Week number two is officially in the books and it was another good one. This week also included a trip to the Bozeman urgent care like last week, however this trip was simply a follow up for more x-rays. Everything looks the same in the elbow and the doctor's convinced it is just a severe contusion. Hopefully the swelling will continue to go down and my range of motion will return, if it doesn't in a couple weeks he's going to have me do physical therapy which would not be very fun!
Now that your caught up on how my new job and bum elbow are doing I need to comment on what happened in the world of golf last week. The tournament was the annual match play event which is part of the World Golf Championship series. This is one of my favorite events of the year to watch simply because of the elevated level of pressure put on each player. As the week moves on and the field becomes smaller you can see the added nervousness in each guys eyes. Most of us amateurs will show these signs of pressure during a casual round with nothing more on the line than a personal best score. These guys have to be 3 down with four to play and millions of dollars on the line before they show signs of mortality!
This years championship match was historic for a very odd reason. Rory Mcilroy and Hunter Mahan went head to head for the title and clearly both guys were fairly exhausted as the semifinal matches were played in the morning of the same day. Now I'm sure even tour pros will play 36 holes in a day from time to time but this is the only tournament where they play this much so they had to be slightly drained. During Hunter Mahans morning match, facing an approach shot from 135 yards, he cold shanked his pitching wedge straight right into the desert! Roughly six hours later, he won the championship match and hoisted the trophy. This marks what I believe to be the first time the winner of a tournament shanked a shot earlier in the day. Obviously Hunter Mahan is at a totally different level than me, but something about watching him hit a shot like that reminds me of how even the best athletes in professional sports are human!
What we can all learn from this event, wether your a golfer or not, is that sometimes during the game of life we will hit a bad shot. When this happens we may loose focus of the bigger picture or maybe even want to quit. Instead we should follow Hunters example, pick ourselves back up and keep on playing! He could have very easily lost it mentally for the rest of his day after that one shot, instead he put it behind him and went on to win the tournament! Proving that if you trust in yourself you can overcome any adverse situation!
Remember, great rewards await those willing to put forth the effort.
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