One of my Taiwan students has recently moved to the United States to continue his golfing development. He has moved to Oak Valley in California and is using Oak Valley Golf Club as his training base. He is living with an American family and going to school there which will help him develop his English skills and move closer to his goal of going to college in America and playing professional golf.
Oak Valley has set up a nice training facility with a good emphasis on fitness and golf training. A few of my students have spent time there and the golf club was our base during our trip to America last northern Summer.
My student's name is Liu Chen-Lin and he played his first event in America this week. He emailed me his statistics after his first round and was very excited to shoot a score of 8 under 64. This placed him tied first after the first round and was a huge boost to his confidence. He shot 72 in the second round and missed out on a playoff by one stroke. Second place in his first tournament in a strange country was great and I was very proud of him. A link to the final results is here http://www.ijgt.com/results.php?id=294
I spoke to him via MSN after the final round and we spoke about what he was feeling and how he was finding the new settings in America. He was excited about his scores and also a little surprised that he was only tied for the lead after scoring 8 under. We spoke about the amount of talent in America and how he will get a more realistic idea of what level his golf is at and what parts need to be improved. Overall he was justifiably excited with his results and I was very proud of him. He was also enjoying the training at Oak Valley and I am sure he will be fitter and stronger when I see him next.
Until next time,
Brent
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