Don’t Go Home!
Today I played and practiced all day but just didn’t feel “it”. I was standing on the practice tee wondering if maybe I should just go home and get some rest and hit it again tomorrow. Nothing was clicking and I just felt like hanging it up for the day. Something stopped me though. I have this picture in my head of Tiger holding the US Open trophy after his win in 2008. When I saw that picture it reminded me how much I wanted to be there. I have such a vivid image of that trophy and want so badly to hold it some day. That picture is what kept me on the tee. Shortly after that picture was in my mind, I found my swing. I started hitting shot after shot just like I imagined them. I was hitting it so well that I had to go out and play just to see how far it was going. I hit one of the longest drives of my life on the tenth tee. Walking off 18 green, I realized what I had done.I went from wanting to call it quits to feeling on top of the world. How did it happen? I have this hunger to win. This dream of being in contention on Sunday at the US Open and walking off the 18th with a win. That dream drives me to stay on the practice tee. It drives me to putt in 90* weather till I feel good about my stroke. It drives me to hit balls till my fingers can’t do anything but form on the grip of a club. If you ever want to achieve greatness in the game or in anything, you MUST have that hunger. You must have that dream to keep you on the practice tee. Find your dream, feed the hunger and achieve greatness!