Improving your game
Die-hard golfers and newbies alike enjoy a gratifying rush when their golf game improves.
What I find most fascinating is that while you usually golf with others, it is very much a sport in which you compete with yourself. Unless you’re in a best ball tournament, golf cannot be described as a team sport. Most golfers care less about how everyone else scored and more about how they’re playing relative to their own past other games.
So you’re not trying to kick the butts of the other people in your golfing foursome. Instead, you’re noting if you shanked the ball less than last season, scored a few extra birdies and eagles (or in my case, bogeys and pars), putted more consistently, or shaved precious strokes off your total.
Achieving any of those improvements feels great, even if it is short lived, lasting only a single hole or just the front nine.
Knowing that you’ve stepped up your game, and that a cold drink awaits at the 19th hole, well that’s just…
AWESOME!
What I find most fascinating is that while you usually golf with others, it is very much a sport in which you compete with yourself. Unless you’re in a best ball tournament, golf cannot be described as a team sport. Most golfers care less about how everyone else scored and more about how they’re playing relative to their own past other games.
So you’re not trying to kick the butts of the other people in your golfing foursome. Instead, you’re noting if you shanked the ball less than last season, scored a few extra birdies and eagles (or in my case, bogeys and pars), putted more consistently, or shaved precious strokes off your total.
Achieving any of those improvements feels great, even if it is short lived, lasting only a single hole or just the front nine.
Knowing that you’ve stepped up your game, and that a cold drink awaits at the 19th hole, well that’s just…
AWESOME!
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