Syracuse University SURFACE Syracuse University Honors Program Capstone Syracuse University Honors Program Capstone Projects Projects Spring 5-1-2013 One Step Away: Life in Minor-League Golf Kevin Michael Prise II Follow this and additional works at: https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone Part of the Sports Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Prise II, Kevin Michael, "One Step Away: Life in Minor-League Golf" (2013). Syracuse University Honors Program Capstone Projects. 92. https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/92 This Honors Capstone Project is brought to you for free and open access by the Syracuse University Honors Program Capstone Projects at SURFACE. It has been accepted for inclusion in Syracuse University Honors Program Capstone Projects by an authorized administrator of SURFACE. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 1 Introduction One hot summer night when I was 11 years old, my dad took me and my friend Kyle to play golf at Bob-o-Link, a par-3 course located less than five minutes from our home in a Buffalo suburb. The course was unique in that it was lit for night play, so my dad was able to take us for an enjoyable excursion when he got home from work. Up to that point, I had been to the driving range a few times but had never set foot on the course, so the chance to finally play some real holes gave me an interesting combination of excitement and nervousness. That is, until I made it to the first tee. After Kyle stepped up and knocked his opening shot onto the green, I approached the ball and missed.