Golf Personal Statement

My background story begins with me starting my first day of junior year at Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy. The previous year was spent at a different school. This new school was going to put me down the path I wanted for myself. I was very different from every other student at the academy because the other students have played golf for most of their lives. What is different for me is that golf was new for me and I had high hopes of playing for a great college. My first coach at the school told my parents that it was very unlikely that I would get the opportunity to play college golf. My first golf tournament I shot in the 100’s and by the end of that summer I was shooting in the 70’s. By the end of senior year and with the ods being not so “ever in my favor” I still managed to get myself on the Newbery College golf team. …show more content…
It was necessary for me to return home to help with my family business and my father who had become ill. So I pulled my boots up and took the dedication I had from golf and turned it towards teaching myself how to code. I have always loved computers and I found out that a lot of companies need people to write custom code and help with all things computer-related. It was a difficult but with perseverance, I completed over 170 hours of online coding courses. During that time I learned HTML, CSS, and Javascript; all of the needed essentials for front end web development. While on this path I found I started to love coding and found that graphic design is also needed in this field. With some background in Photoshop I also took it upon myself to better my skills in that area as