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CARLOS
DEBARROS
Level III Member, Miami, Florida
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We arrived in the
USA from Cuba in 1960, poor and with just the clothes on our
backs. We were in Miami for a few weeks living on peanut butter,
bread and milk given to us by the Red Cross. We were then sent
to a family in New York after we were cleared by U.S.
immigration. It was a struggle for my parents, since my mom
never worked and my dad was a professor at one of Cuba’s elite
universities.
I was never much
into golfing in my younger days; actually, I really did not get
involved in golf until the mid 1980’s at a much older age. Later
in life I found myself in Texas with Motorola and at a
crossroads in my career path. I was questioning myself whether
this was what I wanted to continue doing or whether a change was
needed.
While thumbing
through a Golf Digest magazine, an advertisement for the USGTF
caught my eye. I spoke with my wife Elizabeth, and she
encouraged me to take the certification class, so in 1997 I
became a USGTF teaching professional and it was a great class
and a great time!
In 2003 I was
offered the pro shop at Palm Beach Polo Golf and Country Club!
Over the past four years so many members have become good
friends. I continue to work outside my golf business and look
forward again to the day that I can just teach every day and
play golf! My pro shop is always open to all USGTF members. We
have it all, including a work shop, as I am also a master club
builder!
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