+ IN MEMORY OF Brad Brewer On April 14, 2021, our Central Florida community lost an amazing man who touched the lives of so many. As we reflect back on Brad Brewer’s contributions to Central Florida, we wanted to share with you a feature we ran in 2016 on Brad’s book that shares his experiences with Mr. Arnold Palmer as he was working in the ‘90s to help co-found the Arnold Palmer Golf Academies. Brad’s legacy will continue to live on in the lives he touched through his golf teachings as well as his faith and commitment to helping others on and off the golf course.
Mentored by the King
Simplify the Complex
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n his book titled “Mentored by the King,” Brad Brewer of Brad Brewer Golf Academy recounts his memories of working with and learning from Arnold Palmer. In Palmer’s memory, Brewer has graciously allowed us to reprint an excerpt from the book so we can all learn a little piece of the golf legend’s humble teachings.
Lesson 4 Should you ever cross paths with any of my students from the past twenty years, they will undoubtedly remember my recitation of a favorite Arnold Palmer quote:
“ Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated. A child can play it well and a grown man can never master it. Any single round of it is full of unexpected triumphs and perfect shots that end in disaster. It is almost a science, yet it is a puzzle without an answer. It is gratifying and tantalizing, precise and unpredictable; it requires complete concentration and total relaxation. It satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening — and it is without doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.”
That brilliantly sums up everything that the great and beautiful game of golf is and can be.I’ve thought about these words for years, and I’ve arrived at a simple conclusion: I’m drawn to Mr. Palmer’s perspective for no other reason than this — he is right!
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Central Florida Lifestyle | June 2021
