October 2012 Shannon Fish Diary

remember sitting outside of the Homewood Suites in Daytona Beach after the last round of the LPGa Tour’s Qualifying School in 2011. I was crying, and I mean really crying. I had missed advancing to second stage by one lousy shot. My mom and best friend... More

remember sitting outside of the Homewood Suites in Daytona Beach after the last round of the LPGa Tour’s Qualifying School in 2011. I was crying, and I mean really crying. I had missed advancing to second stage by one lousy shot. My mom and best friend Janice were trying their best to console me. They told me I was a good player and this wasn’t the end of the road. They tried to remind me that I had taken an entire year off from competition before I hastily decided to sign up for Q-School and give it a go at the LPGa. Q-School was my second tournament in almost a year and a half. I was slightly unprepared. My mom and Janice told me all of this, but I wasn’t listening. Instead, my head was in my hands and I kept saying, “I’m a failure. ” I almost quit golf again. The disappointment was almost crushing. after about an hour hanging around in the pity pool, I snapped out of it and realized there would be another Q-School and other professional playing opportunities. I vowed tha Less