What Is This Thing Called Golf?
 

The Goals of the Game

Simply stated, the goal of golf is to get the ball into each of 18 holes in succession with the fewest number of shots, using no more 14 clubs. After you hitthe ball into all the holes, you add up your scores from all the holes. Thelower your total score, the better. That is golf. That is the goal.

The game lies in the journey. As you play, you devise ways to get the ball intothe hole in as few strokes as possible. Many outside stimuli — and manymore inside you — make this endeavor very interesting.

The best advice I can give you is to take the game slowly, make prudent decisions,and never hit a shot while contemplating other matters. Golf should beplayed with total concentration and a complete disregard for your ego. Try amonastic existence, at least for the duration of the round. Golf tempts you totry feats of derring-do. You must judge your talents and abilities. You alone determine your success or failure: Should you try to make it over the water and go for the green that’s 240 yards away?

Figure 1-1 shows how to plan your course of action. You start at the tee and move to Position A. If the ball goes 240 yards and a watery grave is lurking to the left, don’t try the improbable and go for it. Lay up to Position B, and go from there to the green via C. Take the talents that you have and explore this ever-fascinating game of maneuvering a ball through the hazards of your mind. Welcome to my nightmare.

The range ball in the box of Titleists
 

Thank you Gary McCord!

Good advice. :-)

Interesting first post.

Either Dylan has figured out he needs 5 posts before he can post a spam link, or thinks we need some balance on our discussion topics.

My bet is this thread won't last very long.

Book em' Dano!
 

Dylan's post is a direct quote from Gary McCord's Book "Golf for Dummies" :naughty: .

Confessions of a golf book junkie
 

So you admit that you've read it.:read:

Nothing slips by you.
Thanks wingman.

No dust on this jacket
 

That and thousands of others.

What is golf (with apologies to Winston Churchill):

It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.

That is WC's description of the Soviet Union but certainly fits the Golfing bill quite nicely.

His description of Golf is

"a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose."

I take the word "weapons" to be all embracing and not just confined to inanimate items of equipment.:)

Either way, you are not alone with your suffering.

Look forward to hearing of your progress under Drew's tutelage.

Thanks Burner. I emailed Drew and as soon as the range is open I'll book a lesson with him. I'm looking forward to it.

By the way, I like WC's description of golf. Spoken like someone who wielded his share of "weapons".