Episode 32: Ally McDonald | LPGA Tour Member

Episode 32: Ally McDonald | LPGA Tour Member

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Rich Take On Sports

Show Notes:

  • Rich Spotlight: Ally McDonald
    • Her journey started with her dad modifying a 3-iron when she was 4-years old
    • She loved any sport with a ball and the thrill of competing
    • Her favorite sport was basketball but her talent from God was Golf
    • She petitioned to be on the boy’s high school team because there wasn’t a girl’s team at her high school and she was allowed to play but from the boy’s tees and eventually won the Boy’s Mississippi High School State Championship
    • She attended Mississippi State University before embarking on the Symetra Tour and eventually the LPGA Tour
    • Biggest adjustment on tour is understanding the challenges with travel
    • While the first half of her rookie season on the LPGA Tour wasn’t up to her expectations, she feels that she is becoming much more comfortable in the 2nd half of the tour and her results are showing that
    • Sports has given her an opportunity to have a platform to show people that in whatever you do give God the glory
    • Words of Wisdom from Ally McDonald: 1 Corinthians [10:31] “Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
  • Weekly Words of Wisdom:
    • “Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient, and the best things come to those who don’t give up.”  Unknown

Social Media:

To Follow Ally McDonald on Twitter: @allymc10

To Follow Ally McDonald on Instagram: @a_mc10

To Follow Rich Take On Sports on Twitter: @richtakesports

Feature Image Photo Credit: Symetra Tour

About the author, Richmond Weaver

Richmond, a graduate of Clemson University has been involved with sports for most of his life and developed a passion for basketball and sports at an early age. He currently lives in Greenville, SC with his wife Karen, founder of Upstate Esthetics and their three kids.

2 Comments

  1. Paul K Padilla on 10/13/2017 at 2:02 PM

    Great interview with a very classy, mature Christian Bulldog! 🐶🐾🏌️‍♀️⛳

    • Richmond Weaver on 10/17/2017 at 4:59 AM

      Thanks Paul! Amazing how mature she is and it’s so wonderful to see someone who has her priorities set with giving glory to God first.

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