Pivot

It is never too late

For a long time, I chased one specific feeling. The feeling of being chosen. Of being seen by people in the golf world who believed I had something worth offering, even when I was not fully able to show up as my best self yet.

I worked relentlessly for my PGA of America internship. Applications, interviews, preparation, envisioning what my life would look like if I finally stepped into that space. It felt like the door I had been knocking on for years was finally opening. These were the people who shaped the game. The people who could help me impact the next generation of women in golf. And they saw something in me.

Then my body forced me to slow down.

I was dealing with extremely painful stomach pain, unescapable hunger that would cause severe anxiety and other symptoms that became debilitating. I found out I was pre diabetic and constantly felt sick. Exhausted in ways I could not push through. My brain felt foggy. My body felt like it was working against me. I had to make the decision to pivot, even though it broke my heart. Walking away from something I had worked so hard for felt like failing, even when I knew it was the healthiest choice I could make. It destroyed me.

What made it harder was knowing that I still had more to give. I had never fully reached my potential, not because I did not want it badly enough, but because life kept asking me to adapt instead of sprint forward. That feeling of unfinished business stayed deep within me.

But the need to create never left. The desire to impact girls the way golf impacted me. The desire to build spaces where women feel welcomed, supported, and celebrated in a sport that can feel intimidating and too vast. The desire to give other girls the feeling I found in sunset rounds, club golf nights, internships, and locker room laughter.

Her Golf Collective is my way of coming back to that feeling. It is my authentic self trying to make something out of the passion thats followed me since the day I received that offer. Something built with intention. Something that reaches girls where they are, whether they are just picking up a club or trying to find their place in the golf world.

Redemption starts at the intersection of being willing to try and believing that you can do anything you put your mind to. Everything you need is already inside you. Have the confidence that the path is worth the journey and the miles will lead you to incredible places. Regret will only eat at your future potential. Sometimes all we need to do is turn to face the sun and not let ourselves get in the way.

You never know what is waiting just around the corner. Walk with your head high, oh the places you will go.