SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The Syracuse City School District hadn't produced a scholarship college golfer in decades until Corcoran high school grad George Chesna came along.    

Take a look at his head cover and you know right away who George Chesna's favorite golfer is.

"My grandfather got me into it, but, you know, Tiger's my inspiration and definitely someone I look up to," Chesna says. 

But idolizing Tiger Woods doesn't make George unique. His skin color does--an African-American 17-year old excelling in a sport that's still overwhelmingly white.

"I wish there were more, more younger kids that were a minority, or in the city school district that were into the sport. But, it's not something that you see everybody that is my color doing it," Chesna says. 

Take a look at his swing, and you'd think George has been doing this for years. And, technically, you're right.

"Two years. 'Wait, you just started playing golf two years ago?' Just started playing golf two years ago," Chesna says. 

And playing it so well, the scholarship offers have been pouring in. He's had 15 offers. 

"Uh, dedication, and, you know, getting my image out there, and showing people what I can do," Chesna says. 

He's been doing a lot of that since he became a foster child two years ago. And, shortly after that, George started mentoring them.

"It's important to me because kids that are in foster care don't have the same necessities as kids from a private school, for instance, or get the exposure or the help that they need. But, that's just the overall goal is just to make things better than the way they are," Chesna says. 

And that's been George's goal every single day, because he learned at a very young age that sometimes, in life, you come up a little short. Or, you're in the trees and have to punch your way out. And maybe that's why George loves this game so much, because where some of us see a divot, George sees an opportunity.

"It's like life, you know. You have your good days, you have your bad days. But, it's what you learn from those bad days to make the good days more of an increase. It sets you apart from everybody, in a good way," Chesna says. 

And, if you keep the right attitude, sooner or later, you're bound to catch a break.