I come from an area where the sports world is dominated by football, basketball, and baseball. My town,New Orleans, Louisiana is far from a golf hot bed; the last and only person to have full membership on the PGA Tour from New Orleans was Kelly Gibson (1989-2003). As a kid growing up in New Orleans, I played anything and everything from roller hockey in the street to travel baseball andsoccer. I was introduced to the game of golf as a kid at a local Juniors only course in our City Park, which at the time had four 18-hole courses and played host to many professional tournaments and saw the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player. I never really picked up the game after that and mainly stuck to sports that my brothers, cousins, and friends played.
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