Originally published at Orange County Catholic
FR. BRANDON DANG IS no stranger to the golf course.
“I usually play with three other priests,” said Fr. Brandon Dang, administrator of Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Aliso Viejo. “But it’s on our day off – and we have a blast!”
That foursome also includes Fr. Duy Le, pastor of San Francisco Solano Church in Rancho Santa Margarita, Fr. Aristotle Quan, parochial vicar at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Dana Point and Fr. Michael Nguyen, parochial administrator at Santa Clara de Asís Catholic Church in Yorba Linda.
But golf wasn’t always in Fr. Brandon’s repertoire.
FR. BRANDON DANG PREPARES TO ADDRESS THE BALL ON A TEE SHOT AT TIJERAS CREEK GOLF CLUB NEAR RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA. PHOTO COURTESY OF FR. BRANDON DANG
In fact, growing up, he had such a love for basketball and the Los Angeles Lakers, that he often dreamed about becoming a professional basketball player.
“As the years went by and I got older,” he recalled, “I understood that the chances of me getting drafted by the Lakers were rather slim.”
Actually, the first time Fr. Brandon even picked up a golf club was when he was a seminarian intern at St. Joachim
