There's an old joke that goes,
A visitor to Augusta on Masters weekend is driving around lost.While driving, he sees Jack Nicklaus in his car. He yells out the window to Jack,”Jack, how do I get to the Masters?”Jack's reply is, “Practice, practice, practice”
Well, it might have been Palmer the first time I heard it, but the message is the same. The only way to get better at golf, is to practice.
I play with a lot of golfers. I will go out with friends, I'll go out alone and play with other groups, I'll meet some of my GolfMatch friends, or GolfStud friends.
Invariably, I will play with a golfer that says “I can't believe how bad my game is”.
REALLY??? HE CAN'T BELIEVE IT???
More often than not, the words are spoken by a weekend warrior – those of us that have 9-5 non-golf jobs, and come out on the weekends to hack around the course with expectations of grandeur.
How can a person think they are going to be a better golfer, when they play once a week?
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I totally understand why the younger generations don't take up golf. In NY, a round of golf averages 4 1/2 to 5 hours for a round.
In reality, it takes about an hour to play 18 holes of golf. The other 3-4 hours is the time spent getting to the ball, choosing a club, cursing, throwing your club, and retrieving it!
Golfers don't need to be as slow as turtles
Calculate in travel time, warm up, cool down, (drinks?) and you're talking about a 6 to 7 hour commitment for a round of golf (average).
This gets very frustrating to the average golfer. Waiting at every hole/shot, creates stiffness, and also doesn't allow you get get “into a grove”.
Or, if you eventually get that groove on, you'll lose it waiting 15-20 minutes until your next shot.
Memorial day weekend is notorious for slow rounds of golf (much like Father's day). It's a day when people that don't normally play, go out and hack around.
Now, don't get me wrong – it's not the level..