Sports & Recreation
Golf Guide-2
This time of the year usually marks the kickoff of golf season for many of us. You have been anticipating the arrival for several months.
On the other hand, there are those of us who are not golfers and to whom this time of year doesn’t signify the start of any season in particular. For people in this category, I would like to devote this article to you.
You may not have tried golf because you feel you are not athletic enough to play it. You don’t have to be. You may feel that you don’t have the time for golf. To you, I say that golf is no different than anything else you do. The only prerequisite for playing is wanting to do something that is fun and gives you enjoyment.
Perhaps you have given a passing thought to trying golf for any number of reasons. It might be that during the pursuit of daily activities, stress is created. You feel the need to discover some type of outlet with which to relieve built-up tensions and emotions. Or some of your friends are golfers and maintaining an ongoing friendship may be partially dependent on trying the game.
In the business world, it is a common occurrence for your boss to want you to take a client out for a round of golf to help promote a business opportunity. These are but a few reasons you might be looking at golf as your game of choice to pursue.
Let me say that I feel golf is the greatest game ever invented. It has so much to offer. It lets you enjoy the beauty of the outdoors, the companionship of good friends, the opportunity of making new friends and the chance to get away from the daily pressures for a short time.
There just are no negatives to the game of golf, with perhaps one exception: cost. The cost will not keep golfers from playing, but it may keep them from playing as often as they would like.
However, in response to this, more courses are offering incentives to help reduce costs. Free rounds of golf, reduced prices during certain times of the day, reduced cart rates and complimentary golf gifts are a few ways of drawing more golfers to the game. If the cost factor continues to be addressed and is kept under control, there simply isn’t any drawback to playing golf.
For those trying the game, I have found that golfers place themselves into one of two categories. They have satisfied their curiosity, but choose not to go any further, or they literally get hooked on the game and can’t get enough of it.
There doesn’t seem to be any middle ground. They favor one avenue or the other. I might add that, from my experience, there seems to be more who continue on than choose to drop it.
So the message I’m trying to relay is that we all need to try new things to prevent the onset of boredom. The game of golf has much to offer Obviously, it is not going to be for everyone, but you will never know unless you give yourself the chance to discover what it offers.
As they say, nothing ventured, nothing gained. You have nothing to lose by trying it, and, who knows —you just might find yourself joining the multitude of golfers who have done the same and now find themselves enjoying the greatest game on the planet.
Does it sound like I am pro-golf? You betcha!
Golf Guide-2
This time of the year usually marks the kickoff of golf season for many of us. You have been anticipating the arrival for several months.
On the other hand, there are those of us who are not golfers and to whom this time of year doesn’t signify the start of any season in particular. For people in this category, I would like to devote this article to you.
You may not have tried golf because you feel you are not athletic enough to play it. You don’t have to be. You may feel that you don’t have the time for golf. To you, I say that golf is no different than anything else you do. The only prerequisite for playing is wanting to do something that is fun and gives you enjoyment.
Perhaps you have given a passing thought to trying golf for any number of reasons. It might be that during the pursuit of daily activities, stress is created. You feel the need to discover some type of outlet with which to relieve built-up tensions and emotions. Or some of your friends are golfers and maintaining an ongoing friendship may be partially dependent on trying the game.
In the business world, it is a common occurrence for your boss to want you to take a client out for a round of golf to help promote a business opportunity. These are but a few reasons you might be looking at golf as your game of choice to pursue.
Let me say that I feel golf is the greatest game ever invented. It has so much to offer. It lets you enjoy the beauty of the outdoors, the companionship of good friends, the opportunity of making new friends and the chance to get away from the daily pressures for a short time.
There just are no negatives to the game of golf, with perhaps one exception: cost. The cost will not keep golfers from playing, but it may keep them from playing as often as they would like.
However, in response to this, more courses are offering incentives to help reduce costs. Free rounds of golf, reduced prices during certain times of the day, reduced cart rates and complimentary golf gifts are a few ways of drawing more golfers to the game. If the cost factor continues to be addressed and is kept under control, there simply isn’t any drawback to playing golf.
For those trying the game, I have found that golfers place themselves into one of two categories. They have satisfied their curiosity, but choose not to go any further, or they literally get hooked on the game and can’t get enough of it.
There doesn’t seem to be any middle ground. They favor one avenue or the other. I might add that, from my experience, there seems to be more who continue on than choose to drop it.
So the message I’m trying to relay is that we all need to try new things to prevent the onset of boredom. The game of golf has much to offer Obviously, it is not going to be for everyone, but you will never know unless you give yourself the chance to discover what it offers.
As they say, nothing ventured, nothing gained. You have nothing to lose by trying it, and, who knows —you just might find yourself joining the multitude of golfers who have done the same and now find themselves enjoying the greatest game on the planet.
Does it sound like I am pro-golf? You betcha!
If you want to improve your game, Bob Gates may be contacted at (708) 425-8637.
About the Author:
Bob Gates is a golf instructor at
Stony Creek Golf Course and Driving Range
in Oak Lawn, Illinois.
Bob Gates is a golf instructor at
Stony Creek Golf Course and Driving Range
in Oak Lawn, Illinois.