Personal Narrative: The Best Golfer

Life of Lee Trevino Lee Trevino is one of the best golfers in the world, especially since he taught himself how to play. Lee once said that "There is no such thing as a natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls”. (Brent Kelley About.com)

As a child and an adult Tiger Woods had a close relationship with his father, who significantly influenced him as a person and golfer. “As a young boy, Woods learned to play golf. His father, Earl, served as his teacher and mentor” (Tiger). Tiger’s father shaped him as a person and an athlete, he was his greatest influence and inspiration. Without his father’s guidance all throughout his life Tiger would not be the person he is today.

At the moment, Spieth is attempting to claim his third major championship of 2015, a feat that has been accomplished by only one player in history, Ben Hogan. Without Spieth, McIlroy and the popularity of Ricky Fowler, it’s hard to imagine where the PGA Tour’s popularity would be. Even though Spieth is chasing history, headlines generally refer to the unsuccessfulness of Woods. Despite his atrocious play, Woods is still the most popular golfer on any course. His magnetism hasn’t diminished because we all remember his hole-in-one at the 1997 Phoenix Open, or his finger-point at the 2000 PGA Championship when he followed the ball into the hole, or his gutsy performance on an injured knee to defeat Rocco Mediate at the 2008 U.S. Open.

Many of you in this room know me. Many of you have cheered for me, or worked for me, or supported me,and now, every one of you has a good reason to be critical of me.” ( source) Tiger Woods had been caught cheating on his wife and had to give a speech. In that speech he had to use denial, bolstering, differentiation, and transcendence to seem sincere and apologetic. Woods has since recovered from this scandal and is back into deals with sponsors and brands that he had lost during this time period.

A tragic hero, one who has achieved great success whether it be personal or professional. They have managed to catch the attention of the public. They have a good image, a clean slate but fails to maintain that. By an action or event that completely change what everyone thinks of them as a person. Tiger Woods is a modern day tragic hero, he became a hero through his incredible athletic achievements in golf, he failed to stay good in the eye of the public due to him possessing egotistical and lustful characteristics.

Rush Hewes Ms. Farragut English 1 Period 4 14 February 2023 Tiger Woods and His Influence on Golf Tiger Woods has made one of the greatest influences on golf ever. He did this by achieving many different accomplishments and awards. He achieved a countless amount of accomplishments and worked extremely hard to achieve so many of them.

One thing that Tiger Woods has managed to do his whole career is being able to mentally keep a level head through all the ups and downs during a tournament. That’s why he has had such an incredible career. Things like pressure seems to excite him, and even when he struggles he has the mental ability to overcome that and find something to help him push on in the tournament. When I play in a tournament I try to do the same. I am trying my best to become very similar to Tiger

The general reason for this speech is that it was in regards to the world’s most famous golfer cheating on his wife with multiple women. According to the timeline drawn up by Bacon and Busbee of yahoo sports, this speech was given on February 19, 2010. Approximately three months after the first reports of Tiger Woods being unfaithful to his wife. Some of the events that led up to this press conference were Rachel Uchitel telling the National Inquirer that she and Tiger had been having an affair, Tiger crashing his Cadillac Escalade into a fire hydrant, and multiple women coming forward saying they had an affair with Woods. Tiger taking a leave of absence from golf, and Tiger checking into and leaving a sexual addiction facility also led up to this event.

According to Taylormade Golf, “He is second only to Jack Nicklaus in the number of major championships won.” Woods' impact on the world goes beyond his impressive records on the course. “On July 23, 2000, Woods became the fifth player in golf history, and the youngest, to complete the career Grand Slam of the four major championships by winning the British Open. ”His success and popularity also helped to raise the profile of the sport and bring new fans to the sport.

Picking up a golf club for the first time, I fell in love with a new game. I played every chance I got that summer. Begging my parents for clubs and lessons, my passion grew and most of the following summer was spent on the golf course, not the baseball field. I was headed to LaSalle High School that fall, and was warned that the golf

The majority of great golfers are in better physical condition than most, and have a rigors training schedule. Golf also requires skill that not every common person posses. It is currently a sport in the summer Olympics. Pro golfers also require some sort of teamwork between them and their catties. Pro golfers make more than enough to live a prosperous life.

However, they also offered tasty free sub sandwiches that kept me coming back. Over time, I became more familiar with the experienced golfers, who I initially looked upon with disdain and didn’t think I will ever understand, because not only did they think it was good fun, but also a sport, to hit a little stationary ball around with a stick- alone. However, despite my stubborn views, I came to understand that nothing about them was lax. They spent countless hours on the range, drilling their swings, practicing multiple shots with different clubs. Not only did they practice to keep a consistent swing that would deliver on the course, but also practiced shaping shots to face the potentially difficult situations they might find themselves in on the course.

The golf swing takes in total of 17 muscle groups in the coordinated movement of hands, wrists, arms, abdomen, and legs according to the study in the BMJ (British Medical Journal). Playing golf on a professional level requires ability to be able to walk long distances (on average 4.5 miles) and hit the ball long and straight with consistency. Golf’s demand for physical use often results in injuries. Since golf demands so much physical movements up to 62 percent of amateur golfers and approximately 88 percent of professional golfers end up with injuries each year. Playing golf can lead to injuries in the lower back, wrist, hand, shoulder, or head.

I’ve been golfing since I was a little kid. I’ve experienced many highs and lows, and have created many friendships and memories playing the game I love. Golf can teach you many lessons, if you pay attention. One of the lessons I’ve learned is that it takes perseverance and hard work if you want to excel at something. I started hitting golf balls at the age of 2 with my dad and older brother.

Introduction This essay is writing to show how Coach – Athlete (Golfer) relationship have an impact on coaching process and to entire lifestyle of both coach and golfer as also to identify potential conflicts and how to maintain them when it happens. It is vital the Golf Professionals to know how to manage and keep interpersonal relationship in high level, how to deal with conflicts and entire coach-athlete interactions. This paper consider and discuss the key facets of ‘3Cs + 1C’ model created by Sophia Jowett and the impact on the effective coach-athlete relationship as a core for an effective coaching, which is leading to success, both Athlete and a Coach (Fig.1)(PGA,2017).