Personal Narrative: I Am From Broken Golf

With my experience with the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour I started to develop some strengths that previously had been more of a burden than beneficial to my professional development. Working in the field, and work in the classroom while beneficial prepares you in a completely different sense. Having the ability to work hands on in the daily operations of the tour allowed me to use my creative abilities to determine solutions rather than following predetermined guidelines. Being involved with this internship allowed me to further expand and gain new strengths such as;

I believe my involvement in rugby, golf, flute and charity have contributed hugely to both my emotional and my development of skills. Throughout my time playing rugby I developed a huge range of skills. Through my time playing in the forwards and being involved in the scrummage saying to my teammates I'm here with you I'm working is just applicable to a team project I will have to do. Adaptation of a hardworking ethos where resilience and giving my all was paramount. Through my golf playing of golf I have developed a positive, optimistic and enthusiastic I have learnt to be patient and calm in my decision-making. Another key skill learnt from golf is adaptability. Throughout my time golfing I was placed in tricky situations, I learnt how to

Four years ago I would have never expected to be a golf team captain. Due to my variety of hobbies and interests, I like to consider myself a jack of all trades so it was hard to decide on what sports to play in high school. Upon asking my father if he had any recommendations, he told me that if I could learn the fundamentals of golf I would have a tool that could benefit me for a lifetime. I wrote down golf on the dotted registration line and, well, forgot about it.

Golf is something I have always played. The more I play the game, the more I think about how it relates to life and how everything one does on a golf course can be something that one should be doing in life. I use the lessons that I have learned on the course and I apply them to my life, I feel it has helped me grow and become the man I am today.

I step out of the batters box to gather myself. I take a couple of check swings. I tell myself now you are ready. I Step back into the batter’s box and prepare myself for the next pitch. In my mind, I am thing if he pitches a fast ball I am going to swing for the heavens. The pitcher throws a fast ball. I can see the ball moving towards me as if it was moving in slow motion. My eyes zoom in on the ball like a pair of binoculars. I swing it is a hit into the outfield over the centerfielders head. I run with

There are many teams that I’ve loved being a part of over the last three years of high school. The first is the golf team. I was blessed to be on the Junior Varsity team during my freshman and sophomore years, and this year I’m now on Varsity. The first two years were incredible. I was with Coach Al VanderHart, and we had such incredible seasons, especially sophomore year. I was blessed to be a team captain with Natalie Mason, and I grew so close to the girls on my team. We had so many traditions, including dressing up on match days, bringing food to the Town Square at Break, devotions before every practice and match, and much more. Another reason my team and I became so close was through the tragic loss of Coach Al’s son. We all surprised Coach by going to the funeral as a team. It was one of the moments in my life where I could feel God the most. Our team gave a big group hug, and we all started crying together, including the coach. It felt so good to lean on each other as a team for support, and it showed me just how powerful God is through the people

All my life I have been very devoted to the sports of which I participate. Baseball and golf have been a huge part of my childhood and it has always been in that order. Baseball always took precedence over golf. Golf was just a hobby and when it came down to it, baseball was going to be more a part of me than golf. But recently my heart has shifted and the level of precedence in my mind has switched over to golf, and being very involved in the baseball team with my high school, it was time to make a very difficult decision with countless ramifications.

Lights blaring into my eyes, the crack of the bat, the shouting of the overly-devoted parents, the salty aroma arising off of the freshly roasted peanuts, all came together to create the overwhelming presence of a little league baseball game. This was a place where I spent most of my time on week day afternoons, in the spring, watching my brother succeed at America’s pastime. He was really quite good at this sport called baseball; he had just been granted the position of starting pitcher for the team. Sometimes things that have occurred in my life, and stuff I have received, that I may not have necessarily deserve, can be taken for granted. However, after what was about to take place my eyes are given a new perspective.

When I started this internship with the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour I wasn’t quite sure what to expect within the field of sports management. I always thought that sports management meant being in the front office for a team holding a more administrative role. My idea of what a sports manager did was such things like organization and management whether it be on an individual basis or team oriented. I imagined them being the guys in suits that the camera pans to while in the press box chatting it up with some potential investor. As you can see I have a very narrow view of what it meant to be a sports manager because as a fan of the sports the distinction between the various roles tends to be skewed. Sports management was a degree to me in which I had the ability to talk about sports all day, and be involved in a hands on manner. Sports have played a major role in my life up to this

I am from watching every single game of the Washington Nationals and New England Patriots that my eyes would POP right out of their sockets. I’m from dedicating my down time to the white leather ball with red stitches, and the blue of the Tidewater Drillers organization. I live for the feeling of the ball jumping off my bat, and the ball popping in the pocket of my glove. I’m from the satisfying sound of CRACK when you crush the ball like a rocket into outer space. I’m from the breaking and curving when you put a crazy amount of spin on it. I’m from camping out behind the plate ready to take on anything in my way. From blocking balls, throwing runners out, and calling pitches. I’m from only using Rawlings and Wilson gloves or else I would

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

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.

There is lots to know about me. I play tennis all year round at the Racquet Club of Lake Bluff. There are many talented tennis coaches that are from all over the world. My main tennis coaches are from France. I play the piano and teach lessons for many kids from ages 5-11. I have been playing piano since I was three. I also have a passion for crafts and baking for my family. In my free time I love to read books and watch T.V. shows. My favorite genre of books is realistic fiction because I love knowing that what I read could happen at any second. My favorite T.V. show is Grey’s Anatomy. It is so intriguing watching what happens in the hospital and seeing how surgical doctors live. I have a brother and two sisters. My brother Alex, is leaving for college on thursday to University of San Diego. My two sisters Gabrielle and Juliette are currently at the Lake Forest High School. I have a dog named Marty and he is six years old. He is a half lab, quarter beagle, quarter pug. I am very organized and I love reading new books. I am excited for the books that we will be reading this year.

I. Attention Grabber: In the last twenty years, the reputation of marijuana has evolved and possibly in the best way. People’s opinions have shifted from seeing the hemp plant as a drug with no use other than a temporary high, to a plant that could possibly be the definition of versatile.

“If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't buy” Most people in America believe that money is all you need to be happy. As in if they own that object they will be happy. This logic was also used in the roaring 20’s. Many americans got very wealthy at this time period, most of them used that money to party. One story in particular that demonstrates this era is The Great Gatsby, it shows what people did with all of their time back then. The author of this wonderful book is, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940). A man named Verge stated this about Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby, “ When it was published in 1925 it was a great critical success, but though it is his most brilliant book, it was a financial failure.” His book was not a very big hit back then but now it is a big read. In Fitzgerald's book he shares three messages which are, that money can't buy you everything, you can't leave your past behind, and that physical beauty is not everything.