High school sports are great for keeping students active throughout their four years of high school. Sports such as football, basketball, baseball, softball, and volleyball are all super popular sports that many high school students play. One sport that is overlooked a lot during high school is golf, many students tend to forget that high school even offers golf. It is a fun and relaxing sport that allows students to play with a team but also by themselves.
Golf also allows students to focus on improving their game and getting to see themselves improve as a player every other match. It is a very calm sport that allows students to focus during their matches and not have to worry about anyone else that is going on around them. Many practices consist of short game work with irons, about 130-190 yards out, wedges, between 20-120 yards out, and putting which is focused fully on the green.
Although golf seems like a fun sport for students to play, it can be quite expensive, golf clubs can range from $500 to almost $2500. Another thing to think about is golf balls, tees, and a glove which will cost about $100 as well. Another thing that isn’t necessarily needed but would be nice would be a golf polo, pants or shorts, and shoes which help with traction on the course. Lastly, something that isn’t necessarily needed but would be nice to have is a push cart which is like a mini golf cart. The clubs are set on the push cart which allows people to push their clubs around instead of carrying them.
It is expensive for everything that is needed to play golf, but there are a lot of perks to playing high school golf. A student that plays golf is able to golf at local courses for a really good price under Youth on Course. Youth on Course allows students to golf on any course for just five dollars. This saves students over $20 – $40 depending on the course. Another perk is that students get to make a lot of new friends and get to know them really well.
Lastly, a perk that is probably one of the best things about golf, is that people can play it until they are 70 years old, many students after high school will never get to play their high school sport ever again. Other students make it to college and get to play a sport for many years, but only one in 16,000 high school athletes attain a professional career in sports, which means their sports career is over. With golf, people can golf with their buddies for their whole life, at any course in the world.
