Golfing is one of my favorite sports, when I was younger many things motivated me to do better at the sport and one of the main things that motivated me was my older brother. I wasn’t very great at golf as a child I was still learning, and didn’t understand many things. Only certain people can pick up a club and play like a pro. Me I could never do, instead I was the kid that had to be taught and lectured on how to play the sport. That is why I practiced and practiced everyday and now I am pretty good at golf.  By the age of thirteen I got my first golf set. I figured out later that golf is my sport and i will have to take on that dream of being amazing like a special person in my life. 

I was about eight years old when my older brother took me golfing. I didn’t understand how he could play so good, he would hit the ball and it would go far and straight. Myself I couldn’t hit far, when I was eleven I started to get better and shoot around ten to fifteen behind my brother. I would always ask him, “ how did you hit it so far and straight” and he would respond with, “ it’s all about technique”. He would usually get around a forty three, and I would be shooting in the mid to high fifties. He would teach me many things when it came down to putting. It helped me improve with everything overall but was still not as good as him.
     

My older brother started bringing Rique and Juan out to the golf course on special occasions when I was around 12. P.J. and I would would be laughing because of how bad they were doing but they never played before. I would help them with all the things that my brother P.J. taught me when he would take me. My brothers and I have an amazing bond together because of the sport. It is so calm and peaceful out on the course. Instead of getting mad at eachother we would help and try to improve what they’re doing wrong. Only certain times we would get mad but that was because of something that we may have messed up on. Because of them messing up I would joke with them and ask them, “how are you so bad?” the would tell me “we’re not addicted to it like you” after many times we took the they began to start doing better but still were not the great.
     

Many things happen for a reason. They happen so you can get back up and keep moving forward with something you love. Many things have happened to me over the years to where I have to keep my head up, life goes on. I have practiced like golf was my life for the past three years because something excruciating happened and it changed my whole thought process from there. Golf is an amazing sport where you learn from your mistakes. It is a little like life, if you don’t think things through before you take your shot it could mess up in the long run. just like if you don’t make that decision to take on the big job opening or the shot to own and run your own business. I believe that playing golf the way you would run your life is extremely important for that very reason. 

In January my older brother passed away in a car accident. It was devastating I was in lansing getting ready for a national wrestling match. I did not wrestle that day instead I went home. When I got home i didn’t really know what to think. I went right to my room. I did not go to school for about 2 weeks until I finally thought I would go and tell all of my friends the reason I did not go to school for that amount of time. They were very good friends and they were there for me through everything. Although things were very tough me and my brothers we go golfing almost every weekend because we have that special bond through golf. I improved extremely well in the sport, getting honors at a golf meets. I am hoping to go to regionals this year and then go to states because of how well I have improved. If my brother P.J. was alive today I’m sure he would be very proud of me because I would be doing better than what he would be at the moment.
     

If I practice harder and harder everyday at golf I am hoping to go to college and play golf the entire time I am there. With death of my brother it made me push myself and I learned to enjoy the sport as much as him. Things in life may hurt your feelings and you won’t want to excel and get better. I kept pushing forward and I am doing very well and now have my brother rique loving the sport as much as me. In conclusion many things might break your heart and not make you want to move forward with things that you have done, but that is just a barrier that you have to get passed and get motivated to do better at the thing that you love.