the new minor league baseball stadium, Louisville Slugger Field, with a statue out front of Pee Wee Reese, a local marbles champion who grew up to be the captain and shortstop of the ''Boys of Summer'' Brooklyn Dodgers. But with Tiger Woods in town, golf is suddenly center stage in Louisville as never before. Tiger Woods is a successful American golfer who has made a lot of young people gain tremendous hope in themselves. Tiger started golfing as early as 4 years old and, by the age of 17, he was the
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Case Study Keeping to the Fair Way If I was Sandy Michaels, I would proceed with the sponsorship of the Champions golf tournament at Dover Hill. The reason behind this is because Pace Sterling has been sponsoring the event for the past 12 years and by doing that they have reaped substantial benefits from being affiliated with the event. The Champions is one of the biggest golf tournaments around that draws in millions of spectators from all around the country so by sponsoring them, Pace Sterling
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a board meeting and contact FloorCo at a later date. A month after we initially met, I was playing golf at the Lonesome Pines golf course with a couple of friends and a person asked if they could join our group to make us a foursome. We said "yes" and, as it turns out, the person who joined our group was Robert Goodman who is the chief executive officer of FloorCo Inc. We rode in the same golf cart and struck up a
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steadily growing. Golf is extremely important to me and is what I like to do when I have free time. This game is truly maddening, but fulfilling at the same time. I have put thousands of hours into my game over the years and sometimes I see remarkable results, and other times the ball just won’t fly straight, but that’s why I love it. Golf is definitely for the upmost tedious people, this game is made up of inches that can glorify you and/or demoralize you. I have been playing golf for 6 years now
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the ground with a golf club. I could not understand why he was always so angry when practicing. I stopped running and watched him closely, studying his body as he elegantly whipped the club through the air. Sweat was dripping from his nose, his shirt soaked completely through. I was ten years old and in awe of this man. He was an athlete. I watched him for hours that day, and I would watch him for years to come as he practiced, trying to find the perfect swing. The perfect golf swing is thought
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The Game of Golf When I started playing golf with my father at the age of seven years old, I never could have imagined how much this game has taught me about life, motivation, and myself. My senior year in high school I was playing as the number one and captain on the varsity golf team. That honor was bestowed on me, because I was supposedly the best man on the team. Which just happened to be true. It was an honor that I truly enjoyed because golf had been a hobby, sport, and passion I had worked
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watch something on the TV it would be cartoon or an animated film but not for this one child who sat one day watching golf with his father and suddenly got inspired by Tiger Woods. He got up immediately and grabbed his green little golf club and began to swing like a Tiger on the TV. In this commercial Rory Mcllroy is being depicted by the child at young age growing up loving golf and dream one day he will be as successful a pro golfer. The purpose of this was to promote the brand Nike by comparing
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Summary Sponsorship is very much part of our lives and this speech says all a sponsor might say when presenting prizes at a golf tournament. It is suitable for a president, manager or sales executive of the sponsoring company. BODY Title of honored guest, if applicable, ladies and gentlemen, Being a golf sponsor is a bit like being father of the groom at a wedding. I just have the enjoyment of a day out without any of the responsibilities. That is not to say, of course, that I did not keep a
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found golf. I fell in love with the game on day one and played golf every single day. The PGA staff at the golf course near my house became my second family, the other members became my friends and the game of golf became my passion. I worked hard everyday, learning the game, trying to get better, hoping one day I too could become a PGA Professional. I moved to Texas in 2009 to be a student of Jim Mclean’s and practiced each day next to Jason Day, learning, challenging myself, becoming a golf professional
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Corey Smith PEA 142-04 9/4/15 Golf and Yoga Golf is no longer just a hobby. It is a sport that requires a properly functioning body along with a clear and peaceful mind. It was not that long ago that golfers came in all shapes and sizes and working out was in the back of their mind. Nowadays, each day a golfer does not spend in the gym or in the yoga studio, they are losing ground on their competitors. Amateurs are even finding that to have a more balanced and powerful swing, they must build
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