Seven years ago, I would never have thought that the game of golf could change my life so drastically. Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. Golf is a game with no referees, which means you are your own referee. This can be difficult sometimes, but it is important to call penalties on yourself in order to protect the integrity of the game. A few years ago, I was playing in a qualifier and I chipped the golf ball, accidentally hitting it

(Reprint from Salisbury Post article first published August 7, 2011) SALISBURY — Boyden High coaches roused their players at Camp Cherokee, S.C., around 6:30 in the morning and expected them at breakfast by 7. Every day at these preseason football camps, the players pushed through two-hour workouts in the mornings and afternoons, “skull sessions” to go over plays and night-time film study. There were no girls, limited access to the lake and few distractions. For 10 days, Head