Golf with GranDdad: A Race Against Time

To preface:  
I grew up in a small town about 20 miles east of Birmingham, AL.  My granddad, my mother, and I (not to mention several aunts, uncles, cousins and relatives) were all raised on this land that my granddad still owns today.  From the time I was old enough to walk, my granddad had a golf club in my hand.  He cut down some of his old right handed clubs for me to use, but I would turn around and hit them left handed.  Once he and my dad finally admitted to themselves that I was a lefty, he bought me some clubs and started teaching me to swing.  His house sits on a hill approximately 100 yards from a county road, and he had me in his yard hitting ball after ball until I was good enough to hit it to the road.  At this point, it was time to head to the golf course.  
As I grew, he took me all over the southeast for junior tournaments and weekend golf getaways.  He also never missed a match or tournament that I played, and to this day has never missed a special moment in my life.  I never wanted to play golf for a living, but I always wanted to do something in the golf industry.  He would try and help me think of something I could do with it, but I chose a different career path, always hoping to come back around to golf.
Almost a year and a half ago now my wife and I had our first child, a baby boy, whom we named after my granddad.  I am so very proud to have named him after my lifelong hero, and he has been such a precious gift to our family.  Along the same time my son was born, my granddad was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.  This was possibly the most heartbreaking news I have ever received in my life, but he is completely healthy otherwise and living life to the fullest.  I have never met a man so solid in every aspect of his life.  Whether it is faith, family or business, you will not find a better man.  I have never heard a bad word spoken of him, and if he speaks poorly of someone you can guarantee it is warranted.  
All being said, after everything he has done for me, I feel it is my time to start returning the favor!  There are still so many things I want to do with him, and so many places I want us to see together, but time is clearly no longer on our side.  
So it begins... Our race against time!

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