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A common question I am routinely asked is, Did your father introduce you to golf? While the technical answer is yes, he is the first person to put a club in my hands, it was my grandmother who paved the path for me to learn the sport.In 1964, at 43 years old, my Mexican abuelita, Mami Cuy, began to play golf when her brother introduced her to the game. Slowly her passion began to develop and grow. In 1965, she and her family joined Club de Golf Mexico in Mexico City, a course that was ranked in the top 100 in the world at the time.It wasnt until recently that I realized how uncommon it was for a woman to introduce her family to the sport. During her time, not many women played. Mami Cuy didnt fit the protocol of the time though. She attended school up until the third grade, but, despite her lack of schooling, she did everything within her power to educate herself. According to my father, there wasnt a time when she didnt have a book or magazine in her hand.When she married her first husband, she married into wealth. He owned an import and export business based out of Brownsville, Texas. Tragedy struck when he passed away from a brain tumor in 1955. Left behind with four children, my grandmother took care of them on her own with the help from some loved ones. She was beautiful and poised, but more importantly, she was strong and resilient. Perhaps thats why she was initially drawn to golf, a sport that requires so much mental toughness.She helped run her deceased husbands business but realized she needed help with the financials. A family friend recommended an accountant he knew, and not long after what started off as a business relationship turned into love. In 1960, she remarried and had three more children. With seven children at home, she certainly had also developed the patience needed to play.My grandmothers passion for the game so was infectious that she inspired her brothers and other family members. My uncles Armando and Javier and my father, Alejandro, were most influenced by their mothers love for the game. Armando became obsessed. One year, he called my father and said, Im quitting golf. Come and get all my clubs. My father said he acquired 12 sets of golf clubs from Armandos brief hiatus. Javier went into construction and built and designed several golf courses in Mexico. My father went on to play college golf and became a head pro at a golf course in the United States.I was told that Mami Cuy loved golf because she relished the good shots. When my father and his brothers would get home after a round and sit at the dinner table, he said it wasnt unusual for them to start going over all the terrible shots they hit. His mother looked at them one time and said, You know, I dont hit very many good shots, so the ones I do hit well, I try to focus on those.For my grandmother, golf was more than just a game she played with her sons. She used it as an opportunity to teach them respect, honor and kindness. She used it as a way to be with the people she loved and to give back to those around her. She continued to play after her second husband also passed away from a brain tumor in 1970. Golf was an outlet she used to grieve and mourn the loss of someone she loved to play golf with.Beyond the gift of introducing my family to golf, my grandmother appreciated the privilege to play. It was through that privilege that she was able to help others.Jueves was a young teenage boy who caddied for my grandmother at Club Cocoyoc before she joined Club de Golf Mexico. He had a bad left leg due to a car accident. Wanting to help, my grandmother brought Jueves to see a doctor who was an orthopedic surgeon. Mami Cuy paid for his surgery, and the use of his left leg was more or less restored. The doctors wife then invited Jueves into their home and he stayed there until he graduated from high school. Years later, my father helped his brother, Javier, with the construction of a golf course just outside of Cocoyoc. When my father went to the Club Cocoyoc in search of Jueves, he found him with his sleeves rolled up, wearing a tie surrounded by papers with a plaque on his desk that read, Head Bookkeeper.Jueves got up to hug my father and said, Give a hug to Mami Cuy. I will never forget her.I never had the opportunity to play golf with her and my interactions were limited. She continued to live in Mexico City while my father started a new life in the United States. By the time I was born, she had slowly stepped away from the game as she had no one to play with any longer. Sadly, she passed away from Alzheimers in 2004.Now that I know her history and love for a sport that would one day change my life, I cant help but wish I could play just one hole with her. I would love to experience the joy she had in sharing something she loved so dearly.My father put it best, I can never forget her happiness on the course, especially with her children. She was alive at the course.Vapormax Homme Solde . Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2. Nike Vapormax Destockage . "No difference at all," chirped U.S. roommate and linemate James van Riemsdyk. "Its still the same cranky Phil. http://www.vapormaxpascher.be/air-max-vapormax-2019-pas-cher.html . The 27-year-old Scrivens will be joining his third NHL club since signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in 2010. 