Some of the best conversations I've ever had with my son didn't happen at a dinner table. They happened on a golf course — ball in the fairway, no rush to get anywhere.
It started with Sean pushing my trolley. A caddy learning the game by watching it up close — club by club, hole by hole, reading the slope of a green before he'd ever held a putter properly. There's a kind of education that happens on a golf course that doesn't happen anywhere else. You learn patience. You learn how to fail quietly, reset, and try again. You learn that the course doesn't care who you are off it. You earn whatever you get here.
Lately, that's changed. He's not pushing the trolley anymore. He's playing alongside me — and the club in his hands is one that was passed down to him by his grandad. Three generations. One fairway. That's not something I take for granted.
The Family Pillar — Made Real
God. Family. Golf — In That Order. This is where the Family in that sequence stops being a slogan and becomes real. Walking a course with my son, we connect and share at a level that's hard to find anywhere else. No phones. No distractions. Just the two of us, the game, and whatever's actually on our minds that day.
Three generations. One fairway. A club passed from grandfather to grandson. That's not something I take for granted.
— Jabunong · September 2026This summer, that same young man walked across a stage in a cap and gown at the University of Lincoln. So I wrote him a letter. And I wanted to share it here — because this site has always been about the game and the life around it. And this moment is exactly that.
Graduation Day, University of Lincoln
Sean — University of Lincoln. Graduation day, 2026. Cap and gown. Three years of work behind him, everything ahead.
He stood there in his cap and gown and I couldn't stop thinking about all the rounds we'd played together. Not because golf is what defines us — but because the course is where I've watched him grow up. Where I've seen him learn to handle frustration with grace. Where I've heard him think out loud. Where he's heard me do the same.
Three years of university. Three years of graft, focus, and faith. And he finished with results that made the whole family proud.
Sean — cap and gown portrait. University of Lincoln, September 2026.
🎓 A Letter to My Son
Yesterday was a very special day for our family as we celebrated our son graduating from the University of Lincoln. 🎓
Son, congratulations on this outstanding achievement. You have made us incredibly proud. Watching you work hard, remain focused and complete these last three years with such great results has been a blessing.
Above everything, we give all the glory to God. 🙏🏾 We thank Him for giving you this opportunity, for carrying you through every challenge, and for giving you the wisdom, strength and determination to finish what you started.
Your achievement is not only yours — it is a proud moment for our whole family. And as a father, one of the things that makes me especially proud is knowing that you are setting an example for your younger brother. He now has footsteps ahead of him that show what can be achieved through faith, discipline, hard work and perseverance. ❤️
And the journey continues… next stop, your Master's! 🎓📚
As you begin this next chapter, my prayer is that the same God who has guided and strengthened you over these past three years will continue to go before you. May He give you wisdom, favour, strength and direction throughout the year ahead.
Congratulations, Son. We are so proud of the young man you have become and excited for everything God has ahead of you.
To God be all the glory. 🙏🏾❤️🎓
Dad
Sean, If You're Reading This
Thank you for every round. For every quiet conversation on the back nine. For letting me watch you grow up — not just as a golfer, but as a man. You pushed my trolley once. Now you're playing alongside me with your grandad's club in your hands, and I wouldn't swap that for anything.
You've made me prouder than any trophy ever could.
Your brother's watching. He's paying closer attention than you know. And you've shown him — and shown the whole family — exactly what's possible when you put the work in, keep the faith, and don't give up when it gets difficult.
The Master's is next. And I'll be on the front row for that one too.
