Rausey Mason

Shooting Under 100 on a Par 72

North Atlanta High School
2014/2015
Word Count: [1505]

Section I: Goal

This MYP personal project has a pretty straight forward goal, but I will begin from where
the idea for the project first sprouted. Beginning in the second semester of my freshman year I
started playing golf again after I had stopped for probably eight or so years. I started off playing
casually on small Par three courses close to my house and immediately began to enjoy the sport
and all that came with playing it. Some of my greatest memories were made on the course and I
really wanted to stick with it. Moving into my sophomore year of high school I began playing on
larger, more challenging courses and when I heard about the MYP personal project I knew
exactly what I was going to do. I hadnt taken lessons since I was probably six years old or so
and really wanted to improve my game. This project gave me the opportunity to do so and Ive
done exactly that. This project gives me the excuse to go play golf whenever I choose to and
obviously my parents are in full support of it.
The over-arching purpose of this project is to improve my golfing ability in a drastic
fashion. My goal is to shoot under one-hundred in a round of eighteen holes on a Par 72 golf
course, which is any average golf course. The reason why I believe this goal is appropriate is
because, although I have golfed before this time, I never really was that good. This number gives
me the opportunity for vast improvement because twenty-eight over is actually very hard to do
unless you have been golfing your whole life and practice often or are on the PGA tour. The goal
is actually more challenging than some would probably recommend but I believe I am well
suited for it. The reason being is that two of my good friends, Jack Mitnitsky and Winston
Meshad who both play on the North Atlanta High School golf team are helping me out with it.
They both are extremely gifted golfers and playing with them is likely just as good as taking
lessons because its not like I am stressing to impress a coach, but more just going out and

having a nice day and learning some good stuff along the way. This makes the project that more
enjoyable and I actually look forward to continue working on it with the two.
It took me a while to figure out how I could connect global context to the project, but I
believe I was able to do it in some way, shape or fashion. This great sport is played throughout
the world in a huge number of countries. People in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and
Australia all play this great sport and I thought I could connect it through the cultural section of
the global context portion. It wasnt difficult to do this because golf is part of our great worlds
culture and I think that it is completely validated and even though it isnt really affecting the
world that Im playing golf it is still extremely relatable.

Section II: Sources

Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the
intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest
game mankind has ever invented.
-Arnold Palmer
"Golf Quotes." BrainyQuote. Xplore, n.d. Web. 04 Mar. 2015.
Bibliography
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Mickleson, Phil. "Sync Your Left Side for Pure Contact." Golf.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 04
Mar. 2015.
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Morrice, Peter. "The Basics: 13 Swing Fixes That Can Help You Right Away." N.p., n.d.
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Section III: Application of Information

Throughout the time Ive been working on this project I have decided that researching the
game could actually help improve my abilities and thats exactly what has happened. I have used
a number of golf websites such as Golf Digest and ESPN Golf to find articles that could
potentially improve the various areas of my game that do truly need some improvement. A
number of them that I found helped me fix my swing, which was pretty ugly at the beginning of
this project as well as fixing the problem that occurred when I was hitting the ball and it was
bending extremely far to the left. This is known as a slice and it makes playing on narrow
fairways extremely difficult because it often ends up going far out of play. Although, by being
coached up by my friends and also reading these articles I have drastically improved this
situation, which makes my game quite a bit cleaner.

Section IV: Achievement of Goal

This section will be completed when I actually achieve my goal, but in order to reach my
word count I will talk about what my final product will be. I will organize something that
includes my score card from the day that I complete my goal as well as testimonials from
whoever was with me that day. By doing this it gives anyone wondering if I actually completed
my goal validated reasons signed by my peers who actually care about this project and the
improvement of my golf game. It will probably be organized on a poster board or a website
along with this essay, which I will be turning back in changing absolutely nothing besides this
section. The reason why I would do this is because there is nothing that is really going to change
between now and May and I would rather not do extra work on top of the rest of the work that I
have. I have a pretty good feeling about completing it fairly soon, which would be good because

Im tired of doing this stuff every month. All in all my final project is going to be simple, but
professional and will get my completed goal across to anyone choosing to view it.

Section V: Reflection of Goal

This project had a huge effect on my personal life. I was able to both improve my golf
game tremendously during a ten month period and that is something that most people wont be
able to say that they did. I felt like it will actually have a lasting effect on my future because a lot
of business deals happen on the golf course and being able to competently go out there and hit a
ball well also shows that you have confidence, which could be the deciding factor in a situation
that you could benefit a lot off of.
It also greatly affected my knowledge of the game in a number of ways. By reading all of
those articles about improving my skill I also stumbled upon other articles discussing the history
of the sport and talking about legends on the course such as Arnold Palmer who I quoted earlier.
I also have learned a lot about playing the game itself by being on the course with people who
have far more experience than I do, but are willing to teach me and thats exactly what they did. I
was able to learn so much about this great game and hope to play it well into the future.
All in all this project affected my understanding of the Area of interaction which was
culture and sports throughout the world. There are so many golfers out there from so many
different nations and being exposed to that has given me a much better understanding of the
game I was playing. I really think this project truly helped me become a far more knowledgeable
student and learner. I believe being taught by kids who are very good for their age opened up a
whole new area of learning for me and made me respect them and the game even more. I was

able to learn so much from working with them and believe I became a better learner through
learning from them. I was able to understand how hard work truly pays off in the end and doing a
project like this can have a lasting positive on my life. Generally speaking I enjoy learning
especially new skills and that is exactly what I did. At the end of the day I feel like this project is
a positive way to end the middle years program which is what MYP stands for and can actually
help anyone who truly cares about that project. All in all I am very proud of myself and my
project and all the work I put into it and know it will all be worth it when it comes down to it.
Finally I just want to thank everyone who helped me do it.