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Golf Is A Stand-Alone Game

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

There is one thing about golf that is different from most other sports.  It is a game, that if you have a bad score, at the end of the day, you have no one to blame but yourself.  There are no team members to help you tap in the missed shot.  You can’t blame it on the pitcher not pitching enough strikes.  There are no missed tackles or missed passes in the end zone that you can stand back and blame someone else on the team.  You stand alone, and you have no one to blame for those extra strokes on your score card but yourself.

This is the reason some people start to play golf with enthusiasm and quickly decide it isn’t the game for them.  They don’t have the courage to come to terms with their failings.  All you need to play golf is money and courage.  Money to pay club memberships, pay green fees, buy clothes and buy clubs.  You need the courage to come to terms with your failings.

People sometimes turn into different people on the golf course.  An entrepreneur who dresses in suits and ties every day and would never consider wearing a t-shirt and tennis shoes will show up on the golf course wearing plaid pants, weird shoes and a funny looking hat. 

In the game of golf, you face both your individual achievements and your failures alone.  You either play well or you don’t and the score leaves no doubt about your abilities at the end of the day. 

 Golf is not just a game of manners, but it is a game of morals.  The first commandment of golf is to “play it where it lies”, you can’t change it or move it.  You have to accept what the situation is and accept the challenge the way it is.

Golf is also a game that challenges the ego.  It allows you to beat the one person you have not been able to beat before; yourself.  Of course, along with that is the possibility of self humiliation.  In the game of golf that’s just the way it is.  We see that all the time when we watch Tiger Woods play.  Some days can be triumphant and other days are just plain humiliating.  Don’t forget that disappointment  is part of the game.  How you handle that disappointment is what defines you as a person and as a competitor.

Welcome To My New Golf Blog!

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

My name  is Brandon and I love golf! This blog is going to be all about golf.  I will be posting lots of tips and techniques and whatever information I can find that will help my readers. We will also have links to some of the best golf equipment bargains available of the net.  Hopefully, I will learn something and improve my own game in the process.  Thanks for reading and I hope you come back often.