Jimmie James played the Top 100 U.S. golf courses in a single calendar year, a feat no one else has accomplished. However, one soon realizes that there is more to the story than just playing golf.
Growing up in extreme poverty in an East Texas shack with no plumbing or electricity, at age 5, James says that he looked around at the world in which he lived and knew there had to be a better life somewhere. 13-years later, James became the first person he knew to graduate high school.
He went on to attend Prarie View A&M University, an HBCU, where he earned a degree in Civil Engineering. Mr. James went on to his corporate career at ExxonMobil, where he worked for 33 years before retiring three-and-a-half years ago as a top executive.
James came into golf late, at 45-years-old, thanks to his wife, who gifted him a set of golf clubs along with lessons. Prior to receiving the gift, he was given professional advice that he would either have to know how to hunt or play golf since his company was moving him to Beaumont, Texas. Interestingly enough, he had a coworker he would constantly compete with that was also learning the game, and golf helped them build a friendship with each other.
Growing up in poverty, in an East Texas shack,
Today, at age 62, James shares how he accomplished the major feat of playing 100 golf courses in a year.
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