Golf is fun if you don't take it too seriously. I don't. I pretty much play with a 2 wood, a 7 iron and a putter, which proves I don't. Luckily, I have duffer friends who don't care that no serious golfers will play with us.
Over time I have formed some thoughts on the sport that I will share, in case any reader should be considering embarking on golfing as a hobby or a healthful activity.
The sport is 10% mental and 90% temper-mental. It's not something you can play in revenge to get even with!
A golf game is a test of your skill against your opponent's luck.
Golfers who claim they don't cheat, also lie.
Counting on an opponent to inform you when he breaks a rule is like expecting him to make fun of his own manhood.
If you really want to become a better player, go back and take it up at a much earlier age.
Any change in your stroke or approach may work for three holes, or a minimum of none at all.
Don't try to keep all 230 instructions you've had in your mind during your swing.
If it ain't broke, try changing your grip.
The less skilled a player is, the more likely he is to share his ideas about the golf swing with you.
Nonchalant putts count the same as 'chalant putts.
It's not a "gimme" if you are still "away".
It's surprisingly easy to hole a 40-foot putt when you already lie 8.
When you look up, causing a terrible shot, you will always look down and cuss at exactly the moment you should be watching the ball, if you ever want to see it again.
The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course will be a straight line passing directly through a very large and leafy tree.
You can hit a two-acre fairway 10% of the time,,,and hit a two-inch branch 90% of the time.
The inevitable result of any golf lesson is the instant elimination of the one critical unconscious motion that allowed you to compensate for all your many other bad habits.
No matter how badly you are playing, it is always possible to play worse.
