After years of blood, sweat, hours on end of practicing on and off the course, and with plenty of tears, I reached my childhood dream of making the varsity golf team as a freshman. Having commitment, playing not only for myself but for a team too, battling constantly along with hurt feelings from my self proclaimed golf expert of a father shaped me from a young girl into the responsible, trustworthy, dependable woman I am today.
Sixth grade summer going into seventh, my pesky father managed to score me the opportunity of playing golf with the varsity girls golf team. At the time I had only played golf for approximately two years prior competitively. Not having the best background knowledge on how some girls act and play at the varsity level, I was wide eyed and taking notes. Playing golf has taught me many things that words can not describe, though for what I can say the most important thing the sport has taught me is integrity. After watching these girls I saw them lie about little things. Such as how many times they have golfed during the summer, participating in FJGA, and if the putt made it to the hole …show more content…
When I began practicing with the girls varsity girls golf team, I was so excited to learn from these amazing golfers but my high hopes were crushed when they bullied and were beyond vular with me. They made fun of me for being so small, short, and young. Instead of asking me my grade and why I was practicing with them they assumed I skipped grades and was a freshman when in reality I was only in 7th grade. Only being 13 I knew not to ever be so evil to someone because they might treat me in the same manner and who would want that? No one. Even though that was a traumatic event for me when I was so little, it brought me up knowing I should treat others with kindness in place of meanness due to me not wanting to ever feel like how I did way back
Sixth grade summer going into seventh, my pesky father managed to score me the opportunity of playing golf with the varsity girls golf team. At the time I had only played golf for approximately two years prior competitively. Not having the best background knowledge on how some girls act and play at the varsity level, I was wide eyed and taking notes. Playing golf has taught me many things that words can not describe, though for what I can say the most important thing the sport has taught me is integrity. After watching these girls I saw them lie about little things. Such as how many times they have golfed during the summer, participating in FJGA, and if the putt made it to the hole …show more content…
When I began practicing with the girls varsity girls golf team, I was so excited to learn from these amazing golfers but my high hopes were crushed when they bullied and were beyond vular with me. They made fun of me for being so small, short, and young. Instead of asking me my grade and why I was practicing with them they assumed I skipped grades and was a freshman when in reality I was only in 7th grade. Only being 13 I knew not to ever be so evil to someone because they might treat me in the same manner and who would want that? No one. Even though that was a traumatic event for me when I was so little, it brought me up knowing I should treat others with kindness in place of meanness due to me not wanting to ever feel like how I did way back