Brady Carlson Wins Metropolitan Junior Boys' Championship (14-15)

   Hearty congratulations to Brady Carlson, a Junior on the St. Xavier High School Golf Team, which won the Ohio High School State Championship last season. (a story or two in a minute)

   Brady won his age group in the Cincinnati Metropolitan Junior Boys' Championship sponsored by the Greater Cincinnati Golf Association.  The event was played at the Hamilton Elks Golf Course, a Donald Ross design.

   I have helped Brady with his game for about three years.  He has great natural ability for the game, yet never boasts about his play...he is very matter-of-fact and humble about his abilities.  In fact, during our Lesson today, I did not even realize that he had won the 'Met', until it casually came up in our conversation.

   His dad and mom, Mike and Linda, take a very interested, yet calm, approach to his golf.  One of them attends every GOLF...SUCCESS Lesson with me.  I've seen Brady and his folks have their occasional li'l problems, yet...I've never seen (or sensed) Mike or Linda mad at Brady in any way about his golf.

   So often I see moms or dads mad at their children during and after rounds.  (Each year I attend about 20 to 40 Tournament Rounds in which GOLF...SUCCESS Players compete.)  This really makes me sad for them.  Golf, intrinsically, gives us a large amount of negative feedback.  Getting more negative feedback from our loved ones - can only make this difficult game - even harder for us.

   I'm reminded, now, of a very 'telling' thing I heard Johnny Miller say in 1998. 

   I was at the World Golf Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony;  My wife, Darlene and one-year-old son, Taylor - having been invited there by my Aunt Louise Suggs, who was being 'grandfathered in' to the new Hall as a charter member (1951) of the LPGA Hall-Of-Fame.

   Johnny said, "Y' know, people always asked how I could always, so brazenly, go after flags and constantly shoot so many blazing low scores.  I never knew the real answer until recently.  It's because of my Dad.  And I only realized this...kind of figured it out...in the last few years."

   Johnny continued slowly, "Y' see, no matter how I played...I always knew, when I got home, Dad thought I was great."

   I cannot say any more (tearing up just thinking about it).

   Congrats to you Brady!!!...you hit the shots, buddy.  Congrats also, Mike & Linda, for something even greater.

Comments

[Bob]

he didnt win

[Bob]

Nvm he did win his age group i thought you meant the whole thing