Former Denver Broncos running back and Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Davis was the headliner at Bank of America’s “Golf With Us” event on Monday in Ken Caryl, Colorado.
“I’m a golfing fanatic,” Davis told Broncos Wire. “I love to be able to give back to kids and do events like this. You know they have this event where Bank of America they’re partnering with Golf With Us, and it’s an initiative which is designed to make golf more accessible for kids throughout this country.”
One of the benefits from this event is for youth to learn life lessons — even some life lessons that Davis learned on the gridiron.
“A lot of stuff I learned on a football field, I apply in golf, which is really resiliency, man, because this game will test you,” said Davis with a chuckle. “You gotta be able to bounce back; you gotta be able to kind of plan things out and then control what you can control. I kind of had that same mentality when I played in the league and it’s kind of funny how the same things to apply in golf and not only golf, but in life.”
For Davis, this event was about providing access to a sport he loves, something that Davis didn’t have growing up. “I think the biggest thing (with this event) is just access; growing up in the community that I grew up in, we didn’t have access to a lot of things and you sort of have a mindset where it’s not — if you don’t have a growth mindset, you don’t have access to things that aren’t in your daily life,” said Davis. “No matter what I do, I try to expose my kids to places that they’ve never been to, events that they’ve never seen, sports they’ve never played. And then, obviously you know whether it’s restaurants or golf courses, whatever it is.
“I just feel like it makes you not only more well-rounded, but it gives you a bigger plan in terms of your ideas and seeing in life in a different way. For a lot of these kids, this will be the first time that they’ve ever golfed and probably didn’t understand golf, what the golf courses were, probably don’t understand how fun golf is. It’s a sport for life. Anytime, no matter what age you are, what kind of handicap you have on the golf course, anybody can play.”
Broncos fans can learn more about Bank of America’s “Golf With Us” initiative on their website.
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