Great Advice

The first ever James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational is in full swing and First Tee participants were onsite this evening to hear from PGA Champions Player, Dicky Pride and former NFL quarterback, Brady Quinn.  The First Tee of the Palm Beaches hosted a fun evening of games as a way to celebrate the tournament and thank ADT for their generous donation of $10,000.  

Beaver Golf students:  JW Lewis, Mateo Muniz and Xander Trivlis had front row seats as Dicky shared his golf journey which included competing as a walk on in college and then recovering from a boating accident which left him unable to play golf for 10 months.  When he returned to the sport, he was fired up to play professionally and after a lot of disciplined practice and dedication to the fundamentals he was able to turn pro in 1993.  While Dicky has only won once, he absolutely loves playing golf.  To this day, he remains consistent in his training and is always learning, He encouraged the young golfers to keep that same mindset in anything that they pursue.

Grady followed that with his story about setting goals and dreaming big.  He shared the importance of keeping your goals in front of you all the time.  Write them out and put them on a mirror or somewhere you will be forced to look which will make you think about how you will achieve those goals. Brady also mentioned that achieving goals means making sacrifices.  When your friends are playing games or going to the movies, you will need to make the decision to stay back and work on your goals.  Most importantly, he encouraged the golfers to listen to their parents because they have traveled the road before you and want to you avoid pitfalls.  Since some are stubborn, Brady also mentioned that failing is just an opportunity to learn. 

Great advice all around!  ​