It’s lovely to see Thai ladies — Patty Tavatanakit and Moriya Jutanugarn — at the top of the leaderboard at halfway of the ongoing ANA Inspiration, the LPGA Tour’s first major of the year.
Hopefully, one of the two goes on to win the big tournament.
Throughout my teaching career I’ve seen several good juniors go on to make a very good living from their talent. Sadly though, many don’t for a number of reasons.
Overbearing parents are largely to blame for some particularly good youngsters falling by the wayside.
This is depressing to witness and sad for me to see this wasted talent just drift away from the game, totally disillusioned about the game and life in general.
Some juniors are pushed to play in big events before they are ready and this can be mentally devastating for them.
I tell my young students, together with their parents, not to bother heading out to…
