Before finding his true calling as the only mid-career offensive lineman to running QB player in NSFL history, Mat Akselsen played many sports. Growing up in a small town of 842 people, there wasn't much opportunity for large team sports. This allowed Mat to grow his skill in individual sports. He really excelled at golf, and and after seeing all the women Tiger Woods was able to sleep with, he thought this was the sport for him. One problem, Fertile is a very small and poor town; there was no golf course within 100 miles and the family tractor maxed out at 20 mph.
So over the course of a couple summers, Mat went out into the woods and hacked away at the trees, constructing his own clubs, and fairways. By the summer of his sophomore year he had made a two hole golf course. Now Akselsen was known for technique on the football field but pure strength when swinging the club. He never had much in the way of accuracy. There was many a time he hacked the ball a country mile, straight into old Mrs. Wilson's bird feeder. She didn't mind though, she was so old she couldn't see shit anyway. His father bought him Dave Pelz's short game bible one year for Christmas and he instantly improved his game, becoming very well rounded.
Now as he slings the rock in practice, Mat sometimes wonders what life would have been like had he pursued the great sport of golf as his calling.
So over the course of a couple summers, Mat went out into the woods and hacked away at the trees, constructing his own clubs, and fairways. By the summer of his sophomore year he had made a two hole golf course. Now Akselsen was known for technique on the football field but pure strength when swinging the club. He never had much in the way of accuracy. There was many a time he hacked the ball a country mile, straight into old Mrs. Wilson's bird feeder. She didn't mind though, she was so old she couldn't see shit anyway. His father bought him Dave Pelz's short game bible one year for Christmas and he instantly improved his game, becoming very well rounded.
Now as he slings the rock in practice, Mat sometimes wonders what life would have been like had he pursued the great sport of golf as his calling.