Golf Golf
so spoluhráčmi. Stačí, ak sa bude snažiť poraziť ihrisko, pretože
to je jeho jediný súper. Po každom odohranom kole je ich najbližšou zastávkou 19. jamka, ktorá býva častokrát aj najväčším
spestrením dňa.
Golf sa pre mňa za tie tri roky, odkedy som s trénerom, stal
v určitom zmysle cestou. Je pre mňa najlepším priateľom, inokedy naopak najväčším nepriateľom. Každý úspech ma posúva
vpred a motivuje a na druhej strane každé pokazené kolo sa
stáva mojím učiteľom. Neviem, kde by som teraz bola a čomu by
som sa v živote venovala, keby som nehrala golf, ale hovorí sa,
že nič v živote sa nedeje náhodou. Preto nech sa na mojej ceste
dostanem kamkoľvek, už teraz viem, že golf ma naučil disciplíne,
fair-play a každý jeden deň mi pomáha spoznávať samú seba
o niečo lepšie.
Všetkým priaznivcom golfu prajem peknú hru!
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The golf miracle from Skalica
Card
Katarína Chovancová
19 years old
Golf Club Skalica
Golf Resort Skalica foreshorten:
- 18 holes
- esign from the studio of architect
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Hans–Georg Erhardt
- ormed course, built in style of links
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type courses
- ree entry and play for all full members
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- ore than 250 metres long driving ranm
ge also with the covered strike places
Successes
1st place at the International Slovak
Championship 2012 (national evaluation)
1st place at the Faldo Series Slovak
Championship 2010, 2011, 2012
1st place at SKGA Tour III Kaskády
2nd place at SKGA Tour II Báč
2nd place at SKGA Tour IV Skalica
1st place at the Faldo Series Grand Final
2012
1st place at the University Slovak Championship
2nd place at the Slovak Championship of
club teams
3rd place at the Junior Austrian Championship
Golf Club Skalica 2012 Champion
Participations
World Championship in Turkey 2012
University World Championship in Liberec 2012
Team European Championship of girls
Sardinia 2011
I held the golf club in my hand for
the first time 6 years ago. It was
during Easter in Tále. Golfers were
standing on the driving, they were
driving from for me strange peak
things which they were sticking to
the ground. On the hand, at my
wondering only on one, they had a
glove and golf bag behind them was
full of clubs. I was passing by them
with my coach who was explaining
me how the club is actually held and
what is the difference between putting green, driving and chipping green. At the moment when he mentioned pitching, I thought that he was
joking.
In spite of that I mastered my first
golf lesson with credit.I did not hurt
anybody, several nice strikes on the
driving succeeded to me and after
realizing that the peak thing is a tee
I decided to take couple of them
home and leave them as memory.
During next 3 years I did a green card
and golf became only the filling of
my free time.
Everything changed in the year 2010.
By coincidence I was introduced to
Karol Skopový Sr. and since then
golf has not filled only my free time.
It became a priority for me. Opening
of course in Skalica also contributed
to this, it provides the best training
surfaces in Slovakia and at the same
time I am on a course in 10 minutes. Course in Skalica became my
second home. Anyone who has never experienced a golf course early
in the morning loses much. The rays
of the sun are inundating a course,
morning dew is shining everywhere,
birds are twittering. At that time golf
becomes the nicest sport and more
important is the astounding scenery
and not well performing.
I would recommend golf to everyone who likes sport. Golf harmonizes both body and mind, connects
young generation with older, even
the whole family and many times it
even detects character of a human.
Golf brings a man to the new corners
of the world, thanks to it he knows
new people and he does not have to
compete with fellow players. It suffices if he will try to defeat the course, because it is his only competitor.
After each played round the nearest
stop is the 19. hole which is often
the biggest diversifying of the day.
In that three years since I am with my
couch, golf has in a definite sense
become a way for me. Sometimes
it is my best friend but on the other
hand it is the biggest enemy too.
Each success moves me forwards
and motivates me and on the other
hand each damaged round becomes
my teacher. I do not know where I
would be now and what I would devote to in my life when I would not
play golf, but it is said that nothing
in life is happening by chance. Thus
when I get anywhere on my way I already know now that golf has taught
me discipline and fair-play and each
one day helps me to know myself a
little bit better.
I wish to all golf supporters a nice
play!
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