Outside Reading - Week 3, Post B

A Golfer's Life by Arnold Palmer

I have noticed that througout his life, Arnie has dealt with so many struggles and issues that you could look at all of the bad in his life and wonder, how did anything good ever come of that? But in a sense that is what makes his story so interesting, the fact that he was never simply handed to him what he wanted- he had to work for it. People say that when you work for something you realize its true value which is most definetetly the case in his situation. He is satisfied with what he has done now knowing that it was rightfully his- a product of his hardworking efforts. One way that he was disadvantaged was that his father was a an alcoholic, but Arnold learned from that and knew what it could do to you- convincing him not to do the same. Another was that he was disadvantaged was that he had no way of going to college, until his friend pulled some strings and got him a scholarship. That same friend that he golfed with then died in a car crash, leaving Arnold depressed directionless. There were also countless times when he was in the lead in a tournament and either lost the lead or had to work that much harder to come out on top. The thing that maked Arnie different is that he looked at his disadvantages as learning opportunies and took away from them not feelings of loathing but lesssons to help him throughout his life.