Blog Post #3

Entertainment

 Above is a picture of Tiger Woods playing in the World Golf Championship in Shanghai, China. Tiger Woods in the first pro golfer in history to earn over 1 billion dollars in his sport. He is without a doubt one of the best golfers to ever play the game.

 I grew up playing sports like soccer and tennis, but my favorite sport was always golf. Golf is my favorite sport because the only person in control of the outcome is you. I was born in 1995 which was the year before Tiger Woods turned professional. After he turned professional, Woods was always on the golf channel. My motivation to get better at golf came from watching Tiger Woods play and win many tournaments. He always seemed very focused on the golf course and played aggressively by taking risks that very few pros would take in major tournaments. I admired the way he played and made it a goal to improve a little bit everyday. It was easy to relate myself to him because he's also Thai and Buddhist. With personal traits in common, he became someone I modeled the way I handled myself during tournaments. On the golf course, I  became was very focused confident with every shot I made. The hunger to hit shots like Tiger really pushed me to play well and win many junior tournaments. Without Tiger Woods, I'm not sure if I would have been as motivated as I was to practice for hours daily.