Coming Up to the Tee The aroma of freshly cut grass fills my nose as I step up to the tee. I swing my club back slowly, blocking out the millions of thoughts running through my mind. Swiftly, I swing down at the ball propelling it forward, straight towards the fairway. Clubs in tow, I head towards my ball as I begin my round of golf.…
When you’re playing your way through the 18-hole golf course at the Highland Creek Golf Club, it’s easy to feel like a champion. Although you don’t have to be an expert to enjoy the natural beauty of their manicured greens or the luxuries of the sprawling clubhouse, the golf gurus of the Highland Creek Golf Club are always there to help you improve your game. One of the more rare moves you can execute on the golf course is the “flop shot,” a short-range maneuver to be used when there’s not much distance between you and hole. This secret weapon is easy to learn but should be used sparingly—only when you have little room to move on the green.…
Like most golfers, Scotty Cameron, a curious Californian kid, was born into golf. His father, an avid golfer, breathed the game. During adolescence, Scotty began making strides in his newfound talent, producing handmade golf putters, alongside his father, "in their garage workshop. " By age 11, he could develop a putter, scratch to play ready unaccompanied. Don Cameron, Scotty's father, told Scotty, "Stick with the game of golf, Scotty.…
In the trove of memories that I have from the visits to Florida, one in particular stands out. One day when we visited in June we went to Blue Springs park. It had crystal clear water so you were able to see 40ft to the bottom. After swimming in spring water for a while we rented canoes and went down the river it was connected to. We had enough fun after a couple hours and we were about to finish the day off by jumping off a 5ft ledge into the 40ft deep water.…
People are born with passion within them but also with a journey ahead of them to find what or where it is intended. Finding that passion comes in the brief or extensive discovery of something that resonates with themselves and their hearts. Passion is built from a simple introduction that quickly grows into more. For Darian Zachek, her passion for golf sparked from her father's attempt at an effort for bonding. At the age of seven years old, Zachek's father would take her out to the driving range as a way of bonding with his daughter, and it was from there that she continued to pursue the game.…
Last year, I went to Kentucky for a baseball camp at the University of Kentucky. My grandpa and grandma took my brother Josh down there. We got to the campus field house and I had a holy-cow-look on my face it was huge!! I walked in and it was bigger than a football field and it had batting cages in it.…
“Yes Sir!” the announcer proclaimed as “Jack Nicklaus [threatened] to make the 46th year of his life the most memorable to date - a year when this once young, strong, heroic golfer [made] middle age a time of even bigger heroics.” (The New York Times, May 24, 1986) Jack Nicklaus had just sunk a putt in the 1986 masters for eagle on the fifteenth hole, positioning only two back of the lead. It would be one of the greatest wins in golf’s history if he could pull it out, but there were only three holes left.…
The day started like any other, but the same could not be said for how it ended. I arrived at the town golf course, Longshore, about 30 minutes before my tee time. There was slight cloud coverage, minimal wind, and a comfortable temperature. Glints of sun through the clouds periodically illuminated blades of grass, almost signaling for the ball to be hit there. The bentgrass took a deep, rich shade of green from the recent douses of rain.…
Success is often defined as the accomplishment of one’s goals or objectives. Most people measure life by their successes. Life is a game in which I am constantly measured by myself and others. When I was younger, I based my goals on the expectations of others. I felt enslaved by the goals that were set for me by my superiors – my parents, successful peers, and enthusiastic teachers and mentors.…
Behind my bright blue eyes is the soul of a girl with many passions. I grew up as a tomboy, riding fourwheelers and playing sports. Throughout the years I have gone from wanting to be a ballerina, to a veterinarian, a writer, a marine biologist, and now I am striving to become a professional golfer. At the youthful age of ten my life was changed.…
I'll never forget the smell of the fresh cut grass and the beautiful color of the greens of when my dad first took me to the Homestead driving range in second grade. It helped me forget about all the things that were happening in my life at that moment. This was the first time I ever went golfing and I fell in love with it. This is what has made me who I am today.…
An outsider to golf may think the sport is boring, quiet, monotonous, that it has no point. After all, isn’t it just a bunch of guys carrying heavy bags, whacking balls around for hours at a time? What’s the point? As it turns out, there is more to golf than what's on the surface. It is not boring, quiet, or even monotonous, and it definitely does have a point -- more than one, actually.…
These professional golfers wanted to get acquainted with an average fourteen old year boy and asked me numerous questions. Our conversations between shots were easy and relax just as if we were old friends. But, when it was time to golf they morphed into a different person; laser focused, controlled emotions and with a mysterious ability to block everything out. The three days changed my life as these professional golfers encourage me to realize a dream, I could become an excellent golfer, maybe a professional.…
Since my blog title is "The Unstressed," I'd like to suggest one of my favorite places to get, well, unstressed. If you are ever in the United States and happen to travel to Chicago, Illinois, don't forget to check out one of the best golf courses in Chicago--at the Chevy Chase Country Club. This is a true favorite of mine. Not only is the golf course 100 percent pro in every aspect, the green is found in the middle of some of the most picturesque scenery you'll ever find in a golf course setting.…
Imagery plays a crucial role in the ability to picture your proper swing prior to a shot. Ability to visualize the swing, or placement of a shot, before it is taken offers any golfer a clear vision of the task at hand. When visualizing a swing, or shot a golfer should think in pictures not words, physically seeing the shot take place in one’s head. Knowledge of the game is decisive, in having adequate proficiency to play each shot consistently. Club selection, as well as awareness of position on the course are invaluable to well-placed shots.…