As Bobby Jones once said “Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots- but you have to play the ball where it lies.” Golf is not your typical sport. Golf is something I would lose myself in. Most importantly it taught me how to grow up by a code of ethics. Every time I took the course I learned a new lesson whether, it was in my personal game or personal life. A golf club carries a culture of it’s own and I truly have a passion for it. A Golf club was one of my first friends. I knew it would never leave me, it would never find someone better, and it would always do what it was supposed to. My golf club was reliable to me from day one and that’s why it was so appealing.
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Alcohol and drugs begin to pop up at parties and people break to the temptations. Some of my friends began using marijuana frequently. Instead of just hanging with friends like the past it always was based around marijuana. I was tired of negatively using my time with poor friends so I began to go golf more. At first it was just me, I’d play by myself a few times a week when I had time after school. It was a great use of my time as it always benefitted me and kept me out of trouble. Soon my friends began to join me deciding to give up old habits and pick up something new. We had started growing our friendships back through golf. At one point my best friends and I didn’t even speak. I was hurt and distraught, but golf had brought them back. Our relationships were much stronger after, from having them completely destroyed and rebuilt anew around a passion. I’ve always strongly advised it as a productive use of time. The First Tee organization says it best “Using good judgment is very important in golf. It comes into play when deciding on strategy, club selection, when to play safe and when to take a chance, the type of shot players consider executing, as well as making healthy choices on and off the golf course” (The First …show more content…
These are beliefs that you hold to be true. I was instilled with honesty, discipline, and integrity. It was a crisp Saturday in late spring. The flowers and grass were in full shine after being quenched by Spring’s rain. The course was in immaculate condition and I had a match. This match was to become certified to play the course on my own. I had to attain a score of fifty-four or lower on nine holes to get my acceptance along with a certain score on the golf handbook. Now I was playing with two others and we needed an adult spectator it happened to be my dad which made me incredibly nervous. By 9:30 AM I was on the course doing the best I could for a low score. All day I was up and down not playing great, but I stayed patient and held my composure. It came to the eighth hole and I had just nailed an eight iron on to the green. A putt here would help my score as it was coming down to the wire. Addressing the ball, I found my line and hit it, but I just lipped out. Walking over to the ball in the frustration I proceeded to tap the ball through my legs to finish the hole. My Dad quickly walked over reporting “That will be a one stroke penalty.” I had to have him verify this so he did a google search and validated it. The USGA says, “The player must not make a stroke on the putting green from a stance astride, or with either foot touching, the line of putt or an extension of that line behind
Alcohol and drugs begin to pop up at parties and people break to the temptations. Some of my friends began using marijuana frequently. Instead of just hanging with friends like the past it always was based around marijuana. I was tired of negatively using my time with poor friends so I began to go golf more. At first it was just me, I’d play by myself a few times a week when I had time after school. It was a great use of my time as it always benefitted me and kept me out of trouble. Soon my friends began to join me deciding to give up old habits and pick up something new. We had started growing our friendships back through golf. At one point my best friends and I didn’t even speak. I was hurt and distraught, but golf had brought them back. Our relationships were much stronger after, from having them completely destroyed and rebuilt anew around a passion. I’ve always strongly advised it as a productive use of time. The First Tee organization says it best “Using good judgment is very important in golf. It comes into play when deciding on strategy, club selection, when to play safe and when to take a chance, the type of shot players consider executing, as well as making healthy choices on and off the golf course” (The First …show more content…
These are beliefs that you hold to be true. I was instilled with honesty, discipline, and integrity. It was a crisp Saturday in late spring. The flowers and grass were in full shine after being quenched by Spring’s rain. The course was in immaculate condition and I had a match. This match was to become certified to play the course on my own. I had to attain a score of fifty-four or lower on nine holes to get my acceptance along with a certain score on the golf handbook. Now I was playing with two others and we needed an adult spectator it happened to be my dad which made me incredibly nervous. By 9:30 AM I was on the course doing the best I could for a low score. All day I was up and down not playing great, but I stayed patient and held my composure. It came to the eighth hole and I had just nailed an eight iron on to the green. A putt here would help my score as it was coming down to the wire. Addressing the ball, I found my line and hit it, but I just lipped out. Walking over to the ball in the frustration I proceeded to tap the ball through my legs to finish the hole. My Dad quickly walked over reporting “That will be a one stroke penalty.” I had to have him verify this so he did a google search and validated it. The USGA says, “The player must not make a stroke on the putting green from a stance astride, or with either foot touching, the line of putt or an extension of that line behind