Essay On Ready To Quit Golf

In 8th grade, I was ready to quit on my dreams. I wanted to quit golf, because I felt like I wasn’t good enough to play. After a bad region championship, I wanted to stop playing golf. It was one of the worst rounds that I had all year. Winston Churchill once said, “success is walking from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” The quote means that if you keep going on after you fail, then you will succeed. The quote describes how I dealt with the season, I failed multiple times but I persevered and I’m still playing golf to this day.

It was the fall of 2015, excitement was building up for my last middle school golf match. It was a warm October day. We left school that afternoon ready to win the championship. I had a lot of pressure on me throughout the season. The expectations of me were high. My coach told me, “This is the year you have to step up.” I remember thinking about that I have to play well all year so that the team can succeed. I felt like I was ready and fully prepared to play.

I went first and all the pressure was on me. I hit one of the worst shots that I’ve ever hit. I felt my heart sink as I watched the ball fly through the air. I moved on from that hole trying to get back into the round. I ended up making a birdie on the next hole and my confidence came back. That all quickly went away. The next couple of holes were a struggle. I remember walking up to the last hole with the sun in my face and just thinking about how the last couple of holes have been disappointing. I ended my season on a bad note. I made a mistake on my last hole that I still think about to this day. My coach told me, “I don’t know why you would do that, you know better than that.” I remember feeling like I let everybody down. My Dad kept telling me, “You did your best, that’s all that matters.” I remember how mad I felt that day. I still think about my mistakes that