Darrell KSR
01-17-2024, 05:41 PM
I have a peculiar reason I am trying to contact golf coaches in the Monroe, Louisiana area, and I visited my old alma mater high school website.
I was not prepared.
First, I saw that they had a girls and boys soccer team. Fine. Soccer has become much more popular today that it was when I was in school. Then I started looking, and looking, and looking. I could not locate the boys golf team. It was not there.
They have eliminated the boys golf team. No girls golf team either (didn't have a girls team when I played, but thought they might today).
But they do have an "E-sports" team. I know, that's the wave of today, but it's just depressing to think of that in athletics and basic, affordable golf no longer available. Playing on the boys golf team allowed me to play golf every day, carry my golf bag, and walk approximately four or 5 miles a day while shooting generally very high scores. But it was a great sport, something that has carried with me even today, has allowed me to play with others in business, as well as my own children.
Fortunately, my children's schools had golf teams, so they were not deprived of this. My son and daughter both played at middle school/high school levels and got the benefit of learning the game.
I know that real estate is also so valuable now that there are fewer and fewer affordable golf options, and I suspect that that trend will continue.
I'm not even saying it's wrong. Just sad.
I was not prepared.
First, I saw that they had a girls and boys soccer team. Fine. Soccer has become much more popular today that it was when I was in school. Then I started looking, and looking, and looking. I could not locate the boys golf team. It was not there.
They have eliminated the boys golf team. No girls golf team either (didn't have a girls team when I played, but thought they might today).
But they do have an "E-sports" team. I know, that's the wave of today, but it's just depressing to think of that in athletics and basic, affordable golf no longer available. Playing on the boys golf team allowed me to play golf every day, carry my golf bag, and walk approximately four or 5 miles a day while shooting generally very high scores. But it was a great sport, something that has carried with me even today, has allowed me to play with others in business, as well as my own children.
Fortunately, my children's schools had golf teams, so they were not deprived of this. My son and daughter both played at middle school/high school levels and got the benefit of learning the game.
I know that real estate is also so valuable now that there are fewer and fewer affordable golf options, and I suspect that that trend will continue.
I'm not even saying it's wrong. Just sad.