Can anyone tell me what in the world has happened to golf over the span of the last decade? I mean, it wasn't too long ago when I was playing the park course by myself and trying to sneak into the country club to play. Now, the park course is crammed full of people and I actually have to let people play through sometimes. There aren't a lot of funny pants and pink shirts anymore, either. It seems you're more likely to see the common golf fan wearing funny golf t-shirts and cargo pants. Without really noticing, it seems that the common-man golfer has wrestled the sport away from the jerks on the hill in the fancy houses...and we're probably better at it, too.
I recognized the shift in power a few years ago. People I knew who were always so envious of the exclusive courses available only to country club members had suddenly stopped caring so much. I guess they started realizing that the whole time they were griping about our "lower quality" park course, that we were always having a great time. There were three good, clean, public golf courses available to us within driving distance, and we never really got bored playing at them. We could stride right in wearing our funny golf t-shirts, rent a cart, and have an awesome round of golf.
It's time to stop taking this whole game so seriously. Trust me, I may wear funny golf t-shirts to the course (and everywhere else), but I really do care about my handicap. I care about what score I get at the end of 18 holes. I still manage to have fun, though. Golf is a source of stress relief in my life, not a cause of it. I'm not shushing people who are talking during my swing, and if you find yourself being one of those people...then quit it! That's not how golf is supposed to be enjoyed, people! In fact, you will find no joy in anything if you approach it with such an angry attitude.
There are lots of the upper class courses that seriously frown on drinking on the course. I understand that they don't want beer cans strewn all over their well-maintained green. I also understand that golfing is done in a seriously open area during the middle of the day where everyone can see you drop beer cans. If someone is being a rude litterer who has no concept of decency on the course, then they will be confronted pretty quickly. Trust me, I've seen some of my friends go after some jerks on the fairway for just such an offense, which looks pretty funny when you consider that they're wearing funny golf t-shirts while they do it.
I am such an enormous fan of the game of golf. I think that Tiger Woods' everyman attitude really helped scale the snobbiness back from it's height in the mid-90's. I'm glad that I can now wear my funny golf t-shirts on the course, smile, wave, and be generally accepted by everyone I meet. Who needs those rich clubs and private courses? I have the best kind of game here with the rest of the golf scrubs.
I recognized the shift in power a few years ago. People I knew who were always so envious of the exclusive courses available only to country club members had suddenly stopped caring so much. I guess they started realizing that the whole time they were griping about our "lower quality" park course, that we were always having a great time. There were three good, clean, public golf courses available to us within driving distance, and we never really got bored playing at them. We could stride right in wearing our funny golf t-shirts, rent a cart, and have an awesome round of golf.
It's time to stop taking this whole game so seriously. Trust me, I may wear funny golf t-shirts to the course (and everywhere else), but I really do care about my handicap. I care about what score I get at the end of 18 holes. I still manage to have fun, though. Golf is a source of stress relief in my life, not a cause of it. I'm not shushing people who are talking during my swing, and if you find yourself being one of those people...then quit it! That's not how golf is supposed to be enjoyed, people! In fact, you will find no joy in anything if you approach it with such an angry attitude.
There are lots of the upper class courses that seriously frown on drinking on the course. I understand that they don't want beer cans strewn all over their well-maintained green. I also understand that golfing is done in a seriously open area during the middle of the day where everyone can see you drop beer cans. If someone is being a rude litterer who has no concept of decency on the course, then they will be confronted pretty quickly. Trust me, I've seen some of my friends go after some jerks on the fairway for just such an offense, which looks pretty funny when you consider that they're wearing funny golf t-shirts while they do it.
I am such an enormous fan of the game of golf. I think that Tiger Woods' everyman attitude really helped scale the snobbiness back from it's height in the mid-90's. I'm glad that I can now wear my funny golf t-shirts on the course, smile, wave, and be generally accepted by everyone I meet. Who needs those rich clubs and private courses? I have the best kind of game here with the rest of the golf scrubs.
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