Because in junior golf there's a lot of high school golfers or other players that maybe aren't being as meticulous with their schedule . And I think a way you can gain an edge in a way you can prepare better than them is to just be that much more efficient and precise with how you're practicing . Um , and you really have to want it .
So that was a bit of a challenge , not really getting to meet a lot of coaches face to face , but instead having to use an online platform to get to know these coaches as best as I could when it comes to golf , it's less of a , there is a qualitative aspect of recruitment where the coach wants to see how we react to certain situations , how we are mannerisms on the golf course . But when it comes to golf , it's more of a quantitative type of recruitment where your scores kind of speak for themselves . And thankfully , uh over my junior and into senior year , I was able to score really well in tournaments and win a handful of tournaments that made it easier for coaches to see me and , and become interested in getting to know me and over my recruitment , I I did take 1 to 2 visits to universities .
If you're willing to put in average , you're probably gonna get out average . So , I think , and a piece of advice would be , it's not guaranteed that if you practice more , you're going to play better . But , but the only way to guarantee that you're giving yourself the best opportunity is to put in much more time than everybody else , you gotta be intentional with how you , how you're waking up your AM routine , your PM routine , how you're scheduling your day to be most efficient at practice .
But I think when I realized what my objective was and what the challenge was just facing it head on and knowing I'm gonna have to say no to certain things in my life if I really wanna play college golf . So just , you know , saying no to certain things and saying yes to practicing as hard as I can and as much as I could . That's a great question .
They obviously know that if I want to play division one golf , I must love golf . I must love the grind and practicing . But they wanted to get to know me on a personal level .
