Olga hirat
Mexico City / 23.04.2025 00:01:00
In a country where football monopolizes reflectors and golf As soon as it appears on the margins of popular interest, Carlos Ortiz has managed to make his way not only as one of the Mexican golf referents, but also as A man deeply committed to the expansion of this sport in his land.
With leisurely, genuine words, without poses, Tapatío speaks from experiencefrom the discipline that has accompanied him for more than 20 years, and from a honest look that was forged in solitude of the golf courses and the silences of life.
“I fell in love with golf. I got involved. Thanks to my parents, they supported me, I went to the university scholarship to the United States and things were giving, ”he says.
But he says it without triumphalism. Like someone who understand that the road is not always straight, Not simple, much less fair.
For Ortiz, The real triumph has been to learn to trust the processeseven when the results are not expected: “If you give you the best, more than that one cannot doand that in the end always rewards. Although in the short term it is difficult to see it, you understand it over time. ”
Complicated moments
He does not refuse to talk about hard times. In fact, he puts them to the center: “The bad times are the ones that matter the most Because they are where you learn the most. In the good times everything is pink, but it is the bad ones that They give you the foundations for the next stage of your life”.
Carlos is not just an athlete. He is also a family father With four daughters, who has had to deal with distance, loneliness and the demand for an international career that has taken him to the Olympic Games.
“We travel a lot. Being far from the family for weeks is difficult. You feel alone, you feel sad. But that is where you have to find that internal force to move forward. ”
Inspire boys and girls
That force he found in sport today wants to share it with others. Not only does he inspire boys and girls, he also actively supports Programs such as first Tee, Ara and Xuntas, who seek to democratize access to golf and move it away from their elitist label.
“We want more people to playthat they find in the sport a place to commit, to grow. Because Golf is like life: You have to be resilient, do things well and keep walking. ”
Remembranza
In the end, when asked What would I say to little Carlos That he was just beginning to give his first blows with the golf stick, Ortiz takes a moment, he smiles and responds with the wisdom of those who have learned to hug his own steps: “I would not say anything else to do my best. I like where I am right now, I would not want to change anything. ”
Carlos Ortiz does not play just for trophies. Play to continue growing. To teach. To inspire. To show that even in the silence of golf – that sport that few understand in Mexico – you can hear the deepest lessons of life.
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