ERADICATED MOST OF THE MISTAKES I MADE YESTERDAY. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, IF YOU LOOK BEHIND US HERE
, YOU SEE THIS REALLY EXPANSIVE
PRACTICE FACILITY. IT IS
BEAUTIFUL, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES
THE NINE HOLE GOLF COURSE FOR
THE FIRST TF, CONNECTICUT, THEIR
BUILDINGS RIGHT DOWN THERE, THE
FIRST HE PROVIDES A GOLFING
EXPERIENCE FOR KIDS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE. MANY COME THROUGH THE
PROGRAM AND GO ON TO PLAY GOLF
FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. OH
THEY DON'T MISS VERY OFTEN, AT
LEAST WHEN IT COUNTS. THESE FOUR
WATERBURY, TEENAGERS, BROTHERS
AND SISTERS WHO TOGETHER LED THE
WATERBURY COOP TO THE NAUGATUCK
VALLEY GOLF TITLE EARLIER THIS
MONTH IN A MAFIA PLAYING THE
BOYS TEAM BECAUSE WATERBURY
DOESN'T HAVE A GIRLS' TEAM PLAY
FROM THE RED TEAS WE PLAYED BACK
REALLY HONORED. I WENT TO SCHOOL
TODAY, AND I'M LIKE WE WANT
EVERY HOUR. YEAH I WAS SO HAPPY
THAT WE DID. MILO ETHAN AND
AIDEN, ENCOURAGED BY THEIR
PARENTS TO GIVE GOLF TRY YOUNG
AGE. I JUST WANTED TO RUN AROUND
AND JUST I GUESS. DO EVERYTHING
THAT GOLFERS DON'T DO WHEN DID
IT? FLIP FOR YOU. WHEN DID IT GO
FROM? HE DIDN'T MIND IT TO
GETTING ALL EXCITED ABOUT IT.
NOT THAT LONG AGO. MAYBE LIKE
TWO YEARS AGO, I OR MAYBE WHEN I
STARTED DOING TOURNAMENTS, YOU
KNOW WHEN I STARTED GETTING
COMPETITIVE, THAT'S MY LIKE,
REALLY START TO ENJOY THINGS AND
SAME HAPPENED FOR GOLF. I
STARTED PLAYING THE P G, A AND
US KIDS AND TWO YEARS AGO I ONE.
THE US KIDS. SEASON FOR THE FALL
, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT JUST
LIKE ME FEEL LIKE IF I CAN DO
THAT, I CAN. I JUST KEEP PUTTING
TIME INTO EVERYTHING. I CAN JUST
REACH THOSE GOALS THAT I WANTED
. YOU KNOW, WHEN DID IT CLICK
FOR YOU THAT YOU WANTED TO GO
FROM? I REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO
THIS TOO. I REALLY LIKE THE ONES
WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN? FRESHMAN
YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I FIRST
PLAYED ON THE CIGAR HEART BOYS
TEAM SINCE THE WIRY COOP WASN'T
CREATED YET. BUT MAYBE IT'S NO
COINCIDENCE THAT THESE KIDS WERE
GETTING EXCITED ABOUT GOD AND
GETTING BETTER AT GOLF AS THEY
WERE WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH
THE FIRST TEE PROGRAM. ALL OF
THEM. OUR FIRST TWO KIDS.
COACHES ARE REALLY INSPIRING,
AND THEY HELP YOU OUT. UM AND
THEY TEACH YOU A LOT OF THINGS
THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. LIKE A
LOT OF THINGS. LIKE WHAT? LIKE,
UM. WE WENT OVER CORE VALUES,
WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE THE KEY
THING FOR FIRST HE AND THEN THEY
TEACH US LIKE WAYS OF CHIPPING
AND LIKE HITTING AT THE RANGE
YOU GET INTO FIRST T YOUR
COMMITMENT TO GOLF CHANGES A
LITTLE BIT. WHAT WERE SOME OF
THE THINGS ABOUT FIRST T AT THAT
AGE IN SUCH A YOUNG GOLFER THAT
GETS YOU EXCITED? YEAH WELL, I
JUST I LOVED HOW YOU KNOW, FIRST
TEAM MADE SURE THAT THE KIDS
FELL IN LOVE WITH THE GAME
BEFORE YOU KNOW, WE WERE
IMMERSED WITH MECHANICS AND
TECHNIQUE, AND IT WAS JUST, YOU
KNOW, VERY JUST A COMFORTABLE
ENVIRONMENT AND JUST REALLY FUN
AND JUST AMAZING. NO FIRST HE
THEY KIND OF HELP YOU CONTROL
YOUR EMOTIONS, YOU KNOW. STAY
CALM. KEEP YOUR HEAD UP. EVEN IF
YOU HAVE A BAD HOLE, JUST FINISH
FINISH AS BEST AS YOU CAN. WAY
DOWN. YOU KNOW THE THING THAT I
TOOK AWAY THE MOST FIRST T WAS
PROBABLY TIME MANAGEMENT IS WHEN
YOU COME TO THE TEE BOX OF YOU
MISS YOUR TEE TIME YOU CAN'T
PLAY SO UH, YOU REALLY HAVE TO
HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME
MANAGEMENT IN LIFE. SO WHEN I
COME HOME, LIKE I SAID, A
SCHEDULE FOR MYSELF LIKE I DO
HOMEWORK FOR MAYBE, LIKE 15
MINUTES AND THEN, LIKE I WATCH A
YOUTUBE VIDEO TO GET MY HEAD OFF
OF IT. AND THEN I GO BACK TO
HOMEWORK, AND IT'S JUST SUCH A
USEFUL SKILL. FOUR OF THE MOST
ACCOMPLISHED TEENAGE GOLFERS IN
THE STATE. EACH ONE HAS A PLAQUE
OR A MEDAL TROPHY OR A
CERTIFICATE IN EXPERIENCE. THE
FIRST TEAM PREPARED THEM FOR
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
IT WAS LIKE TO PLAY GOLF THAT
PROBABLY REACH IT WAS SO
AMAZING. I LITERALLY THINK ABOUT
IT STILL TO THIS DAY, IT WAS SO
PRETTY. THE IT'S I CAN'T EVEN
SPEAK ABOUT IT LIKE