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One game after a miserable showing in Oklahoma City, Gay tied a career high with 41 points and the Sacramento Kings cruised to a 114-97 victory at the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night.LONDON -- When 84,000 fans pack into Wembley Stadium to see the Washington Redskins face the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, they wont just be representing the NFLs burgeoning British following.Fans from across the continent will be making the trip to the showpiece soccer venue; theyll be hopping on flights and trains to take in the live experience of a sport they have only ever seen on television.One of the most striking features of the NFLs International Series: the sheer range of fans who show up to the London games. While the Jacksonville Jaguars have become Wembleys team in residence, committing to play there once a year until 2020, jerseys from around the league can be seen no matter who is playing on the field.For all the British accents heard in the official tailgate party outside Wembley -- or across town at Twickenham Stadium, which hosted its first NFL match last Sunday -- there are also French, German and Spanish voices busily gossiping about the sport.Akin Cetin is a 20-year-old engineer from Mainz, Germany, who made the trip to Twickenham for the game between the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams. He said the atmosphere at English rugbys headquarters was unlike anything he had experienced.The Giants game was the first live one Ive seen and my first time in London, said Cetin, a Baltimore Ravens fan. The atmosphere was brilliant. In soccer, you have two fan bases, one for the home team and one for the away, and they fight and shout. At this NFL game, there werent just fans of two teams, there were fans of all 32 teams there.It was such a good feeling to be there. At that point, I thought, Hey, I can do this every year. The people I met there were all interested in [American] football like me; we made jokes about our teams and their records. It was one of the best experiences of my life.That camaraderie among fans was clear to see during the tailgates at Wembley and Twickenham earlier this month, when Arizona Cardinals fans from Austria and Tennessee Titans supporters from Switzerland could be found mingling over beer and hot dogs. Cetin said the appetite for the game was only growing in his home country.Football is becoming bigger and bigger in Germany, he said. Youre hearing people say, Sorry I cant come out on Sunday because Im watching football. As a real football fan and not one just jumping on the bandwagon, its beautiful to see more and more people enjoy the sport I love.I hope that the NFL will one day have one or two games per season in Germany. That would be so great.League officials said 94 percent of ticket holders at International Series games have come from the UK, with the rest evenly split between Americans and Europeans.With Wembley hosting around 84,000 fans, it can be estimated that approximately 2,500 of them will be dropping in from continental Europe. That number could be big business for London and some of the travel companies that serve the city, with many fans willing to pay a pretty price for a taste of live NFL.Cyrillle Gohier, a 43-year-old Parisian who has been following the league since 1985, is just one example.dddddddddddd The nuclear planning engineer -- and New England Patriots fan -- attends a London game each year and estimated he spends ￡500 ($610) or more each time.For the train, its perhaps ￡150 ($183), then the ticket is ￡120 ($147) because I like to go in the best seats, Gohier said before his trip to London for the Redskins-Bengals game. Then another ￡150 ($183) if I stay in a hotel, and inside the stadium, I spend maybe ￡50 ($61). But if I purchase some merchandise at the tailgate, then it can go up very fast!Gohier says the atmosphere is unrivaled at the London games because they are the only chance for European NFL fans to gather in one place.If you follow rugby, you can support your team maybe two times per month in the stadium, but London is a meeting for fans of all [NFL] teams, he said. You see all the jerseys. Some from 20 years ago, some from now. Theres a kind of U.S. atmosphere too, but its a mix of the American and the European. You cant compare it to any other game in any sport in Europe.As the NFL grows in the UK, the mighty Premier League has demonstrated the riches that could be on offer from foreign fans venturing over for live matches. The tourist authority VisitBritain said the average spent per trip for soccer spectators in the country is ￡855 ($1,044), and 800,000 tourists attended at least one game in 2014.Jeremy Jolicart lives in Bordeaux, France, and traveled to London with his wife for the game at Twickenham. He estimated he spent about ￡900 ($1,099) in the city during his five-day trip, and he said it was worth every cent for the chance to see the American football stars in action.Im a big Giants fan, so it was obvious that Id travel to London for the game, the 31-year-old IT worker said. The thing I enjoy most is seeing the players in real life, because its not just an image on your TV screen.I love the NFL because of the show it puts on. Every game is spectacular. No professional leagues in France do the same thing.For Jolicart, fandom has no borders.I travel to London because its cheaper and closer than going to the U.S. to see games, but if they staged a game in another country in Europe, Id go there too just to discover a new place, he said. Ive been in Dublin for the Notre Dame-Navy game [in 2012], and last year, I was in San Francisco for the 49ers-Vikings game. My wife and I just really love football.Sundays game at Wembley will be the last one in London this year, but its not the end of this seasons International Series; the Houston Texans and Oakland Raiders?are set to meet in Mexico City next month.Rumors are swirling, too, that the NFL is eyeing a match in Germany as the league seeks to grow the game internationally. The European fans would certainly welcome that move. Next stop, Berlin? ' ' '