Personal Narrative: Golf

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To this day some of my favorite memories growing up was watching the Masters golf tournament with my dad or just hitting plastic golf balls in the backyard. Golf was the game I loved ever since I was a little boy. That's the reason why getting cut from the golf team freshman year hurt so bad. I was numb with an empty depressed feeling inside me. Getting cut from the golf team taught me that in my darkest moments giving up would be easy, however with perseverance and dedication any goal can be accomplished.

My passion ever since I was little was golf. School just began going into my freshman year of high school which also meant it was golf season. I remember getting dropped of by my mom at the golf course ready to prove myself as a player at

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