Summer Camper Perspective: Ana Sofia Meneses
- Origin: Bogotá, Colombia
- Age: 12 years old
- GGGA 2013 Winter Camper
- GGGA 2014 Summer Camper
Tell me about your history as a golf player?
I started playing golf when I was 4 years old. I literally said my first words at a golf course. I was watching my father play, and I just blurted out “papa”, which is spanish for father. Immediately afterwards my father signed me up at a local golf club, which was very important to my father, since he was looking to develop my sense of discipline and determination.
Tell me a little about your father’s history as a golfer?
Well my father started playing golf a little later in life, probably when he was a lot older than me, but I’m not really sure when he started playing golf exactly. I remember he told me that a friend told him about golf, and that is how he got started playing golf. From there, he just kept playing.
Tell me a little about your experience here at GGGA?
This academy is seriously the best thing that could have happened to me in the terms of improving my golf game. I feel like it has helped me improve more than I ever thought I could improve. My swing has developed dramatically, and after I left winter camp, I have had a lot of improvement in my tournament scores. Plus it really helped me cement a proper foundation for my golf game.
What part have you seen the most improvement?
My tournament results.
What is your most memorable exercise here are GGGA?
A mental exercise where I look at my golf game, and I ultimately accept my flaws and continue to play without getting discouraged. The exercise I think is called “I can control, I can’t control, and I may control”.
What are some of your goals with a game you have been playing for over ? of your life?
Basically, I just want to keep improving. I haven’t started thinking about playing golf at a collegiate level, but I am confident that things will work as long as I just keep working hard. I would be happy if an opportunity is presented to me that would incorporate golf, but just to be safe I want to really focus on my academics. I mean, I am really dedicated to the golf, but my primary focus in on my academics.
What is your favorite school topic?
Sociology
Why did you decide to embrace golf for personal development?
When I started playing golf, my father just wanted me to have something to focus on, and that would help me keep discipline. Though now that I am older, I look at other girls in my school, who have nothing to do on the weekends and are mainly bored, and I go out to the range and enjoy this beautiful sport, which keeps me very entertained.
What do you like most about playing golf?
I don’t know, I like everything…Well probably what I like the most is the fresh air. The course has so many trees and greens that I feel I have a chance to really breathe pure air.
