It’s been quite some time since I’ve been on tumblr, I think I’m going to start using it again though. So let’s catch you up…
I was in Washington, D.C. working for a non-profit for Military families while saving up money for college. While in D.C. I committed to play golf at CSU Stanislaus in Turlock, CA in the Fall. The change in priorities from politics to golf was huge for me. The opportunity to still play collegiately was such a blessing. So I moved back to Fresno, CA, where my family lives, and played a full schedule of amateur golf tournaments all around California. I put over 5,000 miles on my car in two months playing in tournaments from San Diego to San Francisco and many places in between.
It was so much fun to get back into “tournament mode.” Especially because after I won the State Junior College Championship with Fresno City College in 2009 I really thought that was it for me as far as competitive golf was concerned.
Unfortunately, it was not all smooth sailing. After initially being cleared for competition by the Athletics Department at CSU Stanislaus in May, I was told three weeks into the Fall Semester that I was two units short of compliance for NCAA competition. Why this wasn’t discovered in time for me to make up a class in Summer school I don’t know. But I do know that everything happens for a reason and although this wasn’t the year I planned for, I will do a lot of improving this year while redshirting and will have two years of competition still at Stanislaus.
So that’s my life as of late. I’m in Turlock now going to class every weekday morning and golfing every afternoon. Every now and then I miss the D.C. culture. I don’t miss the humidity or not getting to golf everyday.
