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It was March 10, 2019. A crowd of junior golfers sat within the high-ceilinged, Mira Vista Country Club clubhouse, awaiting the commencement of the Kathy Whitworth Invitational welcome dinner. Among that group was my 12-year-old self, both wide-eyed with excitement, and undoubtedly red-cheeked from enduring the standard 20mph breeze of a spring day in Fort Worth, Texas. That was the …

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“Here we are” my mom remarked. Her voice possessed a softness that only she could accomplish. She promised she would video this moment, the moment I took one giant leap into my future, but in a tired haze we marveled at the sight before us, free of the obstruction of her cracked phone screen.  I looked up to see a …

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“Straight back, straight through,” I thought, as I stood over the final putt, a putt that would change my junior golf career. In spite of the large amounts of pressure that could have limitless effects, I stood the stance that I have used since I was old enough to walk and made a stroke blissfully nerve free.  Then the final …

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