Golf-Personal Narrative

“Winston Churchill once said, golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole with weapons singularly ill - designed for the purpose.” I was about five years old when I first went to the driving range with my dad. I wasn’t particularly good but I was a fast learner, from that point on my dad always took me to the driving range and it always gave me an exhilarated feeling.

Now in the first drive, chip and putt tournament ever I was turning in my scorecard as there was only one group left. 150 that was my final score, and I was leading the whole tournament. I had the highest score of all the age groups. I was proud of myself, the sun’s bright yellow streaks were raining upon me as if I was almost destined to
As the last last group came up I was having a flashback of all that I have done to get to this point and how hard it was to train for this and what I did this day that put me in the position i’m in right now. How much my parents have helped me get through to this and how much they contributed to this. This was a challenge but I managed to stay cool under pressure.

The final person turned in their scorecard and saw that I won 1st in every category. I defined drive, chip and putt by being the best at all of those in my category. I was so, so, so happy, they said Santiago Arredondo and that was probably my favorite time someone said my name. I was going through all the things I just did and how crazy that was that on my very first drive, chip and putt that I just flawlessly won. Everyone was amazed and was congratulating me, and my dad was ecstatic.

This was one of the most memorable moments of my life. It taught that no matter what you are facing you can always overcome it. I taught myself to always hold your head head high no matter if you win, lose, if you fall down, you can always get back up. I persevered by working hard and pulled through in the