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Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.52,0:00:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Matt Lees. I'm a golfer by trade.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.56,0:00:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You wouldn't think it considering I have one hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.01,0:00:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been doing it for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.11,0:00:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like this is what I was born to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.51,0:00:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up having only one hand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.86,0:00:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being able to be a golfer at a level that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.57,0:00:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most people can't come close to achieving
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.52,0:00:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even with two hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.94,0:00:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been the drive for me in my personal life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.57,0:00:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in my golf game, the difficulty of it, and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.12,0:00:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...being able to overcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.87,0:00:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would use athletics to kind of make myself even
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.17,0:01:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the other kids I went to school with.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.48,0:01:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People would give me a hard time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.87,0:01:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way that I would deal with that is by
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.54,0:01:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excelling at in sports and beating them at sports.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.56,0:01:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it got to golf, golf is the hardest thing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.86,0:01:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could think of that you could be really good at
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.06,0:01:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with one hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.96,0:01:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's funny, most people would think I come from a family that are big time golfers, but honestly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.16,0:01:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not. I actually got my own dad involved in the game
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.94,0:01:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after I had taken it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.57,0:01:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up caddying, and the thousands of rounds
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.96,0:01:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caddying...that's the one thing that I picked up...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.27,0:01:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...if you want to learn about a guy, you want to get
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.74,0:01:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to know somebody, go out and play a round of golf
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.27,0:01:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with them. Because, by the end of day, you'll know
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.16,0:01:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly the person he is.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.32,0:01:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Golf, for any body with any ability starting out
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.06,0:02:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very difficult to learn and to get the feel for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.82,0:02:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ninety percent of folks out there that want to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.89,0:02:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learn how to play golf...they'll give up on week one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.62,0:02:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's just a very challenging thing to do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.22,0:02:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The golf ball is only a small ball and you gotta
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.91,0:02:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hit it with a stick. It requires timing...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.36,0:02:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...it requires hand - eye coordination.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.66,0:02:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a tattoo that says, "In Golf As in Life."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.83,0:02:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way that you go through life
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.41,0:02:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...the decisions you make... the way you react...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.37,0:02:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...to problems that arise... the way you react to...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.66,0:02:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...good things happening to you...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.76,0:02:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout the day at a round of golf...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.60,0:02:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...you have obstacles to overcome
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.75,0:02:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...somethings go your way...somethings don't...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.66,0:03:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...you catch good breaks... you catch bad breaks...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.100,0:03:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes that guy you're playing gets lucky...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.57,0:03:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's so many things that come up in a round of golf.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.99,0:03:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, it's almost like my mantra...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.39,0:03:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...what I live by...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.64,0:03:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm out golfing, it's so much practicing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.67,0:03:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my golf swing...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.67,0:03:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...or practicing pulling off shots or what my score is...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.17,0:03:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My goal, when I'm out on the golf course, is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.22,0:03:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how well I handle my emotions and how well
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.64,0:03:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I handle the things I come up to throughout a round of golf.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.31,0:03:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Golf is a mental game.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.57,0:03:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's all about being able to control
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.46,0:03:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your emotions and it's about believing in yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.27,0:03:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not what your score is or how well you're playing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.49,0:03:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...days when you can handle yourself and your
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.91,0:03:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emotions mentally... if you can do that...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.66,0:04:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then, the scores and the good shots... they come
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.87,0:04:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.64,0:04:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one thing that allowed me to stick with it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.79,0:04:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to continue to pursue my dream
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.92,0:04:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was support that I got from my parents and my
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.67,0:04:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,family. As absurd as it sounds for an 8 or 9 year old
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.87,0:04:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to say that I'm going to be a professional golfer and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.92,0:04:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have one hand... not that I'm a little older and looking
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.26,0:04:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back, the support that they showed
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.72,0:04:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was younger, that's the reason why I'm still
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.47,0:04:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here today playing golf.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.36,0:04:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They instilled that belief in myself when I was
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.72,0:04:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...a little kid.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.31,0:04:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that has always been with me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.64,0:04:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...through the years.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.27,0:04:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody's got their story.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.94,0:04:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one's mine.