I Am Not A Grateful Golfer!

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This post will be short. I was playing on my home course a few days ago and came across this:

As you can see, someone took a gouge out of the green adjacent to the pin! How selfish can a golfer be to damage the green in this manner. Likely, they were frustrated with their shot and swung their club not expecting this result. However, as a long time player who values the efforts of the golf course workers, this type of reaction is unacceptable….period.

If you are frustrated with a missed putt or poor chip, do not take it out on the course. All the above action did was annoy the rest of the players, not to mention cause a significant challenge the Superintendent as they try to fix needless damage.

I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!

Learning New Things About Golf!

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I believe that each day I should try and learn something new. As it turns out, yesterday I did because of two readers, Stephan and Tiffani, who comment on my post of being chased off the golf course. They recommend that I post my score anyway because that is the rules of golf. Truthfully, I never knew that a singles match play round is supposed to post for my handicap, but now I do.

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Being Chased Off The Golf Course

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Yesterday, I was chased off the golf course with two holes to play. I was playing in the Open Match Play event when suddenly thunder and lightening snuck up and forced us to leave the course. As we finished the 16th hole and looked back at the tee box, large flashes of white light and low crashes of thunder help us to quickly decide to head to the club house. Unfortunately, us having to leave was both good and bad.

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Pulling My Short Irons Left

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A new challenge in my game has arisen. Over the past few rounds I started pulling my irons left. This anomaly is starting to cause me fits because my expectation is to hit the ball where I am without having to adjust my setup to aim right. I think I know what the problem, however I will have to experiment the next time I hit the links. As we do not have a driving range close to my home, I will have to take the time on the course to figure out what is happening. Unfortunately, this process is what is available to me right now and it does challenge my ability to fix swing issues.

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A Grateful Day On The Golf Course

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Playing golf is a passion of mine. This statement seems pretty obvious considering the name of this golf blog, however every once in a while I play a round of golf that heightens my gratefulness. Yesterday, I played a round at Laurentide Golf Course with my good friend Mike. We played our usual match play game and had a great time throwing jabs at each other for 3.5 hours. We laughed, joked, hit some great shots and some others that did not suit our game. Overall, I am grateful Mike and I were able find time to tee it up.

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