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I've got a golf scholarship for school, so they understand if I'm away. A couple of years ago they called to see why I wasn't at school, and now they're like, 'oh, she's at golf.' Sometimes I'm in class and sometimes the teachers don't realize I'm there. She goes, 'oh, Lydia's absent.' And I'm like 'no, actually, I'm here.'

— Lydia Ko

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I draw a younger crowd who can relate to me. Some of the girl fans will message me online, saying, 'You're the reason I watch golf.'

— Rickie Fowler

I remember hearing in first grade, 'Oh, why does she get to skip school?' It wasn't like I suddenly started feeling different. I always knew that I was. I never felt I missed out.

— Hayden Panettiere

Golf is like 99.9 percent of my life, and then there's school. I don't get much time to go out with my friends.

— Lydia Ko

Well, they're Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of walking right in for coffee. But they wouldn't dream of interrupting you at golf.

— Harper Lee

No matter what kind of day I've had at school, I always look forward to golf.

— Nick Johnson

I'm coaching 'swing at this, don't swing at that,' and in the middle of it, a kid looks at me and says, 'Coach, I think I'm going to fail history.' Or maybe their girlfriend just dumped them. These are kids, and once I embraced that, this became a lot more fun.

— Tony Gwynn

On the first day of school, you got to be real careful where you sit. You walk into the classroom and just plunk your stuff down on any old desk, and the next thing you know the teacher is saying, 'I hope you all like where you're sitting, because these are your permanent seats.'

— Jeff Kinney

When there was a fight in school, because I was the tall one, the teachers would say, 'I know you were there. I could see you.'

— Katarina Johnson-Thompson

✗Opposing Perspectives

I never taught my girls to play golf; they all played softball.

— Nancy Lopez

Everyone gets surprised because neither one of my parents play golf. Like I said in my speech, my aunt and uncle really love golf, and we visited them, and she gave me two clubs. Like people think when they don't know who my dad is, they think he's my coach.

— Lydia Ko