No One Would Have Ever Known!

Have you ever struggled with an issue of honesty and integrity and realized that you could probably “get away with something” and no one would ever know? That is the situation that J.P. Hayes found himself in last week. You may be wondering to yourself, “who in the world is J.P. Hayes?” One reason you may have never heard of him might be that he is a professional golfer. Another reason is that what happened to him is the type of story that seldom makes the headlines, but certainly needs to be shared. To me, what J.P. did is one of the reasons why I love the game of golf so much. Golf is a game of honesty and integrity. Few sports demand the level of integrity expected in the game of golf. However, golf can also provide the opportunity to lie and cheat just like any other sport. The bottom line is the choice you make when the situation arises. Hays chose to do the right thing and it cost him his PGA Tour card for next season. The PGA Tour is his livelihood, yet he realized that living with a clear conscience is far better than making millions of dollars playing a sport he loves. In the book, Golf Without Tears, P.G. Wodehouse says, “Golf my dear fellow, is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well”. Are you that kind of man? That kind of coach? Remember that God is always watching even when others are not!
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