Personal Narrative: My Experience With Golf
Golf has been a life changer for me. I've played golf since I was three years old. In summer, I play golf every day. I began playing competitively when I was seven. I live on a golf course and my dad is a golf instructor, so I’ve grown up around the game. I’ve had many great experiences with golf. My most memorable golf experience was at the 2015 Drive, Chip, and Putt national finals. Upward of 10,000 kids ages seven to fifteen, boys and girls, tried out for this event. I was one of eighty total kids and one of ten in my age group to qualify. There was three qualifiers, local, in which i had to place top three in my age group, sub-regional, in which I had to place top two in my age group, and regional, in which I had to win to qualify for the national finals at Augusta National golf club on April 5th, 2015.
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April came fast. The night before the competition, there was a dinner at which I got to meet many famous people in the golf world. The next day, I was going to walk the grounds of Augusta National. The driving part of the competition, which came first, was a success. I got to hit two drives, my best was 230 yards. The format of scoring is the best competitor for each part of the competition received ten points and the worst received one point. I got seven points in the driving part of the competition, so I was right there with the leader. I struggled in the chipping, so I only received three points in that part of the competition. I was trailing by six points heading into the final part of the competition, putting. The best part of my game has always been putting, so I had faith that I could still
April came fast. The night before the competition, there was a dinner at which I got to meet many famous people in the golf world. The next day, I was going to walk the grounds of Augusta National. The driving part of the competition, which came first, was a success. I got to hit two drives, my best was 230 yards. The format of scoring is the best competitor for each part of the competition received ten points and the worst received one point. I got seven points in the driving part of the competition, so I was right there with the leader. I struggled in the chipping, so I only received three points in that part of the competition. I was trailing by six points heading into the final part of the competition, putting. The best part of my game has always been putting, so I had faith that I could still