Playing golf is the best way to be social. If you take it too seriously around the wrong people it can ruin relationships. I like to play my best. I want to play my best game everytime I tee it up. I know when I haven't played in a week or two those expectations change. I always try to play against the golf course. I let my emotions slip time to time and worry about the 10$ I may lose because of a bad swing. I get back on track when I refocus on playing the golf course not my opponent. The golf course is my opponent. The person who plays the golf course the best is the winner. Our competitive juices that we all have need to be channeled in a way that it makes us focus on playing a golf hole the best to our ability. I am personally very intense with everything I take on. This should never be mistaken for not enjoying my day. I just enjoy some days more than others.
My recommondation for all golfers is that each person tracks their performance and improvement with a handicap. You may not understand what that is. Call me I can explain it. You may use the Scoregolf.com tracker for free to track your handicap. I can run you through it in 2 minutes. Put it on your desktop and each time you play enter your score and it will calculate your progression with each game.
Golf is truly enjoyed and understood when taken seriously. The etiquette and history of the game are very neat and unique. Ladies and gentlemen play golf. Any child who is taught the game properly and is around good golf people learn things about life that no dressing room or gymnasium will teach them.
We all have different personalities but we all want to do the same thing and that is to play our best or at least to a level we know we can play at. Be competitive. Just try not to focus your energy on beating a particular person. Try your best to improve with each swing and you will see why they call golf "The game of a lifetime."Play the golf course the best you can.This golf season try to understand what makes golf so different.
