged within me hours before was almost depleted, and frustration coursed through me at the way I had “ruined my score.” My attitude induced an inability to enjoy the beauty surrounding me, as it usually did when I golfed. I trudged up to my ball (that, of course, had rolled into the thick rough). Bag clunking onto the ground as the legs sprang out, I pulled out the overworked range finder to find the distance to the flag. After staring at my clubs, considering, I pulled the five iron out of my bag. At that point, it was nowhere near as shiny as it had been at the beginning of the round. Scraping off most of the dirt, I stepped up to the ball and tried to keep my mind free of the memories of past rounds.

A playoff in the sport of golf is an extra hole, or holes, played when, at the completion of regulation play in a competition or tournament, there is a tie and it is desirable to determine an outright winner. Playing in a playoff is one of the most exhilarating and nerve-wracking things anyone can experience when playing golf.

The first reason why golf should be considered a sport is because many people call pro golfers athletes.An example of this would be,”The associated press has named a golfer as its female athlete of the year 24 times”( https://golf.procon.org/ ).If she plays golf and has been named female athlete of the year,then that makes her an athlete which makes golf a real sport.Another example from them is,”Golfer Tiger Woods is the richest athlete in history and was the first athlete to surpass 1 billion dollars in career earnings”( https://golf.procon.org/ ).See that’s a lot of money which is being earned by an athlete who is playing a sport.That’s only one reason why Golf should be called a

I have always believed that all people should be treated the same regardless of who you are, what you look like, or where you're from. Quite recently, towards the beginning of my senior year golf season, we obtained some new players; as a leader of the team, I figured that the best way to get to know each other would be to organize a bonding event. During the activity, a racist comment was made towards another member of our team. The comment shocked us all; however nothing was said or done about it. While on my way home with my fellow team captain, we discussed the matter and felt that it needed to be addressed. The next day, we pulled aside the girl the comment was directed towards and explained that the situation was uncalled for and needed

This being my senior year and my last golf season I’ve had my goals set on winning a state championship. The past two years I have made it to state and my first year I wanted to win but it was more of a learning experience. Last year I was definitely attempting to win and I put way too much pressure on myself and I played absolutely terrible. After the major letdown of last year I wanted to work harder than I’ve ever worked to get back to state and win it. With that mindset I went into the summer knowing the work I had to put in to get where I wanted to be. I didn’t have the summer success I was hoping for and I actually became so frustrated that I thought about quitting because I was tired of putting so much work into something and not seeing any

In today’s world, Golf is played all around the globe. During my first day at the Zurich Classic I caddied for many players, such as Fabian Gomez,who is from Argentina; Bubba Watson,who is from Florida; and Brooks Koepka who is also from Florida. But, as the list went on, I noticed something. Almost every golfer spoke with a different accent or language! Usually most sports are like this, but you would be playing against your own country leaving no language barrier. So, I began to think; Why is Golf so international?

Golf is no doubt a sport. The physical aspect of golf is there, falls under the definition of sport, and is very similar to other sports. The debate of golf and if it is a sport should of been settled a long time ago. Golf is a great sport and a can be a great thing for a person to know how to