Do you love to play golf? Do you take every opportunity to play a round regardless of where you are? As I aged, I have tried to play golf in different countries, but I am an amateur compared to some of my friends. They are true golfing adventurers and I envy their passion to play different courses around the world. Continue reading
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Willingness to Change Your Golf Game
It is challenging to make any changes in our lives. Focusing on ‘what is’ versus ‘what we hope will’ be is an important facet of our golf game. Understanding our goals and level of golf we want to play is also extremely influential on your decision-making. Ultimately though, the willingness to change is as important as making the change itself. It is the strength of your desire to take that first step to improving your golf game that will help create a positive result. Continue reading
The Cost of Playing Golf
One of the major drawbacks for starting golf seems to point towards cost. I would agree that the initial start-up costs can be hefty, yet I am not convinced golf is really any more expensive that football or hockey. Both sports (and golf) require a certain amount of equipment before anyone can play in an organized fashion. Unfortunately, the first response of why people will not play golf, it is the price of playing. Continue reading
Winning This Weekend in Pebble Beach
I am not very good a picking a winner for professional golf tournaments. I know that many pundits like to dip their toe in the water with mixed results. It is not difficult to put my name on a potential champion because we do not have much to lose. However, for the players, the slightest mishap or poor choice could cost them the tournament. Continue reading
I Thought I Was in Good Shape For Golf!
Every once in a while, I do an activity and realize that I am not in good athletic condition as I thought. Two nights ago, I was invited to curl on a competitive team. We used this game as practice for a future tournament because I am not a curler, but dabble in the sport from time to time.
Serge, the Skip (or team captain) and I are friends and he invited me to join the Military Base team to compete in Regionals next week, so the game two nights ago was a great opportunity to hone (practice and learn) my curling skills. We were matched against the toughest team in his competitive league and played them to a draw (I was very happy). I had talked about golf Regionals before and curling Regionals are the same concept. Anyway, back to being in good shape. Continue reading
The Grateful Golfer 