My mom inspired me to play golf. She was a club Champion at Stanford University Golf Course, which was our home course growing up. Both my parents worked for the University, Dad coached Baseball and Mom worked at the Stanford Hospital. I played a lot of little league baseball growing up along with soccer and basketball. My mom knew when i could no longer play baseball that golf would be a great sport to play as a teenager and beyond.
My mom was a teacher/coach, she taught swimming and tennis and Dad was a pitching coach at Stanford so they certainly inspired me to be a coach. But as far as a player, I grew up with 3 older brothers and we all earned college athletic scholarships to school (UCLA, Santa Clara and Michigan) so i guess it was in my blood to be competitive and want to pursue golf at a higher level. I loved competing and traveling around the country playing the Mini Tours. Never made it onto the LPGA but what a great experience when you are 21-25 years old. Then i shifted gears to teaching and coaching and it was so rewarding to help others with their game. Professional golf is a very selfish pursuit. It was actually refreshing to start worrying about others games instead of my own. I still play and compete, wish i knew then what i know now about the golf swing and the game but i guess now is my chance to pass it on to others and help them achieve their golfing goals!