Research Log #8- Solutionary Project 2022  

  
Date: March 23, 2023  
Name: Xyrus Senining   
Essential Question: How can we help depression and mental illness?  
Three Points to Prove: #1: Golf can improve a person’s mental health  
  
  
                                        #2: Golf can teach a person perseverance  
  
  
                                        #3: Golf can be used as a form of therapy  
  
  
  
Point that this Source Proves:   # Golf can teach a person perseverance
  
  
  
Excerpts (These should provide insight into the Point to Prove)  
“A stone cutter… he’s chopping away at a big boulder, and he swings at it you know one time two times
three times a hundred times without a dent being made in it and on the hundred and first time it
completely breaks apart… a wise man knows it was not the hundred and first blow that hit it, it was the
hundred that came before it.” (Homa)

“If this takes four years, it takes four years but we’re starting right now… it actually taught me to get my
attitude to be so much more positive because I realized that if you’re playing that bad and you’re also
thinking negatively like they don’t go together.” (Homa)

“I would come off the golf course in shambles like mentally… I’d be like alright wake up in the morning
and go practice and I’m very very proud of myself for doing that.” (Homa)

Analysis (How does this source support the Point to Prove?):  

This source proves my point to prove because this podcast interviewed one of the most successful
golfers in the PGA right now. Max Homa, six-time PGA winner, 6th in the world, 2nd in FedEx Cup
points, and one of the most hard-working and dedicated guys in the sport. Max joined the tour in 2014
and didn’t have such a nice start. In 2015 he entered in 27 events and only made 12 cuts. He finished
163rd in FedEx Cup points and sadly lost his card. In 2016 he fought back to get his card in the Web.com
Tour, an organization where all golfers go to, to try and earn their PGA card, and he eventually did.
In 2017 he only made two cuts out of 17 events he entered and lost his PGA card again. At this
point, Max was in a dark place and was doubtful of getting back on the tour again. In 2018, Max grinded
harder than ever to get back his card and he regained it for the 2019 season. 2019 was Max’s comeback
season because on May 5th, 2019, he won the Wells-Fargo Championship and got a two-year extension on
his PGA tour card.
Max Homa’s story taught people how one’s perseverance can end up becoming something great.
Max’s journey was anything but a smooth one. Out of the gate he faced adversity and lost his tour card
twice. Anybody would’ve felt defeated and may have quit the sport. But max grinded and decided to fight
back against these obstacles to get back into the tour and leave a legacy. Right now, he is currently
playing in the WGC Dell-Match Play searching for his 7th win.
Work Cited (correct MLA format):   
Carter Tron, Randy Big, Pie DJ, and Neil Young, hosts. “Max Homa.” No Laying Up, episode
170, 6 May 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IB3aPnd5T4
 
This is a reputable and reliable article because this podcast is ran by five people who hosts golf’s
leading podcast and produce some of golf’s most influential social media and digital content.