Beloved Lakeview teacher Michael Binge shares his love for golf with his friendly rival, Nicolas Gwozdz

   Michael Binge is a Lakeview English teacher with a passionate hobby: golfing, but he has some competition in Lakeview with Nicholas Gwozdz, who recently beat him in a friendly competition 

   Binge has played golf since he was 16, and he began to take it more seriously about midway through college. His favorite part of golf is the challenge.

   Binge plays golf about 2-3 times a week in the summer, and one time a week during the school year. He spends between $ 1,000 and $ 1,500 on a yearly basis to support his love for golf. 

   Binge's biggest supporter in his hobby is his wife, even though she does not play with him. 

   “She is happy it brings me joy, but I think she'd be happy if I didn't golf as much,” Binge stated.

   Binge plays golf competitively and for fun; one competition he partook in was a friendly golf competition between himself (teaming up fellow teacher Anthony Donald) versus fellow teacher Nicolas Gwozdz (teaming up with Binge’s father).

   “ Binge, Donald, my father, and I have golfed together twice now, where it's my dad and me vs. Binge and Donald the first time; they smoked us,” stated Gwozdz

   After Gwozdz and his father's harsh loss to Binge and Donald, he believed he and his father had something to prove 

   “So we really pulled it together, and I was on fire. I couldn't miss the green. Binge and Donald played well, but I was just at a completely different level,” said Gwozdz 

   This wasn't an easy win for Gwozdz to achieve.  Over the summer, he golfed at least twice a week because he was dedicated to vindicate his fathers and his first round.

   Binge stated, “A blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes.” This says enough about how he feels about his loss.