(07-27-2020, 04:53 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(07-26-2020, 11:25 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: I would be a happy man if only I could become consistently good at golf. It's a fun game when you're playing well. Unfortunately for me, it becomes frustratingly not fun too many times. The hard part is that you feel you're doing everything right and the same as when the game was fun, but something is off and you can't figure it out. Then again, I've never taken lessons. That's what I should do. 

Also, why in the hell is soccer being shown on the Golf Channel right now???

I have a regular group, and I was the last one to sort of give up on getting better.  

We took several steps to make the game more fun.  

1) We moved up to the forward (sometimes called "senior") tees.  

2) We play a scramble as a group.  Take the best drive, take the best second shot, etc.  We can shoot par that way.  It takes a lot of the pressure off and speeds up the game.  If you duff your tee shot, pick it up and drop it where the best tee shot is.  And so forth.  It also introduces a real team spirit to the game.  We're rooting for each other.  We're trying to beat our best ever collective score.   

But I admit, most "serious" golfers would gag at those 2 things I listed.

I played scramble in a weekly corporate league for a few years. It was more for competition against other teams but it was still enjoyable because it gives the opportunity to contribute somewhere if part of your game is off. For example, if the long clubs aren't working well but the short game is, and so on. Fortunately/unfortunately one guy on our team was good almost all the time and there were days when we leaned on him pretty heavily to keep the score manageable. 

I like golf because it's a solitary sport and as time marches on my own company is preferred most of the time. A nice way to end the day for me is walking a late afternoon nine. It's good exercise and mentally centering in that if something is worrisome or aggravating, it has to be put to the side to concentrate on the game. That doesn't always work, but at least I get the exercise.

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