Personal Narrative: A Road Not Taken

I became apart of Marcus Golf my sophomore year after I switched over from soccer. With a smooth transition I was able to be successful very early on. I was nominated to be team captain my sophomore year when I was on JV, and when I got moved up to Varsity I continued to be a strong leader. With lots of hard work and dedication every day I was able to win an award for Most Fairways my junior year. I enjoy being a part of this program, and love being a leader on and off the

and I went to the tee box to meet the players I was competing with that day. After we exchanged scorecards so that nobody would accuse another of cheating, we teed off. My first shot went far and to the left of the fairway but it was okay because the first hole was a dogleg to the left (A dogleg is when a hole goes straight for a

Months later, the sting of losing still haunted us. Summer came and no one dared to speak of the game, yet you could tell it burned in the back of our minds as we pushed ourselves harder than ever before. Attitudes and efforts changed. There was a sense of urgency inside of every

We didn’t give up and go home though. Instead after every tournament game, we would practice pitching and hitting. I was working harder than everybody else, and would go to the hotel room exhausted. The night before the last game, my father and one of the player’s parent had a argument about me, which affected my confidence about playing.

Picking up a golf club for the first time, I fell in love with a new game. I played every chance I got that summer. Begging my parents for clubs and lessons, my passion grew and most of the following summer was spent on the golf course, not the baseball field. I was headed to LaSalle High School that fall, and was warned that the golf

We started to play, but the people from Franklin that were in the crowd were so annoying they were really trying to mess us up. I wasn 't going to listen to them because I was so proud of us to make it to the championships. When I got up there to the server 's position I started getting nervous that I would hit it to high. I could hear my coach in the background saying “just breathe Bella you 've got this we 've worked on it your good.” My hand got a little lower as I swung and hit the ball up in the air it went over without touching the ceiling I was so proud of myself then as we played longer and longer the games were closer and closer in score, we won two and they won two, so this last one whoever won wins, we were really close and had to go over 25 points because we kept getting a point when they were at 25 but you have to be 2 points

But like Gatsby, I am working hard every day to get as close as possible to making this major goal happen. Golf has taken over my brain, like Daisy did to Gatsby, and I think about it for many hours every day. I miss out on activities just so I can play and practice. I believe that the game of golf drives my actions more than

The year that Tiger Woods turned pro is the year that the game of golf changed forever. The tournaments, the achievements, and the impact that he had on golf show what he did and how nobody is and will ever come close to doing that. Without Woods doing what he did and what he is still doing make the game of golf one of the most popular sports in the world. The professionals of sports and people around the world talk about how Tiger changed his life, golf and the world while doing it. He shaped, helped, and even changed people’s lives with his talent.

The second I was on the field I knew my team had the game won. All I could see around me was a group of men ready for war. I couldn’t be more ready for my last home opener so after I did what I do when the unexplainable happens, accept it. I ran to the 45 to the 35 to the 20, hoping to find the kick returner. 8 months waiting for this moment all the sweat, pain, 100 degree sun beaming UV rays to my face.

This game taught me that i can 't reflect on the unchangeable and move to the future. Reflection can be an awful thing moving on making your mind just feel clean and into a new state where you can make your dreams a vision. Basking in the glory days can 't be the only thing you can do for you lose or broken memory. Moving from there was the best thing that could have done for my career in baseball and after I moved on we won our next tournament and I forgot it all.

We learn to manage our emotions. The game of golf exposes us to experience the highs and the lows of the game. Ranging from birdies to triple bogeys, the twists and turns reward a young person 's ability to keep each stroke in perspective, helps us to manage emotions, maintain a positive outlook and focus on the nextgoal to keep going with the game . In today’s stressful life playing golf can help recharge the human mind and brain to think out of the box. Like in most games

Throughout the summer of 2016, I learned that this mental toughness everyone is talking about really does impact you not only as a golfer, but as a person. It was roughly a week in a half before our golf sectionals. My golf season had been decent for a freshman but I was struggling with inconsistency. I was shooting roughly anywhere from the low to high 80’s.

The first thing that started to change my life was golf. I started to play golf when I was in grade five. During that time I didn’t like it at all. I felt like this sport was the worst sport that I’ve ever played. However, time changed and everything changed.

While the team was originally reluctant, it turned out to be a rewarding and a tremendous learning experience. The team members learned to accept this student and treat him like he was one of their own. He participated in the daily activities of the team as well as being given equal opportunity to participate in qualifying for tournaments. As the season progressed it was very obvious that this student became more comfortable both on the golf course and also around school. It was an eye-opening experience for other team members who were reminded of the simple perks of being a part of a team and how much that may mean to someone who has never had that experience, and may not have ever been able to experience that had the coaches not given this student the opportunity to be a part of

Eventually, I stopped playing them so that I could focus more of my time on golf. At first, I wasn’t very good but there was this drive and “fire” inside me that pushed me to practice longer and harder than others. That year, I got an opportunity to test my progress and to prove myself as a golfer. I made my first appearance in a varsity golf match. That day I shot a 43 to help my team secure a win over the