When you consider these ballpark numbers…

• Worldwide golf population is estimated to be around 60 million
• US golf population is reported at 25 million (and shrinking)
• National Golf Foundation estimates roughly 20% are women (this is shocking to me)
• USGA estimates 25% of men card a single-digit index (this means they’re relatively “good”)

And my profile…

• Asian female
• Age-wise, I’m younger than Tiger Woods and I can be Lydia Ko’s mom
• I card a single-digit index

You’ll begin to realize that my kind does not exist in too many places. I got into this game through sheer boredom and I stayed because of sheer determination.