I love golf because it's a constant problem I'm trying to solve, and I love solving problems.
What you said early in the article is especially prescient -- focus.
I was playing 9 last week with 2 people who were not good at the game. So not good at the game they thought I was great at the game. I'm a 22.
My first hit off the tee was on the green 10 feet from the hole. Par. 'I AM great'...
Then these 2 started talking to me. A lot. "What do you do?" "Oh I'm a corporate lawyer who handled was on the other side of what you do!" "Where do your kids go to school?" "My kid went there too." Etc Etc etc. Holes 2-6 were semi disasters - I was simply unfocused because they talked to me prior to getting up to the tee, and until I was essentially hitting.
Finally one of them said, "I think we're talking too much and taking him out of his game!" I laughed with a slight very real knowing nod.
I got my game back together on the 7th hole now that they quieted and I could concentrate.
I'm not saying you can't talk on the course. And some rounds are all about fun and shooting the shit. But if you want to actually do well, you need to be able to focus on the game.
I love golf because it's a constant problem I'm trying to solve, and I love solving problems.
What you said early in the article is especially prescient -- focus.
I was playing 9 last week with 2 people who were not good at the game. So not good at the game they thought I was great at the game. I'm a 22.
My first hit off the tee was on the green 10 feet from the hole. Par. 'I AM great'...
Then these 2 started talking to me. A lot. "What do you do?" "Oh I'm a corporate lawyer who handled was on the other side of what you do!" "Where do your kids go to school?" "My kid went there too." Etc Etc etc. Holes 2-6 were semi disasters - I was simply unfocused because they talked to me prior to getting up to the tee, and until I was essentially hitting.
Finally one of them said, "I think we're talking too much and taking him out of his game!" I laughed with a slight very real knowing nod.
I got my game back together on the 7th hole now that they quieted and I could concentrate.
I'm not saying you can't talk on the course. And some rounds are all about fun and shooting the shit. But if you want to actually do well, you need to be able to focus on the game.