This is a need to know golf beginners guide that will either
support your reasoning to take up the game or it will have you selling
your clubs online before they have lost their sheen.
One of the more difficult things to do as a golfer is to "Lighten Up" and not be so outrageously serious. So with that in mind, I have listed 20 Things You Absolutely need to be aware of before ever taking up the game!
It should be pointed out that if you enjoy self inflicted pain, embarrassment and public humiliation, don't let anything below stop you from challenging the greatest game of all.
Flying by the seat of my pants I have a list of reasons why golf may not be the game suited to you.
1) You have to be honest, truthful and self policed with your integrity placed on the line every time you merely cough, sneeze or perform above and beyond your normal levels.
2) If your expectations include success at a quick rate because you think you deserve it..the queue may be longer than you wish to join.
3) There are more rules and regulations to learn than pages in the War and Peace novel.
4) If you join a club; committees and senior members will welcome you through what appears to be a time warp as you swear blind that headmasters and teachers are all around you.
5) You cannot swear, curse or become over emotional without been summoned to apologise to the powers that be.
6) The golf course is no place to find out you require anger management.
7) If making decisions is not your forte, save the heartache and take up bowls.
8) If you are a beginner and think you will be welcomed with open arms and invited into the "inner circles', think again. No long standing member was ever a beginner..Just ask them.
9) Golf requires an amazing amount of patience and if you take this fact lightly, be it at your own peril. (expectations can really bring you undone here)
10) There is nobody and nothing to blame for your results. Try as you might.... you will always be the one to blame which is no fun at all seeing it is never your fault!
11) If failure is not an option, golf will leave you dissatisfied more than you will be able to handle. More bad results than good is what confronts you!
12) The game will cost you lesson money, green fees, membership fees, clubs, balls, gloves and quite possibly your sanity amongst everything else.
13) If you sufferer from high blood pressure, the fresh air and the relaxing outdoors only lure you into a false sense of security. Stress is just around the corner.
14) If you are overly competitive, come back when you have something that resembles a chance to win. There are vultures on every fairway just waiting for your money.
15) If watching money get drowned as golf balls disappear into the lakes is not part of the family budget, take up beach fishing.
16) An ability to clean up after your own mess is a pre-requisite to social acceptance.
17) A round of golf could potentially take up to 6 hours or more (Heaven forbid), let alone the time taken to replay every shot to your mates in the bar afterward. Very time consuming.
18) Fragile egos will be fully tested as people twice your age and half your strength with only a fraction of your ability beat you week after week with regularity.
19) You will be fooled into thinking that winning a $5 ball that cost you $50 to get is a good thing.
20) You could potentially become addicted with nothing else in the world mattering except when you get a chance to redeem yourself.
One of the more difficult things to do as a golfer is to "Lighten Up" and not be so outrageously serious. So with that in mind, I have listed 20 Things You Absolutely need to be aware of before ever taking up the game!
It should be pointed out that if you enjoy self inflicted pain, embarrassment and public humiliation, don't let anything below stop you from challenging the greatest game of all.
Flying by the seat of my pants I have a list of reasons why golf may not be the game suited to you.
1) You have to be honest, truthful and self policed with your integrity placed on the line every time you merely cough, sneeze or perform above and beyond your normal levels.
2) If your expectations include success at a quick rate because you think you deserve it..the queue may be longer than you wish to join.
3) There are more rules and regulations to learn than pages in the War and Peace novel.
4) If you join a club; committees and senior members will welcome you through what appears to be a time warp as you swear blind that headmasters and teachers are all around you.
5) You cannot swear, curse or become over emotional without been summoned to apologise to the powers that be.
6) The golf course is no place to find out you require anger management.
7) If making decisions is not your forte, save the heartache and take up bowls.
8) If you are a beginner and think you will be welcomed with open arms and invited into the "inner circles', think again. No long standing member was ever a beginner..Just ask them.
9) Golf requires an amazing amount of patience and if you take this fact lightly, be it at your own peril. (expectations can really bring you undone here)
10) There is nobody and nothing to blame for your results. Try as you might.... you will always be the one to blame which is no fun at all seeing it is never your fault!
11) If failure is not an option, golf will leave you dissatisfied more than you will be able to handle. More bad results than good is what confronts you!
12) The game will cost you lesson money, green fees, membership fees, clubs, balls, gloves and quite possibly your sanity amongst everything else.
13) If you sufferer from high blood pressure, the fresh air and the relaxing outdoors only lure you into a false sense of security. Stress is just around the corner.
14) If you are overly competitive, come back when you have something that resembles a chance to win. There are vultures on every fairway just waiting for your money.
15) If watching money get drowned as golf balls disappear into the lakes is not part of the family budget, take up beach fishing.
16) An ability to clean up after your own mess is a pre-requisite to social acceptance.
17) A round of golf could potentially take up to 6 hours or more (Heaven forbid), let alone the time taken to replay every shot to your mates in the bar afterward. Very time consuming.
18) Fragile egos will be fully tested as people twice your age and half your strength with only a fraction of your ability beat you week after week with regularity.
19) You will be fooled into thinking that winning a $5 ball that cost you $50 to get is a good thing.
20) You could potentially become addicted with nothing else in the world mattering except when you get a chance to redeem yourself.
The truth is that nothing comes easy. Golf is certainly no exception. My Golf Beginners Guide that covers the reasons not to play can certainly bring things into perspective.
Life as a golf professional had its ups and downs just like all professions but getting paid to do what you really enjoy cannot be beaten. Join me as we and share all things golf.
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