Personal Reflective Essay: Palm Desert Golf

Everyone faces adversity, it’s about how you overcome it. It was last spring, and Palm Desert Golf season was in full swing. We came into our rival La Quinta’s match holding a perfect record at 12-0. The season looked shatterproof. I stand on the first hole at Silverrock Golf Resort in La Quinta, California aside my fellow teamates full of confidence, as did they. The cross town rivals had a bit of a shaky season and didn’t appear as any sort of threat to our what seemed unbeatable team. We make our way to hole number 7, a par five that posseses a daunting tee shot with water right and bunkers left. My coach makes his way to me on the tee box and tells me and my playing partner that the match is looking a lot stiffer than it should be. Knowing I only had 2 holes remaing until …show more content…
